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SUMMARY:Juniper Hill and the Rural Cemetery Movement
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bristol Historical & Preservation Society for a 
 lecture with Arborist and Superintendent at Juniper Hill Cemetery\, Chris 
 Fletcher.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public\, and is jointly 
 presented by the Lombard J. Pozzi Center for Historic Preservation 
 Education at the BH&PS\, Blithewold Manor\, and the Rogers Free Library. 
 This event will be offered both in-person and online. Please register to 
 secure a spot or receive the Zoom link.\n\nIn the mid-19th century\, 
 populations in New York\, London\, and Paris reached one million people for 
 the first time. By the time of the Industrial Revolution\, urban cemeteries 
 were overcrowded\; for health reasons\, cemeteries were moved into rural 
 environments. Eventually\, other trends began to take hold in 
 industrialized countries. American wealth and power allowed Americans to 
 join Europeans in Collecting plants from around the world. Rural\, garden 
 cemeteries became the holding areas of trees in the form of arboretums. 
 They were open to the public as our first American parks\, but were also 
 fundamentally different from the formal gardens that had preceded their 
 development. \n\nThis event is the first in a program series entitled\, 
 "Deep Roots: Bristol's Historic Trees\," which dives into the history and 
 preservation of Bristol's landscape. Join us for the second lecture in this 
 series on April 1\, entitled\, "The Evolution of the American Urban 
 Forest." This series will culminate with events at Blithewold this summer\, 
 and two walking tours designed to explore Bristol's historic trees 
 throughout downtown.\n\nLearn more about Chris Fletcher:\n\nRaised in 
 Bristol\, Chris followed his passion to earn a Bachelor's degree in 
 Landscape Design. Following his graduation\, he spent twelve years with the 
 RI Department of Transportation writing preservation reports to protect 
 local tree populations during road construction projects. Chris joined 
 Bartlett Tree Experts in 1996\, where he served for 20 years as an Arborist 
 Representative and a Local Office Manager. Chris is also entrusted with the 
 care of Bristol's historic Juniper Hill Cemetery\, a National Historic 
 Landmark\, where he helps to preserve older tree specimens.
LOCATION:Herreshoff Community Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Peyton Warnock":MAILTO:pwarnock@rogersfreelibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Talks & Discussions
CONTACT;CN="Peyton Warnock":MAILTO:pwarnock@rogersfreelibrary.org
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