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06/05/2026

TOMORROW, Saturday, June 6th, at 1:30PM for our once-a-year "Spectacular Specimens: Arboretum Bike Tour" with our Arboretum Director, Carrie Tauscher!
Pump up your bicycle tires, grab a helmet, and get ready for the ride of your life. With over 11,000 inventoried trees and 136 unique species, this massive living museum of trees is the architectural backbone of this beautiful urban green space and historic landscape. Carrie will take you through the cemetery pointing out interesting specimens, and stopping at some of her favorite trees and vistas to talk more in-depth about trees and the designed landscape that is Crown Hill. This experience will last approximately 1 ½-2 hours and the distance is roughly 3 miles at a slow roll pace.

Tickets at www.crownhillfoundation.org/tours-events/public-tours

The tour is limited to ages 13 and up.
Please bring your bike, a helmet, and a reusable water bottle.

06/04/2026

Laura Donnan (4 Jun 1854 – 22 Aug 1930) During her 45 years of teaching history, government, econ, Latin, and geometry at Shortridge High School, “She did more to make citizens, and to make them fundamentally American” by founding the High School Senate in 1887, where students debated on the real issues; this program was copied by school systems across the country. Donnan was also an ardent suffragist, coached girls’ basketball, and when a boy refused to sit next to a black girl in class, she kicked him out. She was also the first sponsor of Shortridge’s Daily newspaper, on which writers like Vonnegut and Wakefield would later work.

Location: Section 5, Lot 67; GPS (39.8190219, -86.1724210)

06/03/2026

Happy World Bicycle Day! Join us on Saturday, June 6th, at 1:30PM for our "Spectacular Specimens: Arboretum Bike Tour" with our Arboretum Director, Carrie Tauscher!
Pump up your bicycle tires, grab a helmet, and get ready for the ride of your life. With over 11,000 inventoried trees and 136 unique species, this massive living museum of trees is the architectural backbone of this beautiful urban green space and historic landscape. Carrie will take you through the cemetery pointing out interesting specimens, and stopping at some of her favorite trees and vistas to talk more in-depth about trees and the designed landscape that is Crown Hill. This experience will last approximately 1 ½-2 hours and the distance is roughly 3 miles at a slow roll pace.

Tickets at www.crownhillfoundation.org/tours-events/public-tours

The tour is limited to ages 13 and up.
Please bring your bike, a helmet, and a reusable water bottle.

06/02/2026

Molten sky; sunrise
Nothing rests, everything moves
Across the meadow

Timelapses and music by Michael Moskaliuk

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06/01/2026

MYSTERY MONDAY!
Ever seen this: Née like on this crypt cover in the Community Mausoleum? What could it mean? Find out next Monday, when we post the answer and the full crypt cover!

05/31/2026

Join us on Saturday, June 6th, at 1:30PM for our "Spectacular Specimens: Arboretum Bike Tour" with our Arboretum Director, Carrie Tauscher!
Pump up your bicycle tires, grab a helmet, and get ready for the ride of your life. With over 11,000 inventoried trees and 136 unique species, this massive living museum of trees is the architectural backbone of this beautiful urban green space and historic landscape. Carrie will take you through the cemetery pointing out interesting specimens, and stopping at some of her favorite trees and vistas to talk more in-depth about trees and the designed landscape that is Crown Hill. This experience will last approximately 1 ½-2 hours and the distance is roughly 3 miles at a slow roll pace.

Tickets at www.crownhillfoundation.org/tours-events/public-tours

The tour is limited to ages 13 and up.
Please bring your bike, a helmet, and a reusable water bottle.

05/30/2026

Ellen Ingraham (12 Aug 1832 – 30 May 1919) Born in New Haven, CT, Ingraham studied in New York before moving to Indianapolis with her husband Charles. Here she earned a living painting portraits and miniatures, perhaps the first female artist in town to do so. She co-owned a photography studio with her husband Charles (buried in Crown Hill Cemetery) and worked there as a retouch artist.

Location: Section 4, Lot 109; GPS (39.8183271, -86.1732307)

05/29/2026

Calico Penstemon are blooming in our Pollinators’ Garden…and the bees have noticed!🐝

Penstemon is an urban garden friendly native plant that attracts pollinators, especially those that specialize in tubular flowers, like bees and hummingbirds. They can tolerate a range of conditions, including full sun to partial shade and are adaptable across a relatively wide range of soil types.

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3402 Boulevard Place
Indianapolis, IN
46208

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+13177442183

Website

https://crownhillfoundation.org/

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