Sacred Places Directory - Nature Sacred

Name	Type	Firesoul	Description
4th Street City Park 4th Street and Severn Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 Read about this ‘hidden’ Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jib Edwards	About this Sacred Place Often known as Leon Wolfe Park, this Sacred Place is nestled within a street-end park that was in dire need of an updated design and renovation. It is a quiet place for contemplation and an environmentally proactive rain garden, a model for all Annapolis street-end parks. Features include plants designed to...
507 E 22nd St – Coming Soon 507 E 22nd St Baltimore, MD 21218 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Linda Clark-Tucker	O’Hara Development Partners CDC is a non-profit organization that provides financial wellness and housing education programs in the communities in which they develop. Through local and national partnerships, they also have a housing and financial counseling initiative that prepares people for homeownership. They focus not only on economic tools to strengthen communities and reduce blight...
A Wider Circle at Sibley Plaza 1140 North Capitol Street Washington, DC 20002 Learn more about D.C. Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Liz Anne Ganiban	About this Sacred Place In a neighborhood where the dome of the U.S. Capitol can be seen just blocks away, there live 250 low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities, a community that supports residents in acquiring basic needs of food, housing, adequate health care and human dignity. A Wider Circle is a nonprofit organization whose...
Advocates for the Survivors of Torture and Trauma (now closed) 431 East Belvedere Avenue Baltimore, MD 21212 Read about Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place The Healing Garden at ASTT, which was one of 140 accredited torture survivor treatment centers worldwide, was firmly anchored in the area of holistic healing for a unique community of users. ASTT (now closed) served torture survivors from more than 38 countries and cultures, helping victims find inner strength and nurturing...
Amazing Port Street Garden 2424 McElderry Street Baltimore, MD 21205 Read a case study on this Sacred Place View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Labyrinth Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Pastor Gary Dittman	About this Sacred Place Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church and The McElderry Park Community joined together to create Amazing Port Street, a project on a mission to build community and nurture life through creating a Sacred Community Commons for Healing and Peace in the heart of the community. The space includes community gardens, gardening education...
American Geophysical Union, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy 2000 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 Read about D.C. Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Sebastian Gominho	About this Sacred Place The American Geophysical Union building in Dupont Circle is the first-ever net-zero energy renovation project. When faced with the need to renovate the building, AGU wanted the building be a living representation of AGU’s mission, science, and purpose. In addition, they wanted to develop a 21st-century workspace that utilizes technologies and...
American Psychological Association Green Rooftop and Labyrinth 10 G Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Read about Labyrinths View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Rooftop Sacred Place	Katelynn Wiggins	About this Sacred Place Located in downtown Washington, D.C., this green roof garden and rooftop labyrinth is open for public use on the roof of the American Psychological Association. The APA, which has 115,000 members, worked in partnership with the World Resources Institute, a building tenant, to create and implement this innovative project. This is...
American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden 800 Key Highway Baltimore, MD 21230 The Nature Sacred Team visits AVAM View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Rebecca Hoffberger	About this Sacred Place This Sacred Place serves as both a meditation and sculpture garden, Nature Sacred partnered with AVAM to include the cascading and illuminated water fountain wall – complete with multiple, humorous, carved stone heads, each spouting water – created by visionary elder artist, Ted Ludwiczak. This garden oasis stands at the heart...
Annapolis Light House Courtyard – Coming Soon 10 Hudson St Annapolis, MD 21401 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jennifer Crawford	The Light House is a place of belonging and hope for those who are or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The Light House takes an integrated care approach, working with each of their clients to address the unique blend of factors contributing to their situation. Offering a blend of housing support, social services, employment services,...
Annapolis Light House Healing Garden 10 Hudson Street Annapolis, MD 21401 Read more about this life-changing Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jennifer Crawford	Lighthouse Ministries has served unhoused and disadvantaged residents in Anne Arundel County for more than 21 years. The Healing Garden, dedicated in 2010, is the embodiment of a rich collaborative partnership aimed at integrating communities and mending the spirit. Consistent with their mission to rebuild lives through service and compassion, Light House and its partners...
Annapolis Maritime Museum Garden 723 2nd St Annapolis, MD 21403 Check out a #BenchStory from this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Sarah Krizek	Nature Sacred’s Sacred Place at the Annapolis Maritime Museum is the focal point for morning walks with kids and dogs, concerts, family picnics, and, at the spring equinox, the place where sailors gather from all over to burn their socks. This quirky rite of spring is just one indication of what makes this site so unique....
Annapolis Waterworks Park 260 Defense Highway Annapolis, MD 21401 https://www.annapolis.gov/1085/Waterworks-Park View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Marisa Wittlinger	About this Sacred Place The Annapolis Waterworks Park is a passive recreational facility operated by the Annapolis Department of Recreation and Parks. This 500-acre park is situated one mile west of the Annapolis Mall and is one of the few open-space resources in the area, which provides the public with hiking trails and places to...
Anne Arundel Medical Center Healing Garden 2001 Medical Parkway Annapolis, MD 21401 Learn more about how Sacred Places positively impact healthcare View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Gretchen Mulvihill	About this Sacred Place Located adjacent to the Meditation Center, the Healing Garden includes a meandering path of bluestone paving, along with a water feature that transitions from boulders to smoothly polished river stones. With a generous gift from Homestead Gardens, the Garden is filled with lush planting, presenting a holistic approach to healing. The...
Baldwin House – Coming Soon 2572 Sherman Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		Baldwin House is a General Cooperative Association located in the District of Columbia’s Ward 1. They are a limited-equity housing cooperative and community gathering space located next to Howard University and D.C.’s historic Black Broadway / U Street corridor. The building will provide permanently affordable housing to 10 of their community’s most active organizers –...
Baltimore Clayworks – Coming Soon 5707 Smith Avenue Baltimore, MD, USA View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Holly Jackson	Baltimore Clayworks is a community-centered ceramics institution in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded by nine artists in 1980, the organization possesses a national and international reputation for artistic excellence, artists’ support, and community involvement in the ceramic arts. Baltimore Clayworks is committed to the principle that making and appreciating art are essential...
Baltimore Community Mediation Center 3333 Greenmount Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 Read about Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Baltimore Community Mediation Program provides free mediation services, teaches conflict resolution skills, mobilizes volunteer community mediators and educates the public. By making mediation and other nonviolent conflict resolution strategies more accessible in Baltimore City, the Community Mediation Program reduces violence and interpersonal conflict and animosity while improving communication all across Baltimore...
Barton Park (formerly Whitman Walker Clinic) 2401 10th St N, Arlington, VA 22201 Read more about this Sacred Place View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place	Dick Blackburn	About this Sacred Place Even on a cold and windy November morning, there’s something peaceful about the path that meanders past the community garden at Arlington County’s Barton Park. The smell of pine needles is strong in the air. Blowing leaves are scattered across the smooth river stones that nestle beneath the boulders that border...
Beach 41st Street Gardens 38-20 Beach Channel Drive Queens, NY 11691 Watch our film Hurricane Healing Garden View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place The Sacred Place at Beach 41st Street Houses in New York is one of the many community gardens within the Nature Sacred Network. It had been a vital part of the community for more than two decades when it was suddenly destroyed in 2012, when Hurricane Sandy struck and devastated much...
Bethany House and Garden 835 SW Polk St, Topeka, KS 66612 Learn more about this Sacred Place View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Bethany House & Garden is located on 3 acres in Topeka, Kansas. This location once hosted the College of the Sisters of Bethany, an Episcopal school for girls that closed in 1928. It has now become home for the bishop’s offices and an established partnership with Agatha Amani House, a shelter...
BLISS Meadows 5105 Plainfield Ave Baltimore, MD 21206 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Atiya Wells	About this Sacred Place Backyard Basecamp and its BLISS Meadows in Baltimore exist to inspire and empower Black, Indigenous, and all people of color to explore and find nature in the places they live. BLISS Meadows is a 10-acre site at the intersection of environmental and food justice. A Sacred Place anchored by the site’s...
Bon Secours Retreat & Conference Center Labyrinth Garden 1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104 View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place	Tessa Barnett	About this Sacred Place The Bon Secours Labyrinth is the focal point of a one-acre Sacred Place surrounded by tall trees, plants, flowers and meditation benches. The Center is used by many diverse groups for meetings, seminars and conferences. The labyrinth at Bon Secours is based on the design of the eleven-circuit labyrinth on the...
Boswell Gateway at Stillmeadow PeacePark – Coming Soon 5110 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Pastor Michael Martin	About this Sacred Place Stillmeadow Community Fellowship and its PeacePark are situated in the heart of the Beechfield and Irvington neighborhoods in southwest Baltimore City, Maryland. Through this 10-acre forest the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship seeks to provide a beautiful and meditative space for their community, a habitat for birds and other wildlife, and an educational...
Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis 121 S Villa Ave Annapolis, MD 21401 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Lisa Lindsay-Mondoro
Brenton Arboretum 25141 260th St Dallas Center, IA 50063 http://www.thebrentonarboretum.org/ View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place	Melissa Burdick	About this Sacred Place With over 2,500 different trees and shrubs representing 500 different taxa of plants on display, the Brenton Arboretum centers its focus on celebrating trees and encouraging its visitors to learn and care for trees as well. Trees are strategically placed throughout the arboretum, blocking any views that would be clogged with...
Bright Beginnings – Coming Soon 3418 4th Street SE Washington, DC 20032 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place, School Sacred Place		Bright Beginnings is a nonprofit that uses a whole-child, two-generation approach to promote the long-term development and success of children and families experiencing housing instability in Washington, DC. For over 30 years, Bright Beginnings has helped thousands of children and their families experiencing housing instability by providing them with quality care, education, and support during...
Buena Vista Terrace – Coming Soon Buena Vista Terrace & 30th St SE Washington DC 20020 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Robert Butler	Casey Trees is a Washington, DC based nonprofit. Established in 2001, they are committed to restoring, enhancing and protecting the tree canopy of the nation’s capital. To fulfill this mission, they plant trees, engage thousands of volunteers of all ages in tree planting and care, provide year-round continuing education courses, monitor the city’s tree canopy,...
Butterfly Garden & Overlook 26th and Maiden Lane Joplin, MO 64804 Watch our film Butterfly Angels View on Map	Memorial garden	Melodee Colbert Kean	About this Sacred Place In May 2011, an EF5, mile-wide, multi-vortex tornado chewed through a large swath of Joplin, MO. In just 38 minutes, the tornado claimed 161 lives, injured 1150 others; it caused billions of dollars in damages and left thousands of trees decimated, uprooted or maimed. Parts of the community were utterly devastated....
C3 Campus Contemplative Garden 1915 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kristi Knous	About this Sacred Place Based in Des Moines, Iowa, the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines works to address the needs of their community by serving as a collaborator, supporter, and nexus point for partners working in the community. This includes providing training and grant opportunities for local nonprofits, and connecting passionate donors with local...
CARE House of Oakland County – Coming Soon 44765 Woodward Ave Pontiac, MI 48341, USA View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	gwen weiner	CARE House of Oakland County is the sole children’s advocacy center in Oakland County, MI, providing first rate services to victims of child abuse and neglect. Founded in 1977 as the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County, they currently offer an array of programs focused on the identification and treatment of child abuse...
Carroll Park Joseph Beuys Installation 1600 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21230 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Carroll Park is a 117 acre park in the Washington Village-Pigtown neighborhood of Baltimore City. It is also the city’s third oldest park. Among the walking paths and open fields, the park also is home to one of the first racially integrated golf courses in the country. This site is one...
Central Park Conservancy 830 5th Avenue New York, NY 10021 Central Park Conservancy View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Tucked inside the Park at West 77th Street is a beautiful, secluded and contemplative setting. It has extraordinary vistas of the Manhattan skyline to the South, and in the Ramble Woodlands to the East is the Ladies Pavilion in Central Park. The Ladies Pavilion Landscape was in need of refurbishment from...
César Chávez School – Coming Soon 6609 Riggs Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782 View on Map	School Sacred Place	Kate Culzoni	About this Sacred Place The César Chávez Dual Language Spanish Immersion School (CCDSIS) is invested in creating a safe learning environment for all students, staff, and parents. CCDSIS prepares learners to become leaders in a diverse community through a focus on academics, respect, equity, and justice. In an effort to address their need for outdoor...
Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating 7040 Bembe Beach Rd Annapolis, MD 21403 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Rebecca Gonser	Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) was founded on the principle that people with disabilities can and should be able to live fulfilling and joyful lives and have equitable access to meaningful therapeutic recreation. With a mission to bring the therapeutic value of sailing to those with disabilities, recovering veterans, and youth from underprivileged backgrounds, CRAB’s...
Choose Life Memorial Garden Intersection of Change 1947 Pennsylvania Avenue Baltimore, MD 21217 Watch a video about this site and others in partnership with Intersection of Change View on Map	Memorial garden, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Todd Marcus	About this Sacred Place The space began as an effort to repurpose a vacant lot that was left after an empty building was demolished. The garden also found its purpose in memorializing those lost to drugs and violence in the community. Capitalizing on the opportunity to create a nature-focused memorial space in a crowded metropolis,...
Church of the Resurrection – Coming Soon 501 E St SE Washington, DC 20003 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		Church of the Resurrection is an Anglican church located in SE Washington DC. The congregation was founded in 2002 as a multi-ethnic fellowship with a vision for establishing a vibrant church in Washington. In 2004, they began meeting for worship on Sunday evenings in rented facilities on Capitol Hill. In 2021 they purchased and moved...
