Congratulations to Scott Andersen who has done a fantastic job of restoring these box tombs seen in this photograph. The one on the left with its sides of individual stones is the more intricate of the two.
As we can also see, the dirt area around these box tombs has been tamped down to make it ready for grass to be planted.
We know that tombstones and monuments need grass around them to add ground support so they do not start to lean. Without grass they can eventually topple over.
We know that tombstones and monuments need grass around them to add ground support so they do not start to lean. Without grass they can eventually topple over.
One of the big mistakes cemetery groundskeepers make is to over-weedwhack around a gravestone, leaving a large circle of just dirt around it.
As we can see from the markers sitting in slotted bases and some installed directly into the ground, the grass around them not only looks good, but is helping to keep them upright.
Restoration work at The Old Burying Ground is now in its fifth year! Almost monthly during the Spring and Summer months organized day-long work sessions are held to revitalize this early Ohio cemetery. Improvements come one grave marker at a time as the dedicated volunteers work carefully row by row. The transformation has been phenomenal!
Indeed the volunteers of the Greenfield Historical Society, and others who have so kindly volunteered with them, have much to be proud of!
The results of their work now sit impressively right in front of their eyes. It is a treat to visit the "OBG" - and to view the photographs showing all of their progress!
