Last week was mothers day and my 4th without my stillborn son, Tanner. Ave Maria was sung in church and my tears came freely because it was sung at his memorial service too. The day was rainy but beautiful as well. All of his gardens were exploding with rose blossoms to brighten my mothers day. For Tanner’s [...]
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Stillborn 1st Birthday and Mothers Day
Posted in Angelversaries, Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Our Heavenly Angels, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, Sympathy Gifts and Baskets, tagged angelversary, knock out roses, Memory Garden, mother's day, Stillborn, tanner, verbena on May 18, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Memory Garden Wildflowers for Natural Areas
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Landscape Design Ideas, Our Heavenly Angels, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, tagged memory gardens, native wildflowers, natural areas, pregnancy loss, roadside memorial gardens, stillbirth on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Native wildflowers are very good choices for memory garden plants because they are already acclimated to our temperatures, soil structure and rainfall. Plants incorporated into memory gardens should be very durable and able to withstand harsh climatic conditions, ensuring survival. If you are placing your child’s memory garden into a natural area, or roadside, this is [...]
Dried Flowers Honoring Angel Babies
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Our Heavenly Angels, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, Unique Angel Crafts, tagged death, dried flowers, early pregnancy losses, foliage, funerals, infant death, memorial service, memory gardens, plants, stillbirths, tanner on March 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Flowers, foliage or berries of plants within your babies’ memory garden or plants received as a sympathy gift can be dried and preserved. Early pregnancy losses, stillbirths and infant death are losses with horrific pain to follow. Flowers are the one thing I wanted delivered everyday after the death of our stillborn son Tanner. I [...]
Flowers at Church Honoring Baby Death
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Landscape Design Ideas, Our Heavenly Angels, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, tagged church gardens, greensboro, honor babies, infant loss, memorial gardens, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, tanner, tribute garden on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many Churches will allow members and parishioners to select a small piece of Church grounds to create a memory garden. This is ideal if you live in a town house, condominium or an apartment and have no land to plant. Most Churches welcome these gardens because great care is taken in nurturing them. This will also [...]
Stars in Remembrance Gardens for Angels
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Landscape Design Ideas, Our Heavenly Angels, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, Sympathy Gifts and Baskets, tagged angels, Baby Loss, Comforting Memory Gardens, grieving parents, memorial plants, pregnancy loss, remembrance gift, star, star magnolias, White Flowers on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If a child died early in pregnancy or as an infant, think about planting a Star Magnolia Tree in their Memory Gardens. Some bereaved parents may have chosen the star as the theme, symbolizing their precious baby. Even if a memory garden is not considered, this memorial tree to honor a little angel can be [...]
Planting Helleborus in Gardens Remembering Babies
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Landscape Design Ideas, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, Sympathy Gifts and Baskets, tagged angels, deceased child, Favorite Plants, Helleborus, keepsakes, memory gardens, pregnancy loss, Scrapbooking on February 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Helleborus niger or Christmas Rose is a beautiful plant for memory gardens honoring a baby that has died early in pregnancy or other tragic loss. Sympathy giftsare sometimes difficult to fathom for a child that is supposed to be here. If you know the grieving parents would love an outdoor plant to honor their deceased [...]
Giving Daffodils for Remembrance Gardens
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Landscape Design Ideas, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, Scrapbooking for Bereaved Families, Sympathy Gifts and Baskets, tagged angel, angelversary, Baby Loss, daffoldils, flowers, greiving loss, pregnancy loss, remembrance gardens, Scrapbook, sympathy gifts on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I cannot think of a more appropriate sympathy gift for families grieving the loss of their baby. The holidays have come and gone without the patter of little feet or cries coming from the nursery. The cold of winter not only effects us physically, but psychologically for bereaved parents. We tend to stay indoors, the sun [...]
Memory Garden Plants for Angels
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Landscape Design Ideas, Our Heavenly Angels, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, Sympathy Gifts and Baskets, tagged angels, Baby Loss, Candytuft, memory gardens, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, sympathy gifts, White Flowers on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Plants with white flowers are a wonderful addition to memory gardens for a baby or pregnancy loss. Please visit “Pregnancy Loss Gardens Blooming White” on this blog for additional ideas. One plant highly recommended for your child’s memory garden is Candytuft or Iberis, the scientific name. You may want to check the zone chart making [...]
Roses for your Gardens
Posted in Comforting Memory Gardens, Favorite Plants, Our Heavenly Angels, Pregnancy,infant & baby loss, grief support, Scrapbooking for Bereaved Families, Sympathy Gifts and Baskets, tagged Bereaved Families, comfort, Drought, just a cloud away, memorial gift, memory garden tutorial, memory gardens, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, roses, Scrapbook Pages, sympathy gift on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Roses are a wonderful addition to memory gardens and other gardens desiring an explosion of intricate and impressive blooms. They come in a range of colors, scents, size and add a cottage feel to the garden. An individual rose can be pressed and adhered to your scrapbook pages or cut and brought indoors to be enjoyed. The [...]
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