College Park Youth and Family Services Center – Coming Soon 4912 Nantucket Road College Park, MD 20740 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jessica Prentice	The Youth, Family and Senior Services Department provides community outreach as well as family counseling for youth and families to enhance family functioning. Seniors receive advocacy and navigation assistance with government entitlement programs in addition to emotional support, social engagement opportunities and limited transportation services. The Family Center provides therapy to children and families, with...
Columbia Heights Green, in partnership with Washington Parks & People 3321 11th St NW Washington, DC 20010 Read about D.C. Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Steve Coleman	About this Sacred Place Washington Parks & People is a hub for activating public lands & waters for broad community revitalization – through partnership, innovation, discovery, and workforce development. Parks & People began 25 years ago in Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, founded by a range of community and parks leaders and organizations. Today, they lead...
Community Restorative Garden and Dog Run, in partnership with CFNEA 343 Mountain Street Heflin, AL 36264 Watch a video about our site in the City of Heflin View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Tammy Perry	About this Sacred Place One thing about the town of Heflin that any out-of-towner should know; it is a community of dog-lovers. That’s why this Sacred Place includes a dog run, aimed to serve all community members — even the furry ones! Heflin Dog Run is located within Heflin’s Cahluga Creek Park which sits on the...
Congressional Cemetery 1801 E St SE Washington, DC 20003 Read about D.C. Firesouls View on Map	Memorial garden, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Paul Williams	About this Sacred Place The Ward Six 9/11 Memorial Grove at Congressional Cemetery broke ground on Arbor Day as the first of nine memorial groves to be placed around the city in memory of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Rosemary Dillard, who lost her husband at the Pentagon on September 11th,...
Crispus Attucks Park 63 U Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Read about this “godsend’ Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	John Corea	About this Sacred Place Twenty years ago, the property looked nothing like it does today. A burned out building and concrete and asphalt surfaces littered with abandoned cars would have greeted a visitor walking down the alley. Neighborhood residents worked together to reclaim the space and transform it into the community gem it is today....
Crossroads Garden: A Place of Solace and Remembrance, in partnership with CFNEA 7290 Co Rd, Centre, AL 35960 Watch a video about this Sacred Place opening View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Sheila Mobley	About this Sacred Place They look to infuse a Sacred Place to escape the daily stresses of modern life and find peace—and, in keeping with their mission, this space will be a “place where [people] may journey back and remember the history of their families that built the community. A place available for school field...
Day Plaza at The Hospitality Hub 590 Washington Avenue Memphis, TN 38105 Learn more about this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Ellen Roberds	About this Sacred Place The Hospitality Hub of Memphis works to help people exit homelessness. Their staff leverage decades of combined experience to identify challenges faced by their homeless clients and works with them to implement solutions that best suit their needs. The Hub and Nature Sacred collaborated to bring 3 Sacred Places to the...
Donald O. Wilson Park – Coming Soon Harlem Inner Block Park E 89, 1319 W Lafayette Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217, USA Read about Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Dick Williams	About this Sacred Place The Donald O. Wilson Park is one of six Inner Block Parks in Baltimore’s Harlem Park neighborhood in consideration for revitalization. Donald O. Wilson Park as the pilot Sacred Place project, will catalyze the masterplan and redesign of the rest of these Inner Block Parks into one connected greenway. The site...
Dr. Stephen Brewer Sculpture Garden, in partnership with CFNEA 5951 AL-117 Mentone, AL 35984 Watch a video about this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Randy Grider	About this Sacred Place The Dr. Stephen Brewer Sculpture Garden at the Mentone Arts & Culture Center is no ordinary garden. Located in Mentone, Alabama, this Sacred Place pays its homage to the Native Americans who once lived on the ground it stands on through different statues and designs in the park. In addition to...
Ellen O. Moyer Nature Park, in partnership with the Annapolis Maritime Museum 7300 Edgewood RD Annapolis, MD 21403 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Sarah Krizek	About this Sacred Place What was once an overgrown, neglected park was transformed by the volunteers and operations staff of Annapolis Maritime Museum into a safe and beautiful waterfront park for the Annapolis community. A space once used for storage is now a clean and comfortable environmental education center, complete with two classrooms, updated facilities,...
Epiphany Chapel 1419 Odenton Rd Odenton, MD 21113 Read about this Sacred Place, part of a 100 year old community View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Memorial garden, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Dr. Phebe McPherson	About this Sacred Place One project in which Episcopalians have been directly involved is the Peace Garden and labyrinth, dedicated in 2002 on the grounds of Epiphany Chapel and Church House in Odenton, Md., to honor the 2,929 military chaplains who served in World War I. “The garden is a crowning tribute to the faith...
Frederick Douglass Museum Garden 1411 W Street SE Washington, DC 20020 Read about D.C. Firesouls View on Map	Memorial garden, Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place The Gardens at Cedar Hill was conceived when Douglass’ mansion was placed on the list of 10 most endangered national parks. It provides lovely embellishment for the grounds and represents a show of support for the preservation of the legacy of a powerful community hero of international acclaim. It is a...
Friends of Patterson Park Courtyard 27 S Patterson Park Avenue Baltimore, MD 21231 View on Map		Katie Long	Patterson Park is a 137-acre public park that is within easy walking distance of more than 10 different neighborhoods, representing one of the most diverse geographic areas in Baltimore City. The park also serves all Baltimore City residents as one of the largest green spaces with unique resources. Friends of Patterson Park works to ensure...
Garden of Gratitude at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center 9000 Franklin Square Dr, Rosedale, MD 21237 View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Orville Henry	MedStar Health is the largest healthcare provider in the DMV region. Through their extensive network of healthcare facilities, their mission is to serve their patients, those who care for them, and their communities. MedStar’s Franklin Square Medical Center is already home to one Sacred Place, the Garden of Little Angels, which honors and memorializes children...
Garden of Hope and Healing at the April Sampson Cancer Center 4101 Tiger Lily Rd Lincoln, NE 68516 Learn more about the positive impact a Sacred Place can have on healthcare institutions. View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place, Labyrinth Sacred Place	Kaye Jesske	About this Sacred Place Bryan Health is a Nebraska governed, nonprofit health system that cares for patients, educates tomorrow’s health care providers and motivates community with fitness and health programs. Their award-winning network of doctors, hospitals and medical providers offers effective care; works with industry leaders to introduce leading-edge, proven treatments to the region; and...
Garden of Little Angels at Franklin Square Hospital Center 9000 Franklin Square Drive Baltimore, MD 21237 Learn more about green space and healthcare View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place, Memorial garden	Leah Murray	About this Sacred Place Located in the Women’s Pavilion of the Franklin Square Hospital is a Memorial Loss Garden, the “Garden of Little Angels.” This garden serves as a place of solace and peace for patients and hospital staff as well as for parents, friends and family members who wish to honor the loss of...
Garden of Peace and Remembrance at St. Anne’s Cemetery Northwest Street & W Washington St Annapolis, MD 21401 Learn more about our Interfaith Firesouls. View on Map	Memorial garden, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Linda Adamson	About this Sacred Place St. Anne’s Parish is a 300 year old parish nestled in downtown Annapolis that holds inclusion, outreach, justice, and reconciliation as key values. The parish also operates St. Anne’s Cemetery, also a historic cemetery in downtown Annapolis. Part of the cemetery’s land runs adjacent to the College Creek watershed and a...
Garden of Reflection and Remembrance at the University of Maryland 1101 Memorial Chapel College Park, MD 20742 Read about how this community uses their Sacred Place View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, School Sacred Place	Denise McHugh	About this Sacred Place Its concept originated in the students’ response to national tragedies, such as the Virginia Tech massacre and the terrorist attacks of September 11. As a way to try to process and understand such loss, students unconsciously gravitated to the spot, a soon-to-be sacred space in nature that was adjacent to the...
Garden of the Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore Emmanuel Monastery 2229 W Joppa Rd Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093 View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Bench found new home after closing of ASTT. This Sacred Place sits under a lovely tree, adjacent to the labyrinth in the Sisters’ garden, with a view of the slope beyond. It is frequented and enjoyed by the monastery community and Asylee Women Enterprise members, as well as the surrounding community...
Geckle Memorial Garden 4105 Old York Road Baltimore, MD 21218 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Phyllis Ham	Marian House is a holistic, healing community for women and their children who are in need of housing and support services. They provide a safe, sober, and loving environment that challenges women to respect and love themselves, confront emotional and socioeconomic barriers, and transition to stable and independent lives. Marian House values the innate dignity...
Georgetown Waterfront Park 3303 Water St NW, Washington, DC 20007 View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place	Margaret Hardon	About this Sacred Place The Georgetown Waterfront Park is the vital last link that joins the 225 miles of public parkland along the Potomac River from the terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in Cumberland, Maryland, to historic Mt. Vernon, Virginia. The Citizens Association of Georgetown has partnered with the National Park Foundation, National...
Girard Children’s Community Garden 1450 Girard St NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA Read about our DC Firesouls. View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kendra Hazel	About this Sacred Place City Blossoms cultivates the well-being of communities through creative programming in kid-driven gardens. The organization originated to address the lack of access to nature experienced by many children in Washington, DC. Since 2008, City Blossoms has designed, developed, collaborated on, and provided programming or trainings for over 100 projects throughout Washington,...
Govans Community Garden – Coming Soon 5828 York Road Baltimore, MD 21212 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Bonnie Thomson	Govans Presbyterian Church is a theologically progressive community empowering people to make the world better. They are a More Light Church, welcoming all people into the life and leadership of the church regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, or sexual identity. Among other things, serving others and earth care are core elements of their work....
Govans Presbyterian Church Garden and Labyrinth 5828 York Road Baltimore, MD 21212 Read about Labyrinth Sacred Places View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Govans Presbyterian Church provides an accessible outdoor seven-circuit labyrinth that is open and available to both the church and the community on a year-round basis. The labyrinth is constructed from natural and living materials, and is part of the church’s effort to establish “holy space” in the midst of the surrounding...
Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) – Coming Soon 6701 N. Charles St, Towson, MD 21204 Learn more about the positive impact a Sacred Place can have on healthcare institutions. View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	David Brierley	About this Sacred Place The Greater Baltimore Medical Center demonstrates clear intentionality to utilize nature as complementary to the other health services that occur on this impressive campus. The hospital has expressed a wish to engage their unique community of providers, staff, associates, patients, and visitors in the design of a Sacred Place that would...
Healing and Restorative Garden, in partnership with CFNEA 3705 Mays Bend Rd, Pell City, AL 35128 Learn more about our site at Pell City Gateway Community Garden, Inc View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Linda Tutwiler	About this Sacred Place Located in Pell City, Alabama, the Gateway Community Gardens serves as a wonderful example of how community gardening can harvest more than just vegetables. The expressed goal of the garden is to provide food to the less fortunate in the Pell City area, but the garden also functions as a place...
Hidden Harvest Farm – Coming Soon 209 McAllister Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place	Kisha Webster	The Greenmount West Community Center Foundation is an art-based space which serves as an incubator to develop the greatness and talents of Black youth and the community. Currently entering its sixth year of programming, the Foundation continues to move nimbly as an organization, pivoting to meet the ever-evolving needs of youth and the community. The...
Howard Park Civic Association – Coming Soon 3718 Marmon Ave Gwynn Oak, MD 21207	Neighborhood Sacred Place		Howard Park (Baltimore, MD) is a community in which residents enjoy easy access to Downtown entertainment, major commuting routes and public transportation, all while living among tree-lined, quiet streets in primarily larger single-family homes with spacious yards. However, Howard Park is in the western ‘wing’ of Baltimore’s ‘Black Butterfly’. The neighborhood has experienced population stagnation...
Inspiration Point, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation 6 Herndon Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 Tour CBF sites with Alden Stoner, Nature Sacred’s CEO View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Paul Willey	About this Sacred Place “The project that started it all” – Inspiration Point. 1996 marked the first official Nature Sacred Space with a signature bench and journal, located at The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland. A long path canopied by vibrant trees, plants and flowers, leads to a destination point overlooking one of...
J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center Garden 175 Harry S. Truman Pkwy, Annapolis, MD 21401	Healthcare Sacred Place	Daniel Watkins	About this Sacred Place J Kent McNew and the connected Pathways facilities provide addiction and mental health treatment for adults. While Pathways has been around for 30 years, J Kent McNew Family Medical Center opened in April of 2020 in the height of the pandemic. The 16 in-patient bed facility provides a variety of therapeutic...
Jeremy’s Way Street End Park End of Jeremy’s Way Annapolis, MD 21403 Read about this passive site with an active community View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Jeremy’s Way Street End Park is tucked discreetly at the end of a walkway that naturally leads you into the Sacred Place filled with plants and a view of the Chesapeake Bay in the Maritime Republic of Eastport. The only sounds are those of nature. The space is a favorite among...
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Healing Garden and Labyrinth 4940 Eastern Avenue Baltimore, MD 21224 Read about Labyrinth Firesouls View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place, Labyrinth Sacred Place	Paula Teague	About this Sacred Place Through the creation of a labyrinth, the project reaches out to patients, staff and the community with a message of hope and healing, while offering an opportunity for relaxation and peace. This project unites the health care and spiritual care professions to help community members achieve healing and relaxation. Johns Hopkins...
Joseph Beuys Installation at Wyman Park Dell 3000 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Martha Waldron	About this Sacred Place This site is one of four installations of the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership in the Nature Sacred Network. Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is known for his performances, sculptures, environments, vitrines, prints, posters, and thousands of drawings. He was a...
