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The Memory Garden: The Fragrance of Memories
Scent can be one of the most evocative triggers for memories. Here are some ideas for making a fragrant memory garden.
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The Memory Garden: Setting in Stone
Adding stone ornaments or symbols to a memory garden adds a sense of timelessness and permanence
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The Memory Garden: Bringing Music to the Garden
Music is packed with meaning and there are many ways to bring music into the garden--and you don't necessarily need a sound system to do it.
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The Memory Garden: What's in a Name?
Plant taxonomy offers a multitude of opportunities for subtle tributes and hidden meanings in a memory garden.
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The Memory Garden: Remembering 9/11 in Gardens
Across the country and beyond, people have memorialized one of the our nation's most traumatic events by creating gardens with meaning and memory.
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The Memory Garden: How to Translate Memories and Meaning into the Garden
When you start to mine your memories, it's surprising how many ways you'll find to represent them in the garden.
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The Memory Garden: From Spirit of Place to Spirit Animals
I’m thinking bigger than bees and butterflies.
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The Memory Garden: This Must Be the Place
Finding a place to house your memories in the form of a garden can be a challenge. It can also be a balm.
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The Memory Garden: Remembering BH
A memory garden doesn't have to be about a person. Grieving the loss of a pet can be just as hard—or harder. And a garden can help.
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The Memory Garden: An Introduction
A serialized memoir about creating a dedicated garden infused with meaning and memories—and a guide to creating one yourself
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