Honor, Reflect, and Remember: 25th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Service
An hour of remembrance on the cemetery grounds off Belmont Avenue, marking twenty-five years since 2001. Five minutes from Narberth, in the next township over.
More at Laurel Hill West
Sacred Spaces & Storied Places
Ninety minutes walking the mausoleums and monuments of the West grounds, with the stories of the people inside them. The ground rolls, so wear shoes you can walk hills in.
Autumn Abundance in Nature's Sanctuary, a Horticulture Tour
A ninety minute walk through Nature's Sanctuary, the natural burial section, as the fall color starts. Staff talk through what is blooming, seeding, and going dormant.
Nature in a Victorian Cemetery
Two hours on why Victorians built burial grounds to work as public parks, and what grows there now. Trees, birds, and the landscape thinking behind the monuments.
Around the same time
Gay Street Open-Air Market
Labor Day, and the street stays closed. Four blocks of Gay Street without cars, restaurant tables out in the road, and the shops on either side open for the holiday.
Last Day of Daily Mini Golf at Alverthorpe Park
The mini golf course at Alverthorpe Park runs every day through Labor Day, then drops to weekends only for the rest of September. This is the last everyday round of the year.
Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens
The fountain season runs to the end of September, and the gardens stay open on Labor Day Monday when most of Chester County is closed. Closed Tuesdays. Timed tickets sell out on holiday weekends.