Josephine Butler Center, in partnership with Washington Parks and People Josephine Butler Parks Center 2437 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 Watch a video of the 2021 Firesoul Fest in this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Steve Coleman	About this Sacred Place Meridian Hill — an ancient Native American spiritual ground and the site of America’s first national park for the performing arts — has been dramatically reclaimed from crime and violence by its Washington, D.C. community. The Josephine Butler Parks Center, which sits atop Meridian Hill, is Washington’s “greenhouse” for celebrating and...
Jubilee Arts Performance Garden, in partnership with Intersection of Change 1947 Pennsylvania Ave Baltimore, MD, 21217 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Todd Marcus	About this Sacred Place Offering programs in dance, visual arts, creative writing and ceramics in partnership with the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Clayworks, area artists and writers, and dancers, this site includes a green space featuring fruit trees, sculptures, a mural, and performance stage. The Jubilee Arts garden is the many points of...
Justice Hugo Black Park, in partnership with CFNEA 479 2nd St NW Ashland, AL 36251 Groundbreaking for Hugo Black Memorial in Ashland View on Map	Memorial garden	John Rochester	About this Sacred Place...
Juvenile Agency Volunteer Auxiliary Garden 129 E. Main St Unity Square Elkton, MD 21921 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Giulia Hodge	About this Sacred Place Looking for new opportunities to counsel and support at-risk youth, JAVA has partnered with several community and civic organizations to envision and create a new town square at the centrally located courtyard of the Cecil County Courthouse. As an alternative to being assigned to the detention system, JAVA clients perform community...
Kirby Lane Park, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works 1820-1828 W Saratoga St Baltimore, MD 21223 Watch a video about this Sacred Place’s 2021 Fall Festival View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Donald Quarles	About this Sacred Place Residents of the 1800 Block of Saratoga, led by Block Captain Donald Quarles, have organized efforts to stop chronic illegal dumping; restore scars on the block caused by the expansive demolition of deteriorating vacant homes; and establish a positive space to relax and enjoy the outdoors. During the design process, members...
Langdon Community Park 2901 20th St NE Washington, DC 20018 View on Map	Memorial garden	Cheryl Dixon	About this Sacred Place In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the Memorial Tree Groves Project was envisioned as a way to pay lasting tribute to the tragic events of that day. A collaboration between GreenSpaces for DC, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, and the US Forest Service, Langdon Park was designated as...
Langton Green Community Farm 844 Generals Highway Millersville, MD 21108 Learn more about the community farm at Langton Green View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Diana Davis	About this Sacred Place Since its founding in 1984, Langton Green, an Anne Arundel County-based residential community that supports adults with intellectual disabilities, has sought to establish a place where people with varying needs and abilities could live, work and learn to make a positive impact on the surrounding community. They provide programs and services...
Lenox Hill Hospital – Coming Soon 100 East 77th Street New York, NY 10075 View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place, Rooftop Sacred Place	Sara Choi	Lenox Hill Hospital is a 450-bed, acute care facility on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Receiving patients from all across New York City and beyond, Lenox Hill is committed to providing the highest standard of care to a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse patient population. They have an international reputation for outstanding patient care, offering unparalleled expertise,...
Lineville Pocket Park, in partnership with CFNEA 60167 AL-49 Lineville, AL 36266 See more about this Sacred Place. View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jamie Watts	About this Sacred Place This pocket park welcomes folks of all ages, with an emphasis on children’s programming and education. Created in partnership with the City of Lineville and the Clay County school system, Lineville Pocket Park offers a serene and quiet space for residents and students alike. Part of the Open Spaces Sacred Places...
Listening Garden at the University of Maryland 1101 Memorial Chapel College Park, MD 20742 View on Map	School Sacred Place	Denise McHugh	The University of Maryland, College Park is Maryland’s flagship university and one of the nation’s preeminent public research universities. It is a global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, and home to more than 40,700 students, 14,000 faculty and staff, and nearly 400,000 alumni all dedicated to the pursuit of Fearless Ideas. They are committed...
Luther Place Memorial Church – Coming Soon 1226 Vermont Ave NW Washington DC 20005 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Laura Tiffany	Built in 1873 and registered with the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Luther Place Memorial Church is both historic and continually seeking ways to be engaged faithfully with today’s world. They are prayerful, spiritual, collaborative and engaged in the world; a dynamic community of disciples offering hospitality through worship, fellowship, and ministry, and welcome...
Marian House Courtyard 949 Gorsuch Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218 Read about Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Katie Allston	About Marian House The mission of Marian House is to nurture self-esteem and give troubled women the tools they need to realize their full potential. The Outdoor Sculpture Garden came into being as an outgrowth of the work of Marian House. Four 6 ½ foot tall female caryatids sculpted in marble are mounted on the...
Martha’s Place Garden, in partnership with Intersection of Change 1928 Pennsylvania Avenue Baltimore, MD 21217 Read more about this site and Intersection of Change View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Todd Marcus	About this Sacred Place Martha’s Place is a Maryland state-certified recovery program for women overcoming substance abuse and homelessness. Martha’s Place borders Baltimore’s communities of Sandtown-Winchester and Upton and offers long-term Single Room Occupancy (SRO) housing. Martha’s Place provides a structured recovery program to help clients maintain sobriety and develop life-skills vital for independent living....
Marvin Gaye Greening Center, in partnership with Washington Parks & People 5000 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE Washington, DC 20019 Learn more about our DC Firesouls. View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Steve Coleman	About this Sacred Place Washington Parks & People is a hub for activating public lands & waters for broad community revitalization – through partnership, innovation, discovery, and workforce development. Parks & People began 25 years ago in Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, founded by a range of community and parks leaders and organizations. Today, they lead...
Marvin Gaye Park, in partnership with Washington Parks and People Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE & Division Ave NE Washington, DC 20019 Read about D.C. Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Steve Coleman	About this Sacred Place Washington Parks & People has been a strong impetus behind the reclamation and revitalization of one of D.C.’s most historic and memorable parks. Formerly Watts Branch Park, Marvin Gaye Park is the longest continuous city park and creek in D.C. Since 2001, its decline from the previous decades has been turned...
Maryland Correctional Institution-Jessup 7804 House of Correction Road Jessup, MD 20794 View on Map	Prison Sacred Place	Phil Morgan	About this Sacred Place The Garden of Reflection at the Maryland Correctional Institute in Jessup, Maryland, includes a meditative garden space that was envisioned and created by the inmates. It is bordered by a mini-arboretum of saplings that is tended by the inmates. All aspects combine for a powerful metaphoric image: the saplings will be...
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 Read about this Labyrinth Sacred Place View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Rebecca Daubney	About this Sacred Place The centerpiece of Maryland Hall’s Founder’s Green is the labyrinth, which also features an artist’s circle, a majestic elm tree and benches for reflection. Maryland Hall’s labyrinth was constructed in 2002, and is a replica of that inlaid in the floor of Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral outside Paris. The Artist’s...
Metropolitan Transition Center 954 Forrest Street Baltimore, MD 21202 View on Map	Prison Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place What was once a bleak, rubble-filled prison yard is now an expanded greenspace with two benches for reflection, flower beds and contemplative paths. Nature Sacred and several partners worked together to transform the prison yard at the same time of creating a Horticulture and Arts program at MTC. While earning Master...
Minary’s Dream Alliance – Coming Soon 9155 American Legion Road, Chestertown, MD 21620 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place	Doncella Wilson	About this Sacred Place Minary’s Dream Alliance is a nonprofit organization that works with youth who have been affected by or diagnosed with opioid use disorder, as well as their families. With a service area of Caroline, Kent, and Dorchester Counties, Minary’s Dream Alliance undertakes the logistics, transportation, and coordination to give these youth a...
Moon Garden, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works – Coming Soon 2123-2147 W Saratoga St Baltimore, MD 21223 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Michael Schaffer	Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) has a mission “to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our community and bringing ‘Good Help to those in Need’, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved.” Established by the Sisters of Bon Secours, BSCW has been serving West Baltimore for 30...
Mount Washington Arboretum Lochlea Rd, Baltimore, MD 21209 Read about programming in this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Dr. Mike Sherlock	About this Sacred Place What was once an abandoned, one-acre brown field where an apartment building once stood in northern Baltimore City is now the site of the Mt. Washington Arboretum. The site features over 250 yards of trails infused with hundreds of native plant species, as well as a interpretive signs, five seating arrangements,...
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy 1300 Bladensburg Road, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002 Learn more about this site’s rich history View on Map	Memorial garden, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Susan Bonneau	About this Sacred Place Catholic cemeteries are sacred burial grounds for those who have left the earth, but they also serve as powerful places for the living. Mount Olivet Cemetery’s green space is no exception, and is a welcome center of reflection, comfort and tranquility. The green space at Mount Olivet contains a specifically designed...
Mural Park at West Anniston Gateway, in partnership with CFNEA 1128 Gurnee Avenue Anniston, AL 36201 Watch a video about this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Steven Folks	About this Sacred Place Nestled within the city of Anniston resides the West Fifteenth Street Historic District—a once-thriving commercial and social center for African Americans during an era of deep segregation. During this time, the city offered everything its residents needed, and the beautiful mural in this quarter-acre Sacred Place was painted to show just...
Muslim Family Center – Coming Soon 5796 Waterloo Rd, Columbia, MD 21045	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Yumna Valiulla	The Muslim Family Center has been serving Muslims living and working in Howard County, MD for over a decade. They strive to nurture spiritual excellence within families by offering purposeful programs and services in an uplifting and inclusive environment.The Center’s location is very accessible but in need of much support to reach their visioned community...
Natural Dye Initiative Indigo Farm – Coming Soon 1223 Argyle Ave Baltimore, MD 21217	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jade Hall	Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood is a mixed-use historic neighborhood. Formerly home to such icons as Billie Holiday and Thurgood Marshall, it was once a thriving hub of African American culture and commerce. Since then, it has lost many of the places and people that made it sustainable — but the neighborhood continues to take pride in...
Naval Cemetery Landscape Williamsburg Street West between Kent Ave and Flushing Ave Brooklyn, NY 11205 Watch our film about this Sacred Place View on Map	Memorial garden	Avvah Rossi	About this Sacred Place The Sacred Place at the Naval Cemetery Landscape was created as part of The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, a much larger plan to transform unused space around Brooklyn Navy Yard into lush waterfront, and was a National Nature Sacred Awards grantee. Covering more than 1.5 acres, the space is the site of...
North Star Park – Coming Soon 2600 N 36th St Milwaukee, WI 53210 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Patrice Gransberry	In 2012, five Metcalfe Park resident leaders formed the Metcalfe Park Community Action Team (MPCAT) to join with neighborhood and citywide partners to consider how resident engagement could improve the Metcalfe Park neighborhood. That same year, they were chosen for the federally funded Building Neighborhood Capacity Program, which provided them the resources to become Metcalfe...
Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden 4414 Frankford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21206 Get to know Firesoul Lauren Goodsmith View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Labyrinth Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Lauren Goodsmith	About this Sacred Place The Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden was planted on the grounds of St. Anthony of Padua Church in 2000. Since that time, the Garden has become a place of peace and healing for all who come to visit this sacred space. Over the years, the Garden has continued to grow, so that...
Nurturing Nature Garden at Baltimore Clayworks 5707 Smith Avenue Baltimore, MD 21209 Read about Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Holly Jackson	About this Sacred Place Located in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, Baltimore Clayworks exists to develop, sustain and promote an artist-centered community that provides outstanding artistic, educational and collaborative programs in ceramic arts. An integral part of the campus is Clayworks’ Nurturing Nature Outdoor Community Space. The outdoor community space is a place of...
Old Market House Square 2001 14th Street SE Washington, DC 20020 Read about D.C. Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Donald Cryer	About this Sacred Place Over the course of seven years, St. Philip’s Church worked with an amazing array of organizations to bring their vision of community revitalization through the revitalization of a neighborhood park in the Anacostia Historic District. And finally, in the Spring of 2011, the groundbreaking was enthusiastically celebrated by all involved: The...
Opportunity Builders, Inc. – Coming Soon 8855 Veterans Hwy, Millersville, MD 21108 View on Map		Bill Kuethe	About this Sacred Place Located in Millersville, Maryland, Opportunity Builders, Inc. (OBI) is an organization dedicated to serving youth and adults with disabilities. OBI supports these individuals in their pathways to full inclusion in their communities. While OBI has more deeply integrated their activities into the surrounding community in the past few years, their center...
Pacific Park, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works – Coming Soon 1900 W Saratoga Street Baltimore MD 21223 Learn more about our partnership with Bon Secours Community Works. View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Remo Barnett	About this Sacred Place Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) works to enrich West Baltimore communities with programs and services that contribute to the long-term economic and social viability of neighborhoods. Nature Sacred partnered with Bon Secours Community Works to help bring a community vision for Pacific Park to life. Pacific Park originated as a response...
Parity Homes – Coming Soon 506-514 N Carrollton Ave Baltimore, MD 21223 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		Parity Homes is an equitable development company proudly headquartered in West Baltimore that acquires and rehabilitates abandoned properties by the block to create affordable home ownership opportunities. Parity Homes was started as a response to the gentrification and displacement the community was experiencing in their hometown. Rather than renovating and selling individual homes, which is...
