Mount Holly Cemetery, burial site of Little Rock Mayors, Governors, Senators and Pulitzer Prize winners, will host another in their Garden Series today at 9:00am.

Presented by the Downtown Dames, this month’s event features a program on water gardening.

The Mount Holly Garden series is presented by the Downtown Dames. A $5.00 suggested donation benefits Mount Holly. Refreshments served and we always have door prizes. Ample parking inside the cemetery and along 13th Street.

Entrance will be via the 13th Street gate only.

The next program will be on August 17.

Founded in 1843, Mount Holly has been called “The Westminster Abbey of Arkansas.” Thousands of visitors come each year. Those interested in history come to see the resting places of the territorial citizens of the state, including governors, senators, generals, black artisans, and even a Cherokee princess.

For others the cemetery is an open air museum of artistic eras: Classical, Victorian, Art Deco, Modern––expressed in gravestone styles from simple to elaborate. Some come to read the epitaphs that range from heartbreaking to humorous to mysterious.

The cemetery is maintained by the Mount Holly Cemetery Association, a non-profit organization with a volunteer Board of Directors. The cemetery is located at 1200 South Broadway in Little Rock, Arkansas. Gates are open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the summer.