Children's Memory Garden

The Children’s Memory Garden remembers local children who lost their lives to violence. Approved by the Parks Board in the mid-1990s, financial and in-kind contributions of plants and materials poured in from local congregations and businesses. In 1996, the Garden was formally dedicated, and 35 children were remembered there. Several local organizations volunteered to maintain the Garden in its early years. As the Garden matured, Metro Parks assumed complete maintenance. Unfortunately, with the passage of time, more children lost their lives to violence, and by 2019, the number of children remembered in the Garden had risen to 234.