PORTLAND MEMORY GARDEN
10401 SE Bush Street, Portland, OR 97266 friendspmg@gmail.com
Home Depot Grant Awarded to The Friends of the Portland Memory Garden
An example of past community partner support, The Friends of the Portland Memory Garden received a Home Depot Community Impact Grant that allowed us to replenish our supply of gardening tools and other amenities. The grants are given to “tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the community.” Our thanks to Home Depot for this generous support and to our loyal volunteers for making it possible!
The Journal of Therapeutic Horticulture has published an article by Patty Cassidy, “The Portland Memory Garden: A Therapeutic Resource on Public Land,“ with extensive photos of the Garden. Read the article on JSTOR.
The American Horticultural Therapy Association published an article by Kelly Warnick titled "The Portland Memory Garden: A Time-Tested Therapeutic Resource Supporting Health for Individuals with Memory Challenges and the General Public". Reada PDF of the article here.
Portland Memory Garden in the News
The Pacific Horticultural Society acknowledges the Portland Memory Garden as a reminder that gardens can be tailored to meet specific needs as we age. Read the article on Pacific Horticulture.
The Garden in Literary Works
Debra Landwehr Engle writes extensively about the Portland Memory Garden in her 2003 book entitled, Grace from the Garden, including the benefits of a therapy gardening to caregivers:
"That's the miracle of memories. The littlest thing, like the faint whiff of a lilac, can take us back forty years in time and across hundreds of geographic miles, transcending time and space unaided by our will or intention.
The Portland Memory Garden many not trigger memories like Wilfrid does for Miss Nancy. But it will give caregivers a chance to create new memories while they can."
Click here to read a short review written in "O, The Oprah Magazine".