Join and Support Friends
Friends of Spring Hill Cemetery Park and Arboretum is a 501(c)3 organization which was founded in 2001. Friends works with the City of Charleston to promote the park, preserve and restore markers and structures, beautify with plantings, and conduct tours and educational programs. The Mary Price Ratrie Arboretum was developed by Friends.
The Friends of Spring Hill Cemetery and Park and Arboretum meets the second Tuesday of each month, except December. Meetings are at 4 p.m. in the conference room of the cemetery office. Please come by so we can get to know you!
Membership of Friends
Joining Friends makes a small contribution to projects, and keeps you in the loop, with updates on ongoing projects in the Cemetery.
Membership Rates: Individual $25, Group/Non Profit $50, Corporate $100
Donate trees to the Arboretum
The trees of the Ratrie Arboretum provide $139,831 of ecological benefits each year to make our world a better place to live. Please repay these tireless, uncomplaining living organisms with some of your time, talent, and financial resources.
Memorial Tree Program – While flowers will fade the thought of a young tree being planted in memory or honor or someone will last a lifetime.
Add to our Collections – Help us to expand the diversity of the tree collection at Spring Hill and preserve the integrity and character of the Cemetery for future generations.
Thank you to our Donors and Supporters:
Ross Family – ‘Cherokee Brave’ Dogwood
Susan Churchill – ‘Amber Gold’ Dawn Redwood Allee.
Steven B. Taylor – Witch Hazel Collection
Jonathan and Adrianna Marshall – Flowering Magnolias
Vickie King McLaughlin – Aesculus ‘Fort McNair’
Daniel Boone Chapter of West Virginia Society of Sons of the American Revolution
Paula Bickham
Community Tree Grant (CTG) administered by the West Virginia Division of Forestry
Legislative Funding from Delegate Michael Pushkin and the State of West Virginia, Governor Patrick Morrisey
Contact Friends of Spring Hill Cemetery Park and Arboretum
Correspondence: 1555 Farnsworth Drive, Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304 348 8010
e-mail: Larry.Ford@cityofcharleston.org
Get Involved
Share information and tell your friends about the Arboretum.
Join our volunteers who help maintain and enlarge our collections of shrubs, trees and perennials.
Please contact us if you would like an Arboretum(History) tour either onsite or presentations made to garden club, schools or civic organization.