Mount Auburn Cemetery
Samantha Richardson is an experienced horticulture professional with a strong background in management, education, and environmental preservation. Currently serving as the Manager of Horticulture Records at Mount Auburn Cemetery since March 2019, Samantha has developed interactive garden maps and streamlined digital data collection processes. Previously, as the Director of Horticulture at Greater Newark Conservancy from April 2015 to March 2019, responsibilities included overseeing budgets and staff while creating educational programming for adults. Earlier roles as a Naturalist with New Jersey Audubon and in various horticulture positions showcased expertise in hands-on environmental education and native plant studies. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Planning and Design from Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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Mount Auburn Cemetery has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior, recognizing it as one of the country's most significant cultural landscapes. Founded in 1831, it was the first large-scale designed landscape open to the public in the United States. Today its beauty, historical associations and horticultural collections are internationally renowned. Our founders believed that burying and commemorating the dead was best done in a tranquil and beautiful natural setting at a short distance from the city center. They also believed that the Cemetery should be a place for the living, "embellishing" the natural landscape with ornamental plantings, monuments, fences, fountains and chapels. This inspired concept was copied widely throughout the United States, giving birth to the rural cemetery movement and the tradition of garden cemeteries. Their popularity led, in turn, to the establishment of America's public parks.