Cemetery Landscapes: A Practical Guide to Care and Maintenance
April 14, 2011 |
Learn how to protect historic cemetery landscapes, preserve integrity of design, and safeguard tombstones and monuments while pursuing a practical outlook on maintenance and budget concerns. Explore approaches to caring for softscapes, or plantings, and hardscapes, including roads, pathways, and benches. Discuss effective pruning and cutting techniques, and when chemicals and heavy equipment can be safely and productively used. Review the basics of short- and long-term preservation plans.
This seminar is offered in conjunction with Cemetery Preservation (http://www.npi.org/sem-cemet.html).
In cooperation with the Chicora Foundation, Inc. and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
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Website:
www.npi.org/sem-cemls.html |
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Location Information |
Columbia, SC |
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Contact Information |
National Preservation Institute |
Phone:
703-765-0100 |
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