Kennedy Memory Garden is a beautiful way to pay tribute to a loved one who has passed away. It can honor their memory and also help you through the healing process.
There are many flowers, plaques and other treasures throughout the space in honour and remembrance of family and friends.
The Memory Garden started about 20 years ago as a place where local families could remember someone who has passed away. This garden not only holds reminders of precious times in a person’s life, it also grows with them.
What started as an empty lot on Kennedy’s Main Street, which no one had ever planned on doing anything with, sparked an idea in some members of the community.
“We thought we’d try something with it,” said Memory Garden president Clair Dorrance. “It started off slow with planting just a few flowers here and there. Alice Cox has always been supplying us with the flowers to plant every year. I don’t know how many flowers are planted but Alice brings flat after flat after flat.”
There are a lot of families who come home and see the garden and want to add a personalized plaque or ornament or plant a perennial in memory of a late family member.
A lot of people stroll through and sit and admire the beauty while enjoying a picnic lunch in the summer. You may want to pack a cozy blanket to sit and admire all the lights at Christmastime.
The Kennedy Memory Gardens committee holds their annual Music in the Park in late summer to behold the fragrant flowers in full bloom and admire the combination of annuals and perennials of all colours, shapes, sizes and textures that delight the senses. The garden is also home to a mural of the early history of the town, provided by Janet Blackstock from Whitewood.
The entire volunteer committee put towards a lot of time to keeping the Memory Garden looking so inviting for people to just sit while on one of the many benches, to take in its beauty.
Kennedy Memory Garden is a beautiful way to pay tribute to a loved one who has passed away. It can honor their memory and also help you through the healing process.
There are many flowers, plaques and other treasures throughout the space in honour and remembrance of family and friends.
The Memory Garden started about 20 years ago as a place where local families could remember someone who has passed away. This garden not only holds reminders of precious times in a person’s life, it also grows with them.
What started as an empty lot on Kennedy’s Main Street, which no one had ever planned on doing anything with, sparked an idea in some members of the community.
“We thought we’d try something with it,” said Memory Garden president Clair Dorrance. “It started off slow with planting just a few flowers here and there. Alice Cox has always been supplying us with the flowers to plant every year. I don’t know how many flowers are planted but Alice brings flat after flat after flat.”
There are a lot of families who come home and see the garden and want to add a personalized plaque or ornament or plant a perennial in memory of a late family member.
A lot of people stroll through and sit and admire the beauty while enjoying a picnic lunch in the summer. You may want to pack a cozy blanket to sit and admire all the lights at Christmastime.
The Kennedy Memory Gardens committee holds their annual Music in the Park in late summer to behold the fragrant flowers in full bloom and admire the combination of annuals and perennials of all colours, shapes, sizes and textures that delight the senses. The garden is also home to a mural of the early history of the town, provided by Janet Blackstock from Whitewood.
The entire volunteer committee put towards a lot of time to keeping the Memory Garden looking so inviting for people to just sit while on one of the many benches, to take in its beauty.