Patterson Park Joseph Beuys Garden 27 S Patterson Park Avenue Baltimore, MD 21231 Read “A drop into Patterson Park” View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jennifer Robinson	About this Sacred Place This site is one of four installations of the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership in the Nature Sacred Network. Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is known for his performances, sculptures, environments, vitrines, prints, posters, and thousands of drawings. He was a...
Pigtown Patio – Coming Soon 936 Washington Blvd Baltimore, MD 21230 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Sih Oka-Zeh	Pigtown Climbs is a community-driven organization and space that uses climbing and sustainable programming to foster black liberation, promote wellness, and connect the communities of Southwest Baltimore to the outdoors. They hope to expand this mission into a physical outdoor climbing and community space that neighbors can grow in for years to come. Their space...
Piney Spring Green – Coming Soon The site is located within a block bounded by 15th, Varnum, 14th, and Webster Streets NW. View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Alberto Rivera	Washington Parks & People works to grow city-wide park-based health, equity, and justice through community innovation and partnerships. They are longtime partners of Nature Sacred and have 4 Sacred Places at other sites that they work with. This Sacred Place would create a healing space at the ancient headwaters of the Piney Branch tributary of...
Port Isobel Island, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Port Isobel Island, Tangier, Virginia Nature Sacred’s Day on the Bay with CBF View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Paul Willey	About this Sacred Place Port Isobel Island is a 250-acre island east of Tangier Island, Virginia. In the late 1980s, much of the island was donated to CBF, and it is now one of CBF’s island education centers, where it hosts many environmental programs for school-age children. Uniquely, a bench at Port Isobel was the...
Providence Hospital 1150 Varnum Street NE Washington, DC 20017 Read about green space and healthcare View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Robin Smith	About this Sacred Pace Providence Hospital, a Catholic hospital located in Northeast Washington, D.C., was founded in 1861 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. As the hospital grew, the administration remained focused on its overall mission, but the stresses of the modern healthcare environment became increasingly evident. Concerns about staff retention,...
Public Space at The Hub Hotel – Coming Soon Read more about this space and others that opened and celebrated in 2022.	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kelcey Johnson	About this Sacred Place Along an exterior wall of the Hub Hotel, a transitional shelter specifically serving women experiencing homelessness, and bordering the adjacent street, this Sacred Place will provide staff, residents, community members, and visitors alike with a natural sanctuary....
Reflection and Meditation Garden at Fort Payne Walking Park, in partnership with CFNEA 107 5th Street NW, Fort Payne, AL Watch a video about the opening of this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Connie Fuller	About this Sacred Place At this garden in at the Fort Payne Walking Park in Fort Payne, Alabama, no sensory detail is lost. All of the senses are engaged through the garden’s purposeful goal of reflection and meditation for all. Visitors are able to walk through three circular paths representing the three stages of life:...
Reflective Garden at Gunn-Bellenger House, in partnership with CFNEA 872 Chestnut Street Gadsden, AL 35901 Learn more about our site with Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation here View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Tom Banks	About this Sacred Place Nestled in Gadsden, Alabama, the Gunn-Bellenger House has stood the test of time. It is a beautiful Victorian-style home that was built in the early 1900s. The Gunn-Bellenger House is classic Victorian: white checkered wrap around porch, complete with light green arches, a sprawling lawn, contrasting light and dark paneling. It...
Roberta’s House Meditation Garden 928 E North Ave, Baltimore, MD Learn more about our Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Memorial garden	Annette March-Grier	About this Sacred Place With its mission to support children and families suffering loss, and provide a safe place for them to heal and recover, Roberta’s House addresses grief as a public health preventive service. Nature Sacred partnered with Roberta’s House to support their important mission by providing a Sacred Place for children, families, as...
Roberta’s House Rooftop Garden – Coming Soon 928 E North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202 Read about our Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place, Rooftop Sacred Place	Annette March-Grier	About this Sacred Place With its mission to support children and families suffering loss, and provide a safe place for them to heal and recover, Roberta’s House addresses grief as a public health preventive service. Nature Sacred will support this important mission by providing a Sacred Place for children, families, as well as staff and...
Roots and Wings Garden at Key School 534 Hillsmere Drive Annapolis, MD 21403 View on Map	School Sacred Place	Jane Zanger	About this Sacred Place The Key School in Annapolis engages children from 2.5 years of age until 12th grade in an expansive educational curriculum. The school grounds were already home to a Sacred Place, but over the years the boundary of the Sacred Place shifted as the school’s built environment changed. Rediscovered in 2018 by...
SAFE’s Mind, Body and Spirit Pathway, in partnership with CFNEA 78 Betsy Ross Lane Sylacauga, AL 35150 Learn more about our site at SAFE View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Margaret Morton	About this Sacred Place Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement (SAFE) is a community-based, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide meaningful opportunities for families, to contribute to the growth of its community, to improve quality of life and to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and families in Talladega County, Alabama. BRIDGES is a...
Saint Luke’s Youth Center – Coming Soon 217 N Carey St Baltimore, MD 21223 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kaliyah Williams	St. Luke’s Youth Center (SLYC) is an organization run by and for families who live or work in West Baltimore, making it possible for them to access opportunities and resources such as support groups for caregivers, coworking space with computer and Internet access, career support, summer camps, and children’s enrichment programming. In particular, they serve...
Sarah’s Garden at SIFAT Campus, in partnership with CFNEA 2944 Co Rd 113 Lineville, AL 36266 Learn more about our site at SIFAT View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Tom Corson	About this Sacred Place Overlooking the serene Mad Indian Creek, Sarah’s Garden at the Servants in Faith and Technology (SIFAT) Campus in Lineville, Alabama is a stellar place for both interpersonal and broad reflection. Visitors at the park can often see people fishing for heron, and local turtles basking in the sun. The entire garden...
Sensory Garden at the Gadsden Public Library, in partnership with CFNEA 254 S. College Street Gadsden, AL Learn more about our site at the Gadsden Public Library View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Rachel Cole	About this Sacred Place The Gadsden Public Library is a center of learning, reflection, and peace. The mission of their Sacred Place, the Sensory Garden, is no different. Inspiration for the garden developed from the desire for children to utilize all of their senses in the process of learning, and to have a place to...
Smith Island, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation 21149 Marshall Street, Smith Island, Maryland View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Paul Willey	About this Sacred Place Located in Tylerton, Md., Smith Island is one of CBF’s island education centers, where it hosts educational programs for school-age children that blend island culture and ecology to showcase a traditional watermen’s society. The bench placed here is adjacent to the fire circle, which is sometimes children’s first exposure to a...
Square Garden – Coming Soon 19 Rickert Ave Buffalo, NY 14211 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	rita gay	Fillmore Forward is an organization that works to create a sense of place by improving quality of life, restoring economic vitality, and increasing inclusiveness, health, and wealth in Buffalo’s Broadway-Fillmore and Martin Luther King communities through grassroots organizing and public-private partnerships. This site is sandwiched between an abandoned factory and a 6-lane expressway. It is...
St. Anthony’s of Padua Catholic Church 3305 Glen Carlyn Road Falls Church, VA 22041 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place Dedicated in 2005 and located behind St. Anthony’s Church is a community Peace and Remembrance Garden, enclosed on three sides by the church building and the rectory, providing individuals with an opportunity to nourish their souls in quiet meditation and contemplation. The garden also serves as a place for community gatherings...
St. Joseph’s on the Mountain Episcopal Church Memorial Prayer Garden, in partnership with CFNEA 21145 Scenic Hwy, Mentone, AL 35984 View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place	Katie Ferguson	About this Sacred Place...
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 6030 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814 http://www.stlukesbethesda.org/labyrinth View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Susan Casson	About this Sacred Place In 1999, a small group of St. Luke’s parishioners gathered to explore their interest in labyrinth walking. Once they shared the calming experiences of walking the labyrinth with their fellow parishioners, interest in building a permanent outdoor labyrinth in connection with the Memorial Garden located on church grounds grew. The labyrinth...
St. Mary’s Elementary School 111 Duke of Gloucester St. Annapolis, MD 21401 View on Map	School Sacred Place	John Buzzelli	About this Sacred Place Tucked in a meaningful corner of a downtown K-12 school campus, this unique open, Sacred Place has offered a moment of respite to countless students, teachers, parents and passersby over its two decades of existence. St. Mary’s celebrates the inspired programs that spring to life in these kinds of urban settings;...
St. Paul’s School 11152 Falls Road Brooklandville, MD 21022 https://www.stpaulsschool.org/ View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, School Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place The St. Paul’s School is a K-12 college preparatory school located near Baltimore City. Here on the campus can be found a Community Labyrinth and Peace/Meditation Garden, important tools for students and the greater community to help in understanding how important quiet time is for maintaining a physically, mentally and spiritually...
St. Timothy’s School Labyrinth Garden 8400 Greenspring Ave. Stevenson, MD 21153 Walk the labyrinth at St. Timothy’s View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, School Sacred Place	Randy Stevens	About this Sacred Place The Labyrinth at St. Timothy’s was initially installed as a gift from the Class of 1965. Nature Sacred supported the installation in the Fall of 2015. The space was finalized with a large Nature Sacred bench and instructional signage on how to walk a labyrinth. The labyrinth has for centuries been...
Staff Courtyard at The Hospitality Hub 590 Washington Avenue Memphis, TN 38105 Read more about this space and others that opened and celebrated in 2022.	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kelcey Johnson	About this Sacred Place The Hospitality Hub of Memphis works to help people exit homelessness. Their staff leverage decades of combined experience to identify challenges faced by their homeless clients and works with them to implement solutions that best suit their needs. The Hub and Nature Sacred collaborated to bring 3 Sacred Places to the...
Stillmeadow Gateway at Stillmeadow PeacePark – Coming Soon 5110 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Pastor Michael Martin	About this Sacred Place Stillmeadow Community Fellowship and its PeacePark are situated in the heart of the Beechfield and Irvington neighborhoods in southwest Baltimore City, Maryland. Through this 10-acre forest the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship seeks to provide a beautiful and meditative space for their community, a habitat for birds and other wildlife, and an educational...
Stone Sanctum at Stillmeadow PeacePark 5110 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Pastor Michael Martin	About this Sacred Place Stillmeadow Community Fellowship and its PeacePark are situated in the heart of the Beechfield and Irvington neighborhoods in southwest Baltimore City, Maryland. Through this 10-acre forest the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship seeks to provide a beautiful and meditative space for their community, a habitat for birds and other wildlife, and an educational...
Stony Run Park East of 300 Oakdale Rd. Baltimore, MD 21210 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Janet Felsten	About this Sacred Place The original Firesoul, Dr. Michael Beer, retired chairman of John Hopkins University biophysics department, was committed to the upkeep of the park, and for many years organized the replanting of native species there. When the Jones Falls Watershed Association proposed a bench honoring his efforts, he selected the location for the...
Strength to Love II Urban Farm, in partnership with Intersection of Change 1855 Kavanaugh St, Baltimore, MD 21217, USA View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place	Todd Marcus	About this Sacred Place The Strength to Love II farm, Nature Sacred’s fourth site partnership with Intersection of Change, is an active farm in Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. The 1.5 acre site hosts several hoophouses, and to further amplify the farm’s capacity, a multitude of new plantings were designed in the remainder of the space. As...
Stringfellow Garden, in partnership with CFNEA 327 1st Street N Ashland, AL 36251 Watch a film about our site at the City of Ashland View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kim Cain	About this Sacred Place Known as the City of Friends, Ashland seeks to reverse a stigma of economic depression—and wants to work to bring the community together in an effort to combat violence and other social ills that plague so many cities today. Nestled within the Ashland City Park, this Sacred Place, dedicated to the...
Talladega College \| Honoring Our Ancestors, Enacting our Dreams, in partnership with CFNEA 627 Battle Street W Talladega, AL 35160 Learn more about our site at Talladega College View on Map	School Sacred Place	Dr. Edward Hill	About this Sacred Place In the historic district of Talladega, AL, and tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, sits Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically black college. The campus is uniquely positioned for a Sacred Place—as it resides in an already quiet place, removed from nearby urban hustle. In recent years, the...
Terrace Garden at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center 2801 N Gantenbein Avenue Portland, OR 97227 Watch our video on this Sacred Place View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Teresia Hazen	About this Sacred Place The 6500 square foot suspended green space is connected to the Family Birth Center as well as the Cardiovascular ICU and family waiting rooms; and is accessible round-the-clock to all hospital patients, visitors and employees. It was designed to accommodate a wide range of physical conditions and abilities and needs. Among...
Thanksgiving Place 1000 E. 33rd Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Learn more about Thanksgiving Place View on Map	Labyrinth Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Nichole Battle	About this Sacred Place Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO), Nature Sacred and the Baltimore community worked together to see this vision become a reality just in time for Thanksgiving 2006. GEDCO works in partnership with faith-based and community organizations to provide affordable housing, support services, food and emergency assistance to neighbors in need. Stadium Place...
The 6th Branch Johnston Square Farm – Coming Soon 1303–1326 Hillman St and 1309–1321 Homewood Ave, plus a few other lots adjacent to these Baltimore, MD 21202, USA View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place		Founded in 2010 by military veterans in Baltimore, The Sixth Branch (T6B) was born from a desire to transition from serving their country to serving their local community. T6B is dedicated to playing an active and transformative role in Baltimore’s ecosystem of organizations and institutions serving its communities. From its origins as a community service...
The Arc of Central Chesapeake – Annapolis 931 Spa Road Annapolis, MD 21401 http://www.thearcccr.org/ View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Catherine Comer	About this Sacred Place The Arc of Central Chesapeake Region, Inc. (The Arc) has created a decorative MaryLandscapes Sensory Garden designed for people with developmental disabilities, their families and the Annapolis community. The Arc property was transformed from a useless junk yard of old tires, concrete, blacktop, broken bottles, non-native trees and invasive plants, into...
