Community Events

Winter wreaths and blankets bring so much cheer to the cemetery over the winter, and we thank you for that! But spring is the time for a fresh start. Our crews will begin to remove winter decorations on March 1. If there's anything you’d like to keep, please plan to stop by and pick up your items before then. We welcome fresh decorations starting April 1 — please review our rules and regulations for details on what we allow. 

Get outside and see some birds! Join the Detroit Bird Alliance and the Historic Elmwood Foundation for a birding field trip at our historic cemetery and arboretum, with a little Elmwood history on the side. This field trip is great for birders of all ages and experience levels. Bring your own binoculars or Detroit Bird Alliance will have some to borrow. We'll serve refreshments in our historic chapel following the walk. March 14 at 8:30 a.m. — register with the Detroit Bird Alliance. 

See you Sunday, March 29 at 10 a.m. for our first Elmwood Walk of the season! More details and registration to come in early February.

Your new favorite Opening Day tradition returns for 2026! To celebrate one of Detroit's greatest-ever baseball players and to send up a prayer for another exciting season of Detroit baseball, we'll gather on Section 2 for coffee and donuts on Opening Day, Friday, April 3, at 9:30 a.m. Stop by Elmwood before you head to the ballpark and pay tribute to "Big" Sam Thompson, one of the most fearsome sluggers of all time and a Baseball Hall of Famer since 1974. (Also to his wife Ida, who was an Opening Day celebrity until her death in 1947.) This casual gathering will last for about an hour or until we run out of coffee. Stay tuned for more details to come early in 2026!