Join us for 2010 events!
- Cemetery Work Days, the 3rd Saturday of each month, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Bring clippers, loppers, rakes, and shovels as we all work together to
improve Green Hill.
- Sunday, May 9, 2:00 pm Mother's Day Walking Tour of Green Hill Cemetery
- Sunday, October 31, 2:00 pm Halloween Walking Tour of Green Hill Cemetery
- Plus you may request group walking tours or "virtual tours" at your facility.
Tours: Join us for easy and engaging one-and-a-half-hour walking tours to increase your knowledge
of Greensboro's history and the local and unusual plants thriving within these 51 acres.
Tours begin at the Green Hill Cemetery Wharton Street gate nearest Fisher/Battleground Avenues.
A $5/person fee benefits cemetery restoration efforts, including the tour and printed booklet.
Call 370-0457 for reservations (preferred) or simply arrive on time with your $5! Additional group tours
are available at your request! A "virtual tour", a 40-minute PowerPoint presentation, is also available for groups that cannot manage a walking tour. Our tour volunteers request a minimum $50 group donation for these "virtual tour" presentations at your facility, 100% of which goes to Friends of Green Hill Cemetery.)
Saturday Work Days: Saturday Work Days, the 3rd Saturday of each month in Green Hill Cemetery, are fun! Bring your gloves, clippers, saws, and water to drink. We remove invasive vines, trim dead wood, mulch, plant, all with approval of the City Cemetery Superintendent, and generally enhance the grounds, one area at a time. You'll meet wonderful people and get exercise, too!
To volunteer with the nonprofit Friends of Green Hill Cemetery, contact David Craft, President,
For other information about the cemetery itself, see our Resources page.
Green Hill Cemetery, established in 1895 by the City of Greensboro, is enlivened
today by it's visitors, flora, and fauna, providing a park-like setting for remembrance,
contemplation, respite, and education about local history, people, and nature.
Friends of Green Hill Cemetery is a non-profit organization formed in 2009
to provide historic tours and raise funds for enhancement of the plantings and structures within Greensboro NC's oldest public cemetery.
