Memorial Garden

Memorial Garden Space (UUCSV) Unitarian Universalist Church of the Shenandoah Valley

Memorial GardenThe Memorial Garden includes a lovely space with a brick walkway and garden plantings. It is located on the eastern side of the Church, between the Sanctuary Building and the parking lot. Established in 2006, it is a place to honor and remember ourselves, our families, and our friends. It is a place to inter ashes or hold ceremonies and celebrations. Benches provide a place to sit in quiet reflection and contemplation. This is a space to memorialize members and allow friends and family a contemplative place.

Along the edges of the path and in the center space of the Memorial Garden lie finished bricks inscribed with the names of those memorialized.

Ongoing maintenance of the bricks and gardens is funded mainly by the purchase of bricks.

The Memorial Garden is managed and maintained by the Memorial Garden Committee of the Church with participation from the Grounds Committee.

Members can be memorialized with bricks in several ways:

  • Any member can purchase or reserve a memorial space (defined as one or more bricks) with an identifying inscription or sentiment.
  • A family member or friend of a member can purchase or reserve a memorial space for a member.
  • Individuals may purchase multiple bricks. For those wishing to inter a box of ashes, a purchase a space of at least two bricks is required to provide adequate space.
  • Currently, the price per brick is $100.
    • A downloadable brochure with additional details is available here
    • A downloadable form to request one or more bricks to be placed in the Memorial Garden is available here
    • For additional information contact the Church Memorial Garden Committee Chair Michelle Worthing