Special to the RecordThe Garden Cemetery’s walking paths, like the one pictured above, have been restored. The City of Chelsea has completed phase 4 of its renovation project aimed at preserving and modernizing the community’s Garden Cemetery and is pleased to announce it’s once again open to the public as of January 2026. The next round of renovations, focused mainly on beautifying the cemetery and increasing accessibility, will begin in Spring 2026. In 2017, the City embarked on the Garden Cemetery renovation project to renovate the historic 3.5 acre cemetery located in the Shurtleff/Bellingham neighborhood. Finally, the City will install regimental flagpoles and rehabilitate Civil War cannons for historical preservation purposes.