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Board member Roger Gookin met recently with an arborist from Scientific Plant Service to assess the health of the cemetery's Norway spruces.

Scouts from local Troop 828 once again completed a valuable community service on the Saturday before Memorial Day. For at least the 15th consecutive year, Scouts from Troop 828 placed an American flag on the graves of every known veteran buried in Prospect Hill.

The turn of the seasons brings new growth and beauty into the world, including in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Not only are the trees and bushes showing renewed color and foliage. Families are encouraged to plant bulbs or beautify the graves of loved relations and friends with cut seasonal flowers. Just a gentle reminder that while life goes on, those dear to us are not forgotten.

Even in the barren cold, there are visible signs that families have visited to honor their loved ones. Those spots of color amidst the grey stones and sculptural shapes of the bare trees add greatly to the beauty of the cemetery.

Landscape Architect, Floura Teeter Landscape Architects, Inc. Lydia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from the University of Maryland and Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia. With nearly 30 years in practice, she has developed a specific expertise in site design projects for healthcare, senior living, academic and other institutional facilities with an approach that focuses on the ways landscapes can contribute to both human and environmental health.

An iconic beech tree on the grounds of Prospect Hill Cemetery along York Road, which became diseased after more than 130 years of life, was removed from the Towson landscape on Wednesday.

Wednesday was a bittersweet day for a historic cemetery in Towson, where a centuries-old tree had to be torn down. An ambitious mission took place Wednesday at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Towson as cranes rolled through to take down the old copper beech tree.