Blog: Statehouse Observer

Heritage flower gardens at old cemeteries are worth a visit for the peaceful surroundings dotted with historic memorials and old growth woods where one can pay respects to founders of an era. Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee is a historic Wisconsin landmark that has all these characteristics with an eye to the future.

Heritage Flower Gardens

Located in Milwaukee is Forest Home Cemetery created in 1850. The 200-acre garden cemetery is an oasis bordered by urban residential streets on all sides. The massive deciduous and evergreen trees, at times referred to as old growth woods, will immediately strike visitors. Many of the trees are labeled with botanical and common names, including young trees just planted.

Trees, shrubs and flowering Victorian gardens were planted in the1800s when going to the local cemetery was a family outing. Today, the winding roads and footpaths take visitors past the fountains, family memorials and the trees and flower gardens still there. Remnants like old water spigots are reminders of a time when people brought live flowers to plant around their loved-ones gravesites.

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