The Arc of Central Chesapeake – Easton 480 Port Street Easton, MD 21601 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Deena Kilmon	The Arc Central Chesapeake Region supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live the lives they choose by creating opportunities, promoting respect and equity, and providing access to services. Since its founding by a group of parents of children with disabilities in 1961, The Arc has grown dramatically and now supports thousands of people...
The Arc of Central Chesapeake – Severn 1332 Donald Ave Severn, MD 21144 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Catherine Comer	About this Sacred Place This Sacred Place, developed in partnership with The Arc Central Chesapeake Region, is located on the grounds of their Severn campus for staff and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It offers services like financial assistance, living options and workforce development, customized for each participant. At the time the Sacred Place...
The Arc of Prince George’s County 1401 McCormick Drive Largo, MD 20774 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Robin Bracey	About this Sacred Place Nature Sacred partnered with The Arc to complete three phases in creating a Sensory Garden. The garden creates a place of sanctuary for Arc staff and a place of opportunity to experience the healing power of nature for more than 75 individuals who have developmental disabilities. It is the first space...
The Beehive Peace Garden E Hoffman St. & Wilcox St. Baltimore, MD 21202 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Debbie Cameron	Located in the geographic heart of Baltimore, Johnston Square is one of dozens of Baltimore’s hyper-segregated “Black Butterfly” neighborhoods that has suffered generations of disinvestment, population loss, and extreme poverty. It is currently among the most distressed areas of Baltimore. The mission of Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization (RJSNO) is to develop Johnston Square into...
The Bellevue Passage Museum Community Garden – Coming Soon 5585 Bellevue Road Bellevue, MD 21662 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Regina Dawson	The Bellevue Passage Museum project is a comprehensive effort aiming to revive the historic John U. Green Store and transform it into a museum. Bellevue is a historically Black village on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, dating back to the late 1800s. The village’s location along the Tred Avon River made it an ideal destination...
The Clarksburg Yard – Coming Soon 22820 Frederick Rd, Clarksburg, MD 20871, USA View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Beth Wolff	About this Sacred Place Clarksburg, once a largely undeveloped rural area, has experienced a period of swelling population growth in the last ten years, which has necessitated a great deal of housing construction. Due to the speed of this development, the area has become primarily residential without the support of other social infrastructure, such as...
The Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama Headquarters 1701 Henry Rd Anniston, AL 36207 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Fred Smith	The Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama (CFNEA) works to achieve positive change through the generosity of donors, now and for generations to come. They are a longstanding partner of Nature Sacred, and operate a program that has 18 Sacred Places and their Firesouls in their network. Upon deciding to shift their headquarters to a new...
The Garden by the Bay – Coming Soon 480 Beach 43rd St Far Rockaway, NY 11691 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		The Edgemere community in New York City’s Jamaica Bay area has experienced decades of disinvestment, environmental and social injustice, flooding, pollution, and the effects of wildfires, and is in dire need of a community healing space. Founded in 2021, The Garden by the Bay is a place to be still, to listen to birds sing,...
The Green Road at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 8901 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20889 To learn more about this site, watch our film A Road to Wellness. View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Fred Foote	About this Sacred Place The Green Road was among Nature Sacred’s National Nature Sacred Award recipients. This space in particular is a first of its kind. Created from a forested piece of land bordering the military’s flagship hospital in Bethesda, MD, the purpose of The Green Road is to aid in the healing process of...
The Hive at Cultivate Chicago – Coming Soon 4942 W 44th St Chicago, IL 60638 View on Map	School Sacred Place	Kris De la Torre	The Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC) is a Chicago Public Charter School located in the underserved Southwest side of Chicago. They aim to foster systemic change and inspiration in how society educates future generations and are working to produce a replicable model for learning. By placing an emphasis on the holistic growth of children, addressing...
The League for People with Disabilities 1111 E. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore, MD 21239 Read about this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	David A. Greenberg	About this Sacred Place The League is a pivotal and pioneering agency founded in 1927 with a commitment to offering individuals with disabilities the opportunity to gain independence through a comprehensive continuum of services. A relaxing rain curtain, wide, gently-graded wheelchair accessible paths and entrances, raised beds and containers, sensory-stimulating areas selected for fragrance, texture...
The Marble Fountain Garden at Patterson Park 27 S. Patterson Park Avenue Baltimore, MD 21231 Read “A drop into Patterson Park” View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Jennifer Robinson	About this Sacred Place Patterson Park is known to its urban neighborhoods as “the best back yard in Baltimore.” Surrounded on all sides by densely populated urban neighborhoods, this 137-acre park has been valued and loved by the southeast Baltimore community for generations. Nature Sacred played a major part in the restoration of the 1864...
The Mulberry Gander at Filbert Street Garden 1317 Filbert Street Baltimore, MD View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place	Charles DeBarber	The Curtis Bay and Brooklyn neighborhoods have been a haven for immigrants since 1900. Polish, Italians, and Irish in then and Hispanics, Russians, South Asians now. As Central Baltimore has become gentrified, residents have had to move to Curtis Bay, Brooklyn, and Cherry Hill to be able to afford to live. Their garden was established...
Timeless Season in the Sun at the Piedmont Health Care Center, in partnership with CFNEA 30 Roundtree Drive Piedmont, AL 36272 Learn more about our site at the City of Piedmont View on Map		Sandra Keener	About this Sacred Place A dentist by profession, but a Firesoul at heart, Benjamin Ingram checked off a box on the “bucket list of his heart” through the creation of the “Endless Seasons Around the Sun” park at the Piedmont Health Care Center in Piedmont, Alabama. The center’s mission of providing long-term care to the...
Ujamaa Cove 2101 Boone St Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Read more about our Baltimore Firesouls. View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Melvin Jadulang	About this Sacred Place The East Baltimore Midway community is budding with all levels of diversity. Newly renovated and built homes have brought in people from various professions, especially those of the veterans community. The Boone Street Lot, once an urban farm, has contributed to an overall lack of sense of safety for nearby residents...
Unity Center for Behavioral Health Garden 1225 NE 2nd Ave Portland, OR 97232 View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Teresia Hazen	About this Sacred Place Each year in Oregon, an estimated 1 in 20 adults experience a serious mental illness and 31,000 adolescents suffer a major depressive episode that often leads to other social issues. Suicide, almost always the result of untreated or undertreated mental illness, occurs at rates in Oregon that are among the highest...
Unity Park, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works 2 & 8 N. Fulton Avenue Baltimore, MD 21223 Learn more about our Baltimore Firesouls. View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Shakira Franklin	About this Sacred Place Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) works to enrich West Baltimore communities with programs and services that contribute to the long-term economic and social viability of neighborhoods. Nature Sacred partnered with Bon Secours Community Works to help bring a community vision for Unity Park to life. In 2017. housing developer Unity Properties...
University of Maryland Baltimore County Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park UMBC 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park View on Map	School Sacred Place	Sandra Abbott	About this Sacred Place This site is one of four installations of the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership in the Nature Sacred Network. Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is known for his performances, sculptures, environments, vitrines, prints, posters, and thousands of drawings. He was a charismatic...
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center Healing Garden 300 Hospital Drive Glen Burnie, MD 21061 Read about this hospital’s heroes View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Susan Iaquinta	About this Sacred Place The Healing Garden is nestled behind the Tate Cancer Center at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Surrounded by lush, grass terraces intricately landscaped with bushes and trees, and beside two rectangle reflection ponds, the outdoor seating area is incredibly serene. This communal gathering space sits upon hundreds of bricks, dedicated by...
University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute Healing Garden 2200 Kernan Drive Baltimore, MD 21207 Learn about green space and healthcare View on Map	Healthcare Sacred Place	Lori Patria	About this Sacred Place Kernan Hospital’s Healing Garden was made possible by the local staff, community volunteers and associations. The garden incorporates benches, a water feature with fish, a sensory garden, a medicinal herb garden and secluded activity areas with specialized gardening tools, trellises, arbors and planters. It was designed and constructed so that it...
UPenn Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology Stoner Courtyard 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 View on Map	School Sacred Place	Prithi Chandra	About this Sacred Place Stoner Courtyard – In 1998, The Stoner Courtyard was part of the “Campaign for the East Wing”, the renovation plans for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Before renovation, the courtyard was claimed by parked cars and transient traffic, not allowing much pedestrian traffic to enjoy the outdoor...
Upper Courtyard Warden’s Garden at The Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104	School Sacred Place	Prithi Chandra	The Warden Garden was part of a multi-year renovation project to upgrade the facilities of the original Penn Museum building, which was built in 1899 and designed by Wilson Eyre. Completed in 2004, the wonderful green space welcomes visitors to the museum with peaceful, shady sitting areas and a reflecting pool that includes fish and...
Upper Eutaw and Madison Neighborhood Sculpture Park 2322 Madison Ave Baltimore, MD 21217 Read about Baltimore Firesouls View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Michael Cross-Barnet	About this Sacred Place Young people created this unique sculpture garden to voice their thoughts and ideas in what was once a vacant city park. The space is always evolving and changing to reflect the current thoughts and feelings of the Upper Eutaw and Madison Neighborhood Sculpture Park. The park provides greenery, exercise and playtime...
Urban Farm, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works Fayette St. & Fulton Ave. Baltimore, MD 21223 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place	Gerilyn Lackey	About this Sacred Place Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) works to enrich West Baltimore communities with programs and services that contribute to the long-term economic and social viability of neighborhoods. Nature Sacred partnered with Bon Secours Community Works to help bring a community vision for the Urban Farm to life. The Bon Secours Urban Farm...
Village Learning Place Village Learning Place 2521 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Beth Tohn	About this Sacred Place The Village Learning Place is an independent non-profit library that houses educational programs, enrichment opportunities, and informational resources for Charles Village and throughout Baltimore City. Working under the principle that libraries are not only a repository for books, but also serve as community centers focused on the personal and professional growth...
Wangari Gardens Kenyon Street and Irving Street, Washington, DC 20010 View on Map	Community Farm Sacred Place, Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kelly Collins Choi	About this Sacred Place Wangari Gardens is a working urban farm located next to the Parkview and Pleasant Plains neighborhoods, as well as Washington Hospital/Children’s National Hospital/Washington Veterans Hospital. The land is owned by the DC Dept of Transportation, and managed through a MOA. Wangari is currently collaborating with Casey Trees to put a conservation...
Weiss Lake Overview, in partnership with CFNEA 4798 Cedar Street Cedar Bluff, AL 35959 Watch a video about this Sacred Place View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Bob Pickerel	About this Sacred Place This beautiful Sacred Place emerged from a partnership between the Cherokee County Civitan Club and the Cedar Grove Baptist Church. Weiss Lake is an excellent spot for fishing and other recreational activities on the water, but it also offers many spots for reflection and tranquility. The Sacred Place is nestled into...
Well for the Journey – Coming Soon View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Greg Cochran	Well for the Journey is a nonprofit organization located in Timonium, Maryland, that encourages and supports spiritual wellness, connection, and community. They help people explore ways to integrate spirituality into their daily lives in a safe, inclusive space. In all that it does, the Well seeks to raise awareness about the importance of spirituality in...
Wellmark Urban Dreams Community Center – Coming Soon 1615 2nd Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314, USA View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Izaah Knox	About this Sacred Place Urban Dreams, an organization providing a wide range of human service programs that break down barriers for underserved and underrepresented populations, has been serving the Des Moines community since 1985. Every year, the number of people served by the organization increases — and their programs and services increase with it. With...
Wesley United Methodist Church – Coming Soon 1343 E Barstow Ave Fresno, CA 93710 View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Pastor Robin Mathews-Johnson	About this Sacred Place Wesley United Methodist Church, located in Fresno, California, is a reconciling congregation working to create a community welcome to all, particularly those belonging to the LGBTQ+ community. When the church reached out to Nature Sacred in 2021, their 6-acre grounds were already home to a KABOOM! playground, community garden, basketball area,...
Western Correctional Institution 13800 McMullen Hwy SW Cumberland, MD 21502 View on Map	Prison Sacred Place	Ronald Weber	About this Sacred Place Our country has the highest imprisonment rate of any other nation worldwide. There are more than 2.2 million people in prison. And the US Department of Justice estimates that over two-thirds of released prisoners will be incarcerated again within three years. When Jon Galley became warden at Western Correctional Institution (WCI)...
Wiley H. Bates Memorial Courtyard 1103 Smithville Street Annapolis, MD 21401 Learn more about this organization here View on Map	Neighborhood Sacred Place		About this Sacred Place The ACDS is a nonprofit organization that directs redevelopment efforts in Anne Arundel County. The Wiley H. Bates Memorial Courtyard is part of the overall Wiley H. Bates Redevelopment Project, which is restoring historic Wiley H. Bates High School, the only high school for African-American youth in Anne Arundel County from...
Women’s and Staff Space at The Hub Hotel – Coming Soon Read more about this space and others that opened and celebrated in 2022.	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Ellen Roberds	About this Sacred Place Integrated into the existing enclosed patio, this Sacred Place for staff and residents not only serves to promote healing but also provides an outdoor location for meetings, services, and programs....
Women’s Space at The Hospitality Hub Read more about this space and others that opened and celebrated in 2022.	Neighborhood Sacred Place	Kelcey Johnson	About this Sacred Place The Hospitality Hub of Memphis works to help people exit homelessness. Their staff leverage decades of combined experience to identify challenges faced by their homeless clients and works with them to implement solutions that best suit their needs. The Hub and Nature Sacred collaborated to bring 3 Sacred Places to the...

