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Topics Announced for 2019 Garden Series

In 2019, we’ll celebrate 10 years of the Mount Holly Garden Series!

The Downtown Dames sponsor gardening lectures in beautiful Mount Holly Cemetery at 9:00 A.M. the third Saturday morning, April through October. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the beauty of Little Rock’s oldest cemetery, dating to 1843. The Downtown Dames suggest a donation of $5.00 per person to benefits projects at Mount Holly Cemetery. The Downtown Dames provide refreshments and door prizes!

2019 Presentations: 

April 20: “Azalea….. the Queen of Spring” – Ronnie Palmer

May 18: “A Spring Chocolate Tasting” ( History and Trends In Chocolate Making ) – Margo Rowe and Pat Luzzi

June 15:  “Japanese Koi…Exotic Fish from an Exotic Land” – Mark Gibson (Mark will also have locally grown, organic blueberries and blackberries for sale)

July 20: “The Late Blooming Rose Gardener” – Cindy Strauss

August 17:  “Gardening on a Shoestring: Money saving tips for your garden” – Susan Rose.

September 21:  “Culinary Herbs: How to Choose, Grow, and Use!” – Holly Wyman

October 19: “Following Thomas Nuttall : 200 Years Later” – Theo Whitsell, Ecologist and Botanist, Department of Natural Heritage. (Nuttall was an English botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841. Although Lewis and Clark had traveled this way previously many of their specimens had been lost. Therefore, many of the plants collected by Nuttall on this trip were unknown to science. Come and hear Mr. Theo Whitsell, as he shares Mr. Nuttall’s Arkansas discoveries!)

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Save the Date – Spring Picnic 2019

Mount Holly Cemetery, located in the heart of downtown Little Rock, was founded in 1843 when Little Rock businessmen Roswell Beebe and Chester Ashley donated a four block square on the outskirts of the city to be used as a cemetery. In May of that year, a picnic was held on the land and original lots were auctioned off. Over the past 176 years, the size of the cemetery has remained the same, but it has grown into one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the country. It has been referred to as the “Westminster Abbey of Arkansas” due to the number of famous Arkansans buried there. Arkansas governors, state Supreme Court Justices, United States Senators, mayors, and Pulitzer Prize winners share Mount Holly with veterans of every American conflict from the American Revolution to the Gulf War, slaves, businessmen, farmers, artists, doctors, church leaders, and suffragettes.

Today, Mount Holly, surrounded by native stone walls and wrought iron gates, is still an active cemetery and on the National Register of Historic Places. Thousands of people visit Mount Holly annually, entranced by the art of the monuments and beauty of the park-like grounds. The Mount Holly Cemetery Association, a 501(c)3 organization which operates the cemetery, depends upon donations to maintain this historic landmark.

The premier yearly fundraiser, “Restore in Perpetuity: A Picnic on the Grounds of Mount Holly”, is held to commemorate the first picnic in 1843. This year’s event will be held on the cemetery grounds on Sunday, April 28 from 5:00 until 7:00. A buffet of light hors d’oeuvres followed by a box supper will be served. Guests may join tours of the cemetery, enjoy costumed re-enactors portraying prominent residents of Mount Holly, listen to live music, and bid on silent auction items. We invite you to visit Mount Holly and to attend the picnic this spring. For more information, please visit https://mounthollycemetery.org/visit/annual-spring-picnic.

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Tales of the Crypt Moved to Parkview

The 24th Annual Tales of the Crypt at Mount Holly Cemetery
Rescheduled for Tuesday, October 16, 2018
has been moved!
Tales of the Crypt will be held Tuesday, October 16, 2018
in the AUDITORIUM at
PARKVIEW ARTS & SCIENCE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL
2501 John Barrow Road
6:30 PM

Tales of the Crypt is sponsored by the Mount Holly Cemetery Association and LRSD Parkview Arts-Science Magnet High School. Admission is free to the public. Donations to Mount Holly Cemetery are appreciated and aid in the maintenance of the cemetery.

Parkview students will recreate the lives of Arkansans who have helped shape Little Rock’s history. The students have researched each character and prepared original scripts for the performance under the direction of Tamara Zinck with award-winning local costumer Debi Manire providing the historical characters’ costumes.

Due to rain last Tuesday evening AND the predicted forecast of rain on Tuesday, October 16th, we made the difficult decision to move the performance to the Parkview Auditorium.

PLEASE DON’T MISS THIS BELOVED EVENT!

We thank you for your patience and understanding and hope to see you on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 6:30 pm at the Parkview Auditorium!

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It’s time for a spring picnic!

Tickets are now on sale for Mount Holly’s annual Spring Picnic.

Spend time exploring the cemetery’s iconic graves with tour guides from Parkview High School, enjoy Celtic-Ozark music by Lark in the Morning, and watch Parkview High School drama students in period costume reenact tales from the lives of Mount Holly’s famous residents.

Our silent auction will feature works by local artists, gift packages, and special parties hosted by friends of Mount Holly Cemetery.

Appetizers and a box supper will be served, accompanied by lemonade and water. Please join us for the festivities – and bring the family!

Tickets are $100 for adults and $20 for children and are available through Eventbrite.