Monica's Memorial Garden

Monica's son installed this garden, representing her loving and courageous nature.

Monica's Garden

1. Climbing Rose "Above and Beyond" - love & strength  2. Wild Lupine - happiness and a positive outlook, transplanted from her garden. 3. Echinacea - maintaining a strong sense of self, especially when challenged by stress or disease, transplanted from her garden. 4. Butterfly Weed - a bright orange, cheerful pollinator of monarchs.  5. Borage - buoyant courage & optimism. 6. Chicory & Prairie Blue Eyed Grass - selfless love given freely, honoring the individuality of others, emotional containment. 7. Plumonaria - a plant she kept in her garden.  8. Sage - growing from experience, appreciate life's lessons. 

Gloria's Memorial Garden

Gloria had an appreciation for life's simple joys.  

She saw enchantment in migrational birds, returning after a long winter’s journey. Gloria welcomed these winged creatures, one generation after another, to eat, drink and dance outside her windows.

In the summer she was known to cut small bouquets of flowers, keeping them always fresh on the kitchen table.

Canning jam was a one of her specialties. 

Though her favorite jam, too precious to give away, was elderberry.  She protected the wild bush growing along her properties from the cities utility crew, and their undiscriminating eye for edible bushes.  As was her way, by the time she had explaining such matters, they didn't dare disturb this elders Elderberry.

Plant List

 1. Elderberry - for the birds and canning 2. pre-existing Rhubarb - she harvested every spring 3. Echinacea - cut flowers on her birthday, pollinator magnate, represents maintaining a strong sense of self. 4. Raspberry- a favorite of hers to harvest 5. Tiger Lily- transplanted originally from her families farm.

Charles Memorial Garden

Charles' wife chose a flowering Crab Apple to honor her late husband, a tree he had greatly enjoyed. 30 Tulips were planted representing his 6 children, 17 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

Charles, the oldest of Charles Sr. and Lillian Hickey from Detroit, MI grew up with a brood of brothers and one little sister.  

He was a veteran, a hunter, an artist, and a businessman.  He loved fiercely and protected his kin with sharp intellect and a strong will. 

As father to 6 children, he mentored each through their education and in the subtleties of this life. Charles enjoyed a charmed marriage to his beautiful wife whom skied, danced, played cards and traveled the world alongside him.  In total he boasts 17 loving grandchildren.

Uncle Pat's Memorial Garden

Joseph Patrick Hickey passed away in June, 2016.  Loved and missed by his many nieces and nephews, siblings and friends. 

Family gathered and chose a long-living hydrangea to honor his memory. Pat was cremated and will not have a head stone.  However, this flowering bush will take it's place. Planted in a centralized location, to be contemplated and enjoyed frequently by all who visit the families cabin. Above are his brothers standing around the hydrangea after delicately planting and sharing memories with all who had gathered.  Now as his many loved ones pass by the front door, they’ll be passing by a memory of dear Uncle Pat.

Love you Uncle Pat...