FRIENDS PROJECTS

The Friends organization works closely with the Medina City Cemetery Commission to effectively implement the 2018 Spring Grove Master Plan. Significant projects have been completed by the Friends with the support of the City of Medina, Letha E. House Foundation, Edward C. Mears Estate, and others. 

These include:

    • Restoration of the 1884 chapel

    • Installation and maintenance of gardens

    • Installation of irrigation system on chapel grounds

    • Routine professional maintenance and care of chapel garden

    • Creation & installation of back-lit stained glass

    • Installation of stone flooring

    • Acquisition of pews, chairs, a podium, and a table

    • Construction of Amos Mears Memorial office complex & parking lots

    • Construction of the Spring Grove storage canopy

    • Construction of the hard-edged lake and refurbishment of the old lake

    • Routine professional care and maintenance of lakes

    • Construction of the Edward C. Mears columbarium wall

    • Creation of Pat Mears Memorial Garden

    • Routine professional maintenance and care of the Pat Mears Memorial Garden

    • Creation of columbarium gardens

    • Routine professional maintenance and care of columbarium gardens

    • Routine professional maintenance for the removal of goose droppings

    • Restoration of the entry gateway at Spring Grove

    • Entry gate garden creation and irrigation installation

    • Routine professional maintenance and care of the entry gate garden

    • Soldiers’ Mound perennial garden construction

    • Flagpole illumination

    • Routine maintenance and care of perennial gardens

    • Construction of a new roof

    • Restoration of the stained-glass windows and bronze doors

    • Exterior stone restoration

    • Interior ceiling restoration

    • Installation of electrical service & interior lighting

    • Tree maintenance, acquisition, and planting program

    • 2020 Spring Grove Tree Survey and Inventory

    • Level II arboretum designation by the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program in 2021 and Morton Register of Arboreta

    • National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) recognition by the U.S. National Park Service, 2022

    • NTF signage

    • Acquisition of park benches, watering cans, and trash receptacles

    • Routine maintenance and care of the lakes and perennial gardens

    • Installation of updated water hose bibs

    • Rt. 18 & Rt. 3 Spring Grove signage

    • Entry signage

    • Drainage Projects

    • Baby Section Improvements

    • Cremains Section Improvements

    • Roadway Improvements

    • Land Improvements

    • Historic gravestone restoration

    • 2021 Old Town Graveyard Tree Survey and Inventory

    • Tree care and maintenance

    • Installation of wrought-iron fencing

    • Graveyard signage

    • Acquisition of benches

    • Drainage management

    • Turf improvements

    • Cemetery Advocate Funding

    • Holiday Decorations at Spring Grove & Old Town Graveyard

    • Annual Historical Walk sponsorship

    • Annual Arboretum Walk sponsorship

    • Annual photo contest sponsorship

    • Annual presentation at Spring Grove’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site for Medina City School 4th graders

    • Annual participation in Medina County District Library’s History Day and Medina’s Juneteenth celebration

    • Bi-annual newsletter publications

 Through the advocacy of the Friends of the Cemetery:

We invite anyone interested in the preservation and conservation of Medina’s historic cemeteries to join us.