The Memory Garden is a quiet, contemplative space, filled with native California trees, flowers, and plants. A circle of redwood trees surround a private space for meditation or ceremonies, and a circle of water contains stones that can be rearranged by visitors, reflecting the tradition of placing a stone upon leaving a Jewish gravesite. Your use of the memory garden depends largely on you – your needs, emotions and process. This is a self-guided space for reflection, prayer, mourning and healing. You can use this space to:

• Wander, stroll and meditate as you walk along the paths through the serene setting of The Memory Garden.

• Rest on the benches and journal, create art, read

• Contemplate and pray

• Place a pebble in the stream of water to mark the time of year of your loss. See the disturbance in the flow, symbolic of disturbance in the flow of your life and in that of the life lost.