Memory Gardens: Botanical Tributes to Celebrate our Loved Ones
By Trisha Faye
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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With carnations for Grandpa Jones ... red flowers for Grandma Jones; they must be red ... violets for Grandma Cline ... And zinnias, definitely zinnias for my brother.
Traces of loved ones that have touched our souls usually fill our homes and our hearts. Physical items are more than just a book, a clock, a dish or a quilt. They are keys that open the floodgates of memories, keeping the spirits of loved ones close to us and alive in our hearts.
What can be nicer than expanding this sphere of memories outside the house and into the garden?
Do you want to know how to plan a memory garden? I’ll walk you through what you need to know to create your own memory garden memorial. Included is a list of plants for your garden and their symbolic meanings. A list of various memorial symbols gives different ways to add tributes. Basic plant information for all of the memory garden plants follows, including the common name, botanical name, average height, USDA Hardiness Zone, and sun and water requirements.
Happy Remembering!
Trisha Faye
Trisha writes from north Texas where she spends her spare time gardening and rescuing abandoned kittens.
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Memory Gardens
Botanical Tributes to Celebrate our Loved Ones
by Trisha Faye
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Table of Contents
Dedication Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Why Plant a Memory Garden?
Choosing Plants for Your Memory Garden
Namesake Plants
Flower of the Month
Memorial Symbols for the Garden
Garden Planning
Garden Size
Sun or Shade?
Planting Zone
A Garden with No Plants
Remembering Pets
Statuary and Miscellaneous
It’s not Black or White
Plant Size
Water
Species Names
Poisonous
Difficult Plants
Planting Zones –Species Variations
Planting Zones - Microsystems
Symbolic Meaning of Plants
Botanical Information
Dedication Page:
My siblings, Butch who died much too young, and Patrick and Priscilla whom I never met ….. siblings in this life, we’ll all meet again
Priscilla E. Cline 12/25/1955
Patrick Elvin Cline 1/30/1957
Luther Butch
Edward Cline 6/1/1960 - 8/4/1995
My ‘third son’ who I claimed as mine as a teenager. He fought a valiant battle with cancer, but lost just as his adult life was beginning.
Mark Gloyd 11/25/1980 - 12/27/2005
My stepdad, who also lost the war with the insidious villain, cancer
Chuck Burk 11/29/1934 – 8/21/1986
Grandparents …. The best part of being a child:
Vernon Beatrice Jones and Evan Lewis (Casey) Jones
Mildred Cline and Cecil Cline
Special Friends, whose memories live on through our hearts and our memories:
Beatrice Bender, Pauline Washburn, & Ellie Milek
My dear friend Becky’s daughter, who died unexpectedly and much too young, changing her parents lives forever, but not their hearts.
Sarah Woolery 1/20/1978 - 3/23/2002
The re-birth of flowers is like the cycle of life--there is no end, only a future.
Becky and Herlin Woolery
May all their memories live on in our hearts.
Introduction
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
With carnations for Grandpa Jones … red flowers for Grandma Jones; they must be red … violets for Grandma Cline … And zinnias, definitely zinnias for my brother, Butch. (Luther, he whispers softly in my ear. Sorry my dear brother, after 35 years of calling you Butch, Butch it is.)
Traces of these dear souls that touched my life are scattered throughout the house; the clock my Grandpa made, the clock my brother gave me for a long-ago birthday or Christmas present, the milk glass candy dish from Grandma Jones, the quilt from Grandma Cline, the cookbooks from several close friends. These physical items are more than just a book, a clock, a dish or a quilt. They are keys that open the floodgates of memories, keeping the spirits