PHOTOS: Mount Auburn Cemetery Lends a Hand at the Commander's Mansion

Several gardeners and arbor specialists from Mount Auburn Cemetery spent the day helping out at the in the Watertown Arsenal on Wednesday.

The focus of the work was the vines growing on the Grape Arbor and the trees around it, said Jonathan Webb, the arborculture supervisor at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

"We tightened up the arbor – to make it look nicer, and more presentable – and the pear tree," Webb said.

Along with Webb were Gardening Supervisor Daryl Sullivan, Jerry Mendenhall, Sean O'Connor and Carlos Algarin.

The crew also removed invasive bittersweet vines from the arbor and made the area look cleaner. The arbor is a popular spot for couples to marry, and they enter through the arches of the arbor.

"There were vines coming down and was hitting people in the head," Webb said. "We trimmed where the bride and groom and their parents walk through. It was coming down there."

The labor was donated, and represents a partnership between the Mount Auburn Cemetery and the Town of Watertown, which owns the mansion, said Tammy McKenna, facilities manager at the Commander's Mansion.

The facility has received help from other groups in town, including the , and , which had been in bad repair.