Volunteer some Time in the garden

If you have time & talent to share, the Garden will put them both to good use! Come alone or bring a friend or two, and meet some others as you work in the Garden. There’s a job for you if you have even a little time to share to keep this sacred space maintained in our community.

If you can dig, plant, or weed … clean or stain the benches … mow the grass … maintain the paths … trim the trees and shrubs … tend to new plantings … propagate older plantings … maintain the brick and stone paths … keep the grounds clean … help out at special events in the Garden … take seasonal photographs of the Garden … videotape events in the Garden … write an article about the Garden in a community newspaper … help out at a fundraising event … be a speaker in the community to tell others about the Garden … there’s plenty to do,  and probably more than we’ve even thought about.  

Working in or for the Garden is a great idea for service projects for youth, and Eagle Scout candidates as well -- children, teens and young adults are always welcome to share their energy!

Working in the Garden can be a beautiful way to memorialize a friend who loved his or her garden, or who was dedicated to caring for the earth and the environment. Come with some family or friends, and plant a flowering shrub to commemorate a special event or anniversary.

No matter how you do it – please stop by – alone or with others – to share your time and talent in the Garden!

Please call or email us, and we can talk about opportunities for you to be involved.

Become a FRIEND of the garden

Show your support for the Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden by joining as a member,  a FRIEND of the Garden. Your Membership Dues will keep the Garden in bloom (not to mention the fountain running, the lights on, the labyrinth and brickwork maintained, and more).

 If you think we all deserve a special place of beauty in our lives … if you think it’s important to have a place where people of all ages, sexes, colors, and creeds can gather in peace … if you think the Garden fulfills this vision of beauty, healing, and peace in our community – you’re already a FRIEND – so why not join as a member, and make it official!

Annual Membership Dues in the FRIENDS of the Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden are $25. Your membership as a FRIEND will help to sustain the Garden for years to come. Your membership will be your vote of support for peace in our world. Your membership will say you are a FRIEND of the Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden, and that you share that vision with so many others in our community. Please join, by calling or emailing the FRIENDS today!

PURCHASE A MEMORIAL BRICK

Perhaps you would like to memorialize a special person or event in your life by purchasing a memorial brick to be placed in the Peace Pole Plaza that stands at the entrance to the Sacred Writings Garden.

Your brick will be a permanent testament to the person or event you memorialize. Each brick can memorialize a birthday, an anniversary, or the remembrance of a loved one. You might wish to put a special message of peace in the plaza, or a thank you to a very special someone in your life. Maybe just a word – GRATITUDE or PEACE or HARMONY. No matter your message, each memorial brick will be a gift to the Garden, and will help its vision of to stay alive.

You may have three lines of print, with 21 characters per line, on each brick. A Memorial Brick may be purchased for $60. Call or email the FRIENDS to place your order.

Make a Memorial Gift

You might want to memorialize someone, living or deceased, in the Garden. You can remember your loved ones on those special dates when a memorial would be an appreciated gift or a fitting tribute.   

Donate flowering perennials or ornamental grasses for Mother’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Father’s Day, a special birthday, an anniversary, Valentine’s Day, a special religious holiday,  to celebrate the birth of a child, the union of two people you love, or the passing of someone very special. Enhance the Garden through the gift of a bird feeder, bird house, wind chimes, bird bath, trellis, arbor, bench, prayer flags, garden statuary, a peace pole, or an engraved steppingstone. 

A booklet of all memorials will be kept in a place of honor in the Garden, and you will receive a memento of your memorial gift as well.  

Call or email the FRIENDS about making a Memorial Gift to the Garden.