4th Street City Park

4th Street and Severn Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403

Neighborhood Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place Often known as Leon Wolfe Park, this Sacred Place is nestled within a street-end park that was in dire need of an updated design and renovation. It is a quiet place for contemplation and an environmentally proactive rain garden, a model for all Annapolis street-end parks. Features include plants designed to...

507 E 22nd St – Coming Soon

507 E 22nd St

Baltimore, MD 21218

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Linda Clark-Tucker

O’Hara Development Partners CDC is a non-profit organization that provides financial wellness and housing education programs in the communities in which they develop. Through local and national partnerships, they also have a housing and financial counseling initiative that prepares people for homeownership. They focus not only on economic tools to strengthen communities and reduce blight...

A Wider Circle at Sibley Plaza

1140 North Capitol Street
Washington, DC 20002
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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Liz Anne Ganiban

About this Sacred Place In a neighborhood where the dome of the U.S. Capitol can be seen just blocks away, there live 250 low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities, a community that supports residents in acquiring basic needs of food, housing, adequate health care and human dignity. A Wider Circle is a nonprofit organization whose...

Advocates for the Survivors of Torture and Trauma (now closed)

431 East Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21212

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Healthcare Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place The Healing Garden at ASTT, which was one of 140 accredited torture survivor treatment centers worldwide, was firmly anchored in the area of holistic healing for a unique community of users. ASTT (now closed) served torture survivors from more than 38 countries and cultures, helping victims find inner strength and nurturing...

Amazing Port Street Garden

2424 McElderry Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Labyrinth Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Pastor Gary Dittman

About this Sacred Place Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church and The McElderry Park Community joined together to create Amazing Port Street, a project on a mission to build community and nurture life through creating a Sacred Community Commons for Healing and Peace in the heart of the community. The space includes community gardens, gardening education...

American Geophysical Union, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy

2000 Florida Ave NW,

Washington, DC 20009

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Sebastian Gominho

About this Sacred Place The American Geophysical Union building in Dupont Circle is the first-ever net-zero energy renovation project. When faced with the need to renovate the building, AGU wanted the building be a living representation of AGU’s mission, science, and purpose. In addition, they wanted to develop a 21st-century workspace that utilizes technologies and...

American Psychological Association Green Rooftop and Labyrinth

10 G Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
Rooftop Sacred Place

Katelynn Wiggins

About this Sacred Place Located in downtown Washington, D.C., this green roof garden and rooftop labyrinth is open for public use on the roof of the American Psychological Association. The APA, which has 115,000 members, worked in partnership with the World Resources Institute, a building tenant, to create and implement this innovative project. This is...

American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden

800 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD 21230

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Rebecca Hoffberger

About this Sacred Place This Sacred Place serves as both a meditation and sculpture garden, Nature Sacred partnered with AVAM to include the cascading and illuminated water fountain wall – complete with multiple, humorous, carved stone heads, each spouting water – created by visionary elder artist, Ted Ludwiczak. This garden oasis stands at the heart...

Annapolis Light House Courtyard – Coming Soon

10 Hudson St

Annapolis, MD 21401

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Jennifer Crawford

The Light House is a place of belonging and hope for those who are or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The Light House takes an integrated care approach, working with each of their clients to address the unique blend of factors contributing to their situation. Offering a blend of housing support, social services, employment services,...

Annapolis Light House Healing Garden

10 Hudson Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Jennifer Crawford

Lighthouse Ministries has served unhoused and disadvantaged residents in Anne Arundel County for more than 21 years. The Healing Garden, dedicated in 2010, is the embodiment of a rich collaborative partnership aimed at integrating communities and mending the spirit. Consistent with their mission to rebuild lives through service and compassion, Light House and its partners...

Annapolis Maritime Museum Garden

723 2nd St

Annapolis, MD 21403
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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Sarah Krizek

Nature Sacred’s Sacred Place at the Annapolis Maritime Museum is the focal point for morning walks with kids and dogs, concerts, family picnics, and, at the spring equinox, the place where sailors gather from all over to burn their socks. This quirky rite of spring is just one indication of what makes this site so unique....

Annapolis Waterworks Park

260 Defense Highway
Annapolis, MD 21401

https://www.annapolis.gov/1085/Waterworks-Park

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Marisa Wittlinger

About this Sacred Place The Annapolis Waterworks Park is a passive recreational facility operated by the Annapolis Department of Recreation and Parks. This 500-acre park is situated one mile west of the Annapolis Mall and is one of the few open-space resources in the area, which provides the public with hiking trails and places to...

Anne Arundel Medical Center Healing Garden

2001 Medical Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401

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Healthcare Sacred Place

Gretchen Mulvihill

About this Sacred Place Located adjacent to the Meditation Center, the Healing Garden includes a meandering path of bluestone paving, along with a water feature that transitions from boulders to smoothly polished river stones. With a generous gift from Homestead Gardens, the Garden is filled with lush planting, presenting a holistic approach to healing. The...

Baldwin House – Coming Soon

2572 Sherman Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

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Baldwin House is a General Cooperative Association located in the District of Columbia’s Ward 1. They are a limited-equity housing cooperative and community gathering space located next to Howard University and D.C.’s historic Black Broadway / U Street corridor. The building will provide permanently affordable housing to 10 of their community’s most active organizers –...

Baltimore Clayworks – Coming Soon

5707 Smith Avenue

Baltimore, MD, USA

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Holly Jackson

Baltimore Clayworks is a community-centered ceramics institution in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded by nine artists in 1980, the organization possesses a national and international reputation for artistic excellence, artists’ support, and community involvement in the ceramic arts. Baltimore Clayworks is committed to the principle that making and appreciating art are essential...

Baltimore Community Mediation Center

3333 Greenmount Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218

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About this Sacred Place Baltimore Community Mediation Program provides free mediation services, teaches conflict resolution skills, mobilizes volunteer community mediators and educates the public. By making mediation and other nonviolent conflict resolution strategies more accessible in Baltimore City, the Community Mediation Program reduces violence and interpersonal conflict and animosity while improving communication all across Baltimore...

Barton Park (formerly Whitman Walker Clinic)

2401 10th St N,

Arlington, VA 22201
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Labyrinth Sacred Place

Dick Blackburn

About this Sacred Place Even on a cold and windy November morning, there’s something peaceful about the path that meanders past the community garden at Arlington County’s Barton Park. The smell of pine needles is strong in the air. Blowing leaves are scattered across the smooth river stones that nestle beneath the boulders that border...

Beach 41st Street Gardens

38-20 Beach Channel Drive
Queens, NY 11691

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place The Sacred Place at Beach 41st Street Houses in New York is one of the many community gardens within the Nature Sacred Network. It had been a vital part of the community for more than two decades when it was suddenly destroyed in 2012, when Hurricane Sandy struck and devastated much...

Bethany House and Garden

835 SW Polk St, Topeka, KS 66612

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place Bethany House & Garden is located on 3 acres in Topeka, Kansas. This location once hosted the College of the Sisters of Bethany, an Episcopal school for girls that closed in 1928. It has now become home for the bishop’s offices and an established partnership with Agatha Amani House, a shelter...

BLISS Meadows

5105 Plainfield Ave

Baltimore, MD 21206

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Atiya Wells

About this Sacred Place Backyard Basecamp and its BLISS Meadows in Baltimore exist to inspire and empower Black, Indigenous, and all people of color to explore and find nature in the places they live. BLISS Meadows is a 10-acre site at the intersection of environmental and food justice. A Sacred Place anchored by the site’s...

Bon Secours Retreat & Conference Center Labyrinth Garden

1525 Marriottsville Road,
Marriottsville, MD 21104

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Labyrinth Sacred Place

Tessa Barnett

About this Sacred Place The Bon Secours Labyrinth is the focal point of a one-acre Sacred Place surrounded by tall trees, plants, flowers and meditation benches. The Center is used by many diverse groups for meetings, seminars and conferences. The labyrinth at Bon Secours is based on the design of the eleven-circuit labyrinth on the...

Boswell Gateway at Stillmeadow PeacePark – Coming Soon

5110 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Pastor Michael Martin

About this Sacred Place Stillmeadow Community Fellowship and its PeacePark are situated in the heart of the Beechfield and Irvington neighborhoods in southwest Baltimore City, Maryland. Through this 10-acre forest the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship seeks to provide a beautiful and meditative space for their community, a habitat for birds and other wildlife, and an educational...

Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis

121 S Villa Ave

Annapolis, MD 21401

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Lisa Lindsay-Mondoro

Brenton Arboretum

25141 260th St
Dallas Center, IA 50063
http://www.thebrentonarboretum.org/

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Labyrinth Sacred Place

Melissa Burdick

About this Sacred Place With over 2,500 different trees and shrubs representing 500 different taxa of plants on display, the Brenton Arboretum centers its focus on celebrating trees and encouraging its visitors to learn and care for trees as well. Trees are strategically placed throughout the arboretum, blocking any views that would be clogged with...

Bright Beginnings – Coming Soon

3418 4th Street SE

Washington, DC 20032

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Neighborhood Sacred Place,
School Sacred Place

Bright Beginnings is a nonprofit that uses a whole-child, two-generation approach to promote the long-term development and success of children and families experiencing housing instability in Washington, DC. For over 30 years, Bright Beginnings has helped thousands of children and their families experiencing housing instability by providing them with quality care, education, and support during...

Buena Vista Terrace – Coming Soon

Buena Vista Terrace & 30th St SE

Washington DC 20020

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Robert Butler

Casey Trees is a Washington, DC based nonprofit. Established in 2001, they are committed to restoring, enhancing and protecting the tree canopy of the nation’s capital. To fulfill this mission, they plant trees, engage thousands of volunteers of all ages in tree planting and care, provide year-round continuing education courses, monitor the city’s tree canopy,...

Butterfly Garden & Overlook

26th and Maiden Lane
Joplin, MO 64804

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Memorial garden

Melodee Colbert Kean

About this Sacred Place In May 2011, an EF5, mile-wide, multi-vortex tornado chewed through a large swath of Joplin, MO. In just 38 minutes, the tornado claimed 161 lives, injured 1150 others; it caused billions of dollars in damages and left thousands of trees decimated, uprooted or maimed. Parts of the community were utterly devastated....

C3 Campus Contemplative Garden

1915 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309

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Kristi Knous

About this Sacred Place Based in Des Moines, Iowa, the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines works to address the needs of their community by serving as a collaborator, supporter, and nexus point for partners working in the community. This includes providing training and grant opportunities for local nonprofits, and connecting passionate donors with local...

CARE House of Oakland County – Coming Soon

44765 Woodward Ave

Pontiac, MI 48341, USA

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gwen weiner

CARE House of Oakland County is the sole children’s advocacy center in Oakland County, MI, providing first rate services to victims of child abuse and neglect. Founded in 1977 as the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County, they currently offer an array of programs focused on the identification and treatment of child abuse...

Carroll Park Joseph Beuys Installation

1600 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21230

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About this Sacred Place Carroll Park is a 117 acre park in the Washington Village-Pigtown neighborhood of Baltimore City. It is also the city’s third oldest park. Among the walking paths and open fields, the park also is home to one of the first racially integrated golf courses in the country. This site is one...

Central Park Conservancy

830 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Central Park Conservancy

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About this Sacred Place Tucked inside the Park at West 77th Street is a beautiful, secluded and contemplative setting. It has extraordinary vistas of the Manhattan skyline to the South, and in the Ramble Woodlands to the East is the Ladies Pavilion in Central Park. The Ladies Pavilion Landscape was in need of refurbishment from...

César Chávez School – Coming Soon

6609 Riggs Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782

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School Sacred Place

Kate Culzoni

About this Sacred Place The César Chávez Dual Language Spanish Immersion School (CCDSIS) is invested in creating a safe learning environment for all students, staff, and parents. CCDSIS prepares learners to become leaders in a diverse community through a focus on academics, respect, equity, and justice. In an effort to address their need for outdoor...

Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating

7040 Bembe Beach Rd

Annapolis, MD 21403

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Rebecca Gonser

Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) was founded on the principle that people with disabilities can and should be able to live fulfilling and joyful lives and have equitable access to meaningful therapeutic recreation. With a mission to bring the therapeutic value of sailing to those with disabilities, recovering veterans, and youth from underprivileged backgrounds, CRAB’s...

Choose Life Memorial Garden

Intersection of Change
1947 Pennsylvania Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
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Memorial garden,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Todd Marcus

About this Sacred Place The space began as an effort to repurpose a vacant lot that was left after an empty building was demolished. The garden also found its purpose in memorializing those lost to drugs and violence in the community. Capitalizing on the opportunity to create a nature-focused memorial space in a crowded metropolis,...

Church of the Resurrection – Coming Soon

501 E St SE

Washington, DC 20003

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Church of the Resurrection is an Anglican church located in SE Washington DC. The congregation was founded in 2002 as a multi-ethnic fellowship with a vision for establishing a vibrant church in Washington. In 2004, they began meeting for worship on Sunday evenings in rented facilities on Capitol Hill. In 2021 they purchased and moved...

College Park Youth and Family Services Center – Coming Soon

4912 Nantucket Road

College Park, MD 20740

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Jessica Prentice

The Youth, Family and Senior Services Department provides community outreach as well as family counseling for youth and families to enhance family functioning. Seniors receive advocacy and navigation assistance with government entitlement programs in addition to emotional support, social engagement opportunities and limited transportation services. The Family Center provides therapy to children and families, with...

Columbia Heights Green, in partnership with Washington Parks & People

3321 11th St NW

Washington, DC 20010

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Steve Coleman

About this Sacred Place Washington Parks & People is a hub for activating public lands & waters for broad community revitalization – through partnership, innovation, discovery, and workforce development. Parks & People began 25 years ago in Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, founded by a range of community and parks leaders and organizations. Today, they lead...

Community Restorative Garden and Dog Run, in partnership with CFNEA

343 Mountain Street
Heflin, AL 36264

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Tammy Perry

About this Sacred Place One thing about the town of Heflin that any out-of-towner should know; it is a community of dog-lovers. That’s why this Sacred Place includes a dog run, aimed to serve all community members — even the furry ones! Heflin Dog Run is located within Heflin’s Cahluga Creek Park which sits on the...

Congressional Cemetery

1801 E St SE

Washington, DC 20003

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Memorial garden,
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Paul Williams

About this Sacred Place The Ward Six 9/11 Memorial Grove at Congressional Cemetery broke ground on Arbor Day as the first of nine memorial groves to be placed around the city in memory of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Rosemary Dillard, who lost her husband at the Pentagon on September 11th,...

Crispus Attucks Park

63 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
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Neighborhood Sacred Place

John Corea

About this Sacred Place Twenty years ago, the property looked nothing like it does today. A burned out building and concrete and asphalt surfaces littered with abandoned cars would have greeted a visitor walking down the alley. Neighborhood residents worked together to reclaim the space and transform it into the community gem it is today....

Crossroads Garden: A Place of Solace and Remembrance, in partnership with CFNEA

7290 Co Rd, Centre, AL 35960

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Sheila Mobley

About this Sacred Place They look to infuse a Sacred Place to escape the daily stresses of modern life and find peace—and, in keeping with their mission, this space will be a “place where [people] may journey back and remember the history of their families that built the community. A place available for school field...

Day Plaza at The Hospitality Hub

590 Washington Avenue

Memphis, TN 38105

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Ellen Roberds

About this Sacred Place The Hospitality Hub of Memphis works to help people exit homelessness. Their staff leverage decades of combined experience to identify challenges faced by their homeless clients and works with them to implement solutions that best suit their needs. The Hub and Nature Sacred collaborated to bring 3 Sacred Places to the...

Donald O. Wilson Park – Coming Soon

Harlem Inner Block Park E 89,

1319 W Lafayette Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217, USA

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Dick Williams

About this Sacred Place The Donald O. Wilson Park is one of six Inner Block Parks in Baltimore’s Harlem Park neighborhood in consideration for revitalization. Donald O. Wilson Park as the pilot Sacred Place project, will catalyze the masterplan and redesign of the rest of these Inner Block Parks into one connected greenway. The site...

Dr. Stephen Brewer Sculpture Garden, in partnership with CFNEA

5951 AL-117

Mentone, AL 35984

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Randy Grider

About this Sacred Place The Dr. Stephen Brewer Sculpture Garden at the Mentone Arts & Culture Center is no ordinary garden. Located in Mentone, Alabama, this Sacred Place pays its homage to the Native Americans who once lived on the ground it stands on through different statues and designs in the park. In addition to...

Ellen O. Moyer Nature Park, in partnership with the Annapolis Maritime Museum

7300 Edgewood RD
Annapolis, MD 21403

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Sarah Krizek

About this Sacred Place What was once an overgrown, neglected park was transformed by the volunteers and operations staff of Annapolis Maritime Museum into a safe and beautiful waterfront park for the Annapolis community. A space once used for storage is now a clean and comfortable environmental education center, complete with two classrooms, updated facilities,...

Epiphany Chapel

1419 Odenton Rd

Odenton, MD 21113

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Memorial garden,
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Dr. Phebe McPherson

About this Sacred Place One project in which Episcopalians have been directly involved is the Peace Garden and labyrinth, dedicated in 2002 on the grounds of Epiphany Chapel and Church House in Odenton, Md., to honor the 2,929 military chaplains who served in World War I. “The garden is a crowning tribute to the faith...

Frederick Douglass Museum Garden

1411 W Street SE
Washington, DC 20020
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Memorial garden,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place The Gardens at Cedar Hill was conceived when Douglass’ mansion was placed on the list of 10 most endangered national parks. It provides lovely embellishment for the grounds and represents a show of support for the preservation of the legacy of a powerful community hero of international acclaim. It is a...

Friends of Patterson Park Courtyard

27 S Patterson Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21231

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Katie Long

Patterson Park is a 137-acre public park that is within easy walking distance of more than 10 different neighborhoods, representing one of the most diverse geographic areas in Baltimore City. The park also serves all Baltimore City residents as one of the largest green spaces with unique resources. Friends of Patterson Park works to ensure...

Garden of Gratitude at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center

9000 Franklin Square Dr,

Rosedale, MD 21237

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Healthcare Sacred Place

Orville Henry

MedStar Health is the largest healthcare provider in the DMV region. Through their extensive network of healthcare facilities, their mission is to serve their patients, those who care for them, and their communities. MedStar’s Franklin Square Medical Center is already home to one Sacred Place, the Garden of Little Angels, which honors and memorializes children...

Garden of Hope and Healing at the April Sampson Cancer Center

4101 Tiger Lily Rd

Lincoln, NE 68516

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Healthcare Sacred Place,
Labyrinth Sacred Place

Kaye Jesske

About this Sacred Place Bryan Health is a Nebraska governed, nonprofit health system that cares for patients, educates tomorrow’s health care providers and motivates community with fitness and health programs. Their award-winning network of doctors, hospitals and medical providers offers effective care; works with industry leaders to introduce leading-edge, proven treatments to the region; and...

Garden of Little Angels at Franklin Square Hospital Center

9000 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, MD 21237
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Healthcare Sacred Place,
Memorial garden

Leah Murray

About this Sacred Place Located in the Women’s Pavilion of the Franklin Square Hospital is a Memorial Loss Garden, the “Garden of Little Angels.” This garden serves as a place of solace and peace for patients and hospital staff as well as for parents, friends and family members who wish to honor the loss of...

Garden of Peace and Remembrance at St. Anne’s Cemetery

Northwest Street & W Washington St

Annapolis, MD 21401

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Memorial garden,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Linda Adamson

About this Sacred Place St. Anne’s Parish is a 300 year old parish nestled in downtown Annapolis that holds inclusion, outreach, justice, and reconciliation as key values. The parish also operates St. Anne’s Cemetery, also a historic cemetery in downtown Annapolis. Part of the cemetery’s land runs adjacent to the College Creek watershed and a...

Garden of Reflection and Remembrance at the University of Maryland

1101 Memorial Chapel
College Park, MD 20742

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
School Sacred Place

Denise McHugh

About this Sacred Place Its concept originated in the students’ response to national tragedies, such as the Virginia Tech massacre and the terrorist attacks of September 11. As a way to try to process and understand such loss, students unconsciously gravitated to the spot, a soon-to-be sacred space in nature that was adjacent to the...

Garden of the Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore Emmanuel Monastery

2229 W Joppa Rd

Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
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About this Sacred Place Bench found new home after closing of ASTT. This Sacred Place sits under a lovely tree, adjacent to the labyrinth in the Sisters’ garden, with a view of the slope beyond. It is frequented and enjoyed by the monastery community and Asylee Women Enterprise members, as well as the surrounding community...

Geckle Memorial Garden

4105 Old York Road

Baltimore, MD 21218

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Phyllis Ham

Marian House is a holistic, healing community for women and their children who are in need of housing and support services. They provide a safe, sober, and loving environment that challenges women to respect and love themselves, confront emotional and socioeconomic barriers, and transition to stable and independent lives. Marian House values the innate dignity...

Georgetown Waterfront Park

3303 Water St NW, Washington, DC 20007

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Labyrinth Sacred Place

Margaret Hardon

About this Sacred Place The Georgetown Waterfront Park is the vital last link that joins the 225 miles of public parkland along the Potomac River from the terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in Cumberland, Maryland, to historic Mt. Vernon, Virginia. The Citizens Association of Georgetown has partnered with the National Park Foundation, National...

Girard Children’s Community Garden

1450 Girard St NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Kendra Hazel

About this Sacred Place City Blossoms cultivates the well-being of communities through creative programming in kid-driven gardens. The organization originated to address the lack of access to nature experienced by many children in Washington, DC. Since 2008, City Blossoms has designed, developed, collaborated on, and provided programming or trainings for over 100 projects throughout Washington,...

Govans Community Garden – Coming Soon

5828 York Road
Baltimore, MD 21212

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Bonnie Thomson

Govans Presbyterian Church is a theologically progressive community empowering people to make the world better. They are a More Light Church, welcoming all people into the life and leadership of the church regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, or sexual identity. Among other things, serving others and earth care are core elements of their work....

Govans Presbyterian Church Garden and Labyrinth

5828 York Road
Baltimore, MD 21212
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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place Govans Presbyterian Church provides an accessible outdoor seven-circuit labyrinth that is open and available to both the church and the community on a year-round basis. The labyrinth is constructed from natural and living materials, and is part of the church’s effort to establish “holy space” in the midst of the surrounding...

Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) – Coming Soon

6701 N. Charles St, Towson, MD 21204

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Healthcare Sacred Place

David Brierley

About this Sacred Place The Greater Baltimore Medical Center demonstrates clear intentionality to utilize nature as complementary to the other health services that occur on this impressive campus. The hospital has expressed a wish to engage their unique community of providers, staff, associates, patients, and visitors in the design of a Sacred Place that would...

Healing and Restorative Garden, in partnership with CFNEA

3705 Mays Bend Rd, Pell City, AL 35128

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Linda Tutwiler

About this Sacred Place Located in Pell City, Alabama, the Gateway Community Gardens serves as a wonderful example of how community gardening can harvest more than just vegetables. The expressed goal of the garden is to provide food to the less fortunate in the Pell City area, but the garden also functions as a place...

Hidden Harvest Farm – Coming Soon

209 McAllister Street,

Baltimore, MD 21202

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Community Farm Sacred Place

Kisha Webster

The Greenmount West Community Center Foundation is an art-based space which serves as an incubator to develop the greatness and talents of Black youth and the community. Currently entering its sixth year of programming, the Foundation continues to move nimbly as an organization, pivoting to meet the ever-evolving needs of youth and the community. The...

Howard Park Civic Association – Coming Soon

3718 Marmon Ave

Gwynn Oak, MD 21207

Neighborhood Sacred Place

Howard Park (Baltimore, MD) is a community in which residents enjoy easy access to Downtown entertainment, major commuting routes and public transportation, all while living among tree-lined, quiet streets in primarily larger single-family homes with spacious yards. However, Howard Park is in the western ‘wing’ of Baltimore’s ‘Black Butterfly’. The neighborhood has experienced population stagnation...

Inspiration Point, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

6 Herndon Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403
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Paul Willey

About this Sacred Place “The project that started it all” – Inspiration Point. 1996 marked the first official Nature Sacred Space with a signature bench and journal, located at The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland. A long path canopied by vibrant trees, plants and flowers, leads to a destination point overlooking one of...

J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center Garden

175 Harry S. Truman Pkwy,

Annapolis, MD 21401

Healthcare Sacred Place

Daniel Watkins

About this Sacred Place J Kent McNew and the connected Pathways facilities provide addiction and mental health treatment for adults. While Pathways has been around for 30 years, J Kent McNew Family Medical Center opened in April of 2020 in the height of the pandemic. The 16 in-patient bed facility provides a variety of therapeutic...

Jeremy’s Way Street End Park

End of Jeremy’s Way
Annapolis, MD 21403
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About this Sacred Place Jeremy’s Way Street End Park is tucked discreetly at the end of a walkway that naturally leads you into the Sacred Place filled with plants and a view of the Chesapeake Bay in the Maritime Republic of Eastport. The only sounds are those of nature. The space is a favorite among...

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Healing Garden and Labyrinth

4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224
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Healthcare Sacred Place,
Labyrinth Sacred Place

Paula Teague

About this Sacred Place Through the creation of a labyrinth, the project reaches out to patients, staff and the community with a message of hope and healing, while offering an opportunity for relaxation and peace. This project unites the health care and spiritual care professions to help community members achieve healing and relaxation. Johns Hopkins...

Joseph Beuys Installation at Wyman Park Dell

3000 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218

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Martha Waldron

About this Sacred Place This site is one of four installations of the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership in the Nature Sacred Network. Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is known for his performances, sculptures, environments, vitrines, prints, posters, and thousands of drawings. He was a...

Josephine Butler Center, in partnership with Washington Parks and People

Josephine Butler Parks Center
2437 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

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Steve Coleman

About this Sacred Place Meridian Hill — an ancient Native American spiritual ground and the site of America’s first national park for the performing arts — has been dramatically reclaimed from crime and violence by its Washington, D.C. community. The Josephine Butler Parks Center, which sits atop Meridian Hill, is Washington’s “greenhouse” for celebrating and...

Jubilee Arts Performance Garden, in partnership with Intersection of Change

1947 Pennsylvania Ave

Baltimore, MD, 21217

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Todd Marcus

About this Sacred Place Offering programs in dance, visual arts, creative writing and ceramics in partnership with the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Clayworks, area artists and writers, and dancers, this site includes a green space featuring fruit trees, sculptures, a mural, and performance stage. The Jubilee Arts garden is the many points of...

Justice Hugo Black Park, in partnership with CFNEA

479 2nd St NW

Ashland, AL 36251

Groundbreaking for Hugo Black Memorial in Ashland

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Memorial garden

John Rochester

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Juvenile Agency Volunteer Auxiliary Garden

129 E. Main St
Unity Square
Elkton, MD 21921

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Giulia Hodge

About this Sacred Place Looking for new opportunities to counsel and support at-risk youth, JAVA has partnered with several community and civic organizations to envision and create a new town square at the centrally located courtyard of the Cecil County Courthouse. As an alternative to being assigned to the detention system, JAVA clients perform community...

Kirby Lane Park, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works

1820-1828 W Saratoga St

Baltimore, MD 21223

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Donald Quarles

About this Sacred Place Residents of the 1800 Block of Saratoga, led by Block Captain Donald Quarles, have organized efforts to stop chronic illegal dumping; restore scars on the block caused by the expansive demolition of deteriorating vacant homes; and establish a positive space to relax and enjoy the outdoors. During the design process, members...

Langdon Community Park

2901 20th St NE
Washington, DC 20018

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Memorial garden

Cheryl Dixon

About this Sacred Place In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the Memorial Tree Groves Project was envisioned as a way to pay lasting tribute to the tragic events of that day. A collaboration between GreenSpaces for DC, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, and the US Forest Service, Langdon Park was designated as...

Langton Green Community Farm

844 Generals Highway
Millersville, MD 21108

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Diana Davis

About this Sacred Place Since its founding in 1984, Langton Green, an Anne Arundel County-based residential community that supports adults with intellectual disabilities, has sought to establish a place where people with varying needs and abilities could live, work and learn to make a positive impact on the surrounding community. They provide programs and services...

Lenox Hill Hospital – Coming Soon

100 East 77th Street

New York, NY 10075

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Healthcare Sacred Place,
Rooftop Sacred Place

Sara Choi

Lenox Hill Hospital is a 450-bed, acute care facility on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Receiving patients from all across New York City and beyond, Lenox Hill is committed to providing the highest standard of care to a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse patient population. They have an international reputation for outstanding patient care, offering unparalleled expertise,...

Lineville Pocket Park, in partnership with CFNEA

60167 AL-49

Lineville, AL 36266

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Jamie Watts

About this Sacred Place This pocket park welcomes folks of all ages, with an emphasis on children’s programming and education. Created in partnership with the City of Lineville and the Clay County school system, Lineville Pocket Park offers a serene and quiet space for residents and students alike. Part of the Open Spaces Sacred Places...

Listening Garden at the University of Maryland

1101 Memorial Chapel
College Park, MD 20742

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School Sacred Place

Denise McHugh

The University of Maryland, College Park is Maryland’s flagship university and one of the nation’s preeminent public research universities. It is a global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, and home to more than 40,700 students, 14,000 faculty and staff, and nearly 400,000 alumni all dedicated to the pursuit of Fearless Ideas. They are committed...

Luther Place Memorial Church – Coming Soon

1226 Vermont Ave NW

Washington DC 20005

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Laura Tiffany

Built in 1873 and registered with the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Luther Place Memorial Church is both historic and continually seeking ways to be engaged faithfully with today’s world. They are prayerful, spiritual, collaborative and engaged in the world; a dynamic community of disciples offering hospitality through worship, fellowship, and ministry, and welcome...

Marian House Courtyard

949 Gorsuch Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21218
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Katie Allston

About Marian House The mission of Marian House is to nurture self-esteem and give troubled women the tools they need to realize their full potential. The Outdoor Sculpture Garden came into being as an outgrowth of the work of Marian House. Four 6 ½ foot tall female caryatids sculpted in marble are mounted on the...

Martha’s Place Garden, in partnership with Intersection of Change

1928 Pennsylvania Avenue

Baltimore, MD 21217

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Todd Marcus

About this Sacred Place Martha’s Place is a Maryland state-certified recovery program for women overcoming substance abuse and homelessness. Martha’s Place borders Baltimore’s communities of Sandtown-Winchester and Upton and offers long-term Single Room Occupancy (SRO) housing. Martha’s Place provides a structured recovery program to help clients maintain sobriety and develop life-skills vital for independent living....

Marvin Gaye Greening Center, in partnership with Washington Parks & People

5000 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE

Washington, DC 20019

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Steve Coleman

About this Sacred Place Washington Parks & People is a hub for activating public lands & waters for broad community revitalization – through partnership, innovation, discovery, and workforce development. Parks & People began 25 years ago in Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, founded by a range of community and parks leaders and organizations. Today, they lead...

Marvin Gaye Park, in partnership with Washington Parks and People

Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE & Division Ave NE
Washington, DC 20019

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Steve Coleman

About this Sacred Place Washington Parks & People has been a strong impetus behind the reclamation and revitalization of one of D.C.’s most historic and memorable parks. Formerly Watts Branch Park, Marvin Gaye Park is the longest continuous city park and creek in D.C. Since 2001, its decline from the previous decades has been turned...

Maryland Correctional Institution-Jessup

7804 House of Correction Road
Jessup, MD 20794

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Prison Sacred Place

Phil Morgan

About this Sacred Place The Garden of Reflection at the Maryland Correctional Institute in Jessup, Maryland, includes a meditative garden space that was envisioned and created by the inmates. It is bordered by a mini-arboretum of saplings that is tended by the inmates. All aspects combine for a powerful metaphoric image: the saplings will be...

Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts

801 Chase Street,
Annapolis, MD 21401

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Rebecca Daubney

About this Sacred Place The centerpiece of Maryland Hall’s Founder’s Green is the labyrinth, which also features an artist’s circle, a majestic elm tree and benches for reflection. Maryland Hall’s labyrinth was constructed in 2002, and is a replica of that inlaid in the floor of Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral outside Paris. The Artist’s...

Metropolitan Transition Center

954 Forrest Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

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Prison Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place What was once a bleak, rubble-filled prison yard is now an expanded greenspace with two benches for reflection, flower beds and contemplative paths. Nature Sacred and several partners worked together to transform the prison yard at the same time of creating a Horticulture and Arts program at MTC. While earning Master...

Minary’s Dream Alliance – Coming Soon

9155 American Legion Road, Chestertown, MD 21620

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Community Farm Sacred Place

Doncella Wilson

About this Sacred Place Minary’s Dream Alliance is a nonprofit organization that works with youth who have been affected by or diagnosed with opioid use disorder, as well as their families. With a service area of Caroline, Kent, and Dorchester Counties, Minary’s Dream Alliance undertakes the logistics, transportation, and coordination to give these youth a...

Moon Garden, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works – Coming Soon

2123-2147 W Saratoga St

Baltimore, MD 21223

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Michael Schaffer

Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) has a mission “to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our community and bringing ‘Good Help to those in Need’, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved.” Established by the Sisters of Bon Secours, BSCW has been serving West Baltimore for 30...

Mount Washington Arboