Hope Eternal Gardens

04/28/2026

Sometimes we need a small gift of joy. Especially in seasons when there are unfinished things around loss, like a loved one's ashes that don’t have a final resting place yet.

We’ve created a free Stories & Sunlight Spring set: two pressed‑plant art prints made from real plants growing at Hope Eternal Gardens and pressed in our studio. They’re high‑resolution files you can print at home or through a local shop, in several sizes.

They’re meant to be small, beautiful things to spark joy in your daily life.

🌿 Download the free Stories & Sunlight Spring art prints (limited time):

We made this print first and foremost as a small gift of joy, especially in seasons when you—or someone you care about—are quietly carrying the weight of “we still haven’t figured out what to do with a loved one's ashes yet.”

04/21/2026

New arrivals by the pond: our resident sandhill crane pair just strolled by, showing off their babies. Love seeing this place grow into a home for future generations - both human and bird!

04/02/2026

Honored to virtually visit the Harvard Graduate School of Design and share Hope Eternal Gardens with the “Landscapes of Remembrance” Landscape Architecture Core II Design Studio, coordinated by Craig Douglas ().

The students (MLA 1, first‑year) and I spent the session walking through Hope Eternal Gardens – our licensed natural burial cemetery, memorial forest, and future public park in Punta Gorda, Florida – as a case study in how designers can:
– Work inside real ecological and regulatory constraints
– Treat planting as participatory remembrance, not just maintenance
– Live with their designs and adapt over time

Huge thanks to Craig and the students for such thoughtful, grounded questions and for engaging so deeply with what “forever” landscapes ask of us.

03/27/2026

Still taking in what it feels like to see our story on PBS.
This all began with Chris’s mom Kena asking for a simple, natural resting place. Watching him keep that promise – and seeing the forest grow around it – has been one of the hardest and most meaningful chapters of our lives.
Sharing a short clip here. The full segment is linked in our bio.