IN A SERENE SPOT alongside the Edward-Dean

Museum, at least 700 rose bushes bloom and are tended to by nurturing hands. Visitors stroll on winding paths, stopping to take in the flowers and to read names etched on bricks, pavers, and benches. Majestic trees surround the area and a well-tended lawn showcases a white gazebo.

Edward-Dean’s Legacy Garden is a place of distinct beauty and solace; a koi pond adds to the ambiance and the sounds of fountain water create a calming effect. The Legacy Garden features benches that individuals or groups have bought and dedicated in memory of a friend or a relative; others have chosen to commemorate an event.

Donors can honor an artist, recognize an accomplishment, celebrate a child or commemorate a life with the purchase of an engraved brick, paver, bench or a fountain. In doing so, donors will also be supporting Edward-Dean. “It’s a beautiful, beautiful garden, even this time of year. It’s spectacular with the first blooms,” said Amelia “Nancy” Hippert, President of the Friends of Edward-Dean Museum & Gardens. The site is a popular setting for weddings because of its beauty.

The gazebo is a natural place for a ceremony to occur while guests are seated nearby. In fact, most brides pick that area for their weddings, said Terri Bowen, Senior marketing and Events Specialist/Assistant Museum Manager. “It has the perfect entrance,” she said. For more information on the Legacy Garden or for information about purchasing a bench or paver, please visit: www.edward-deanmuseum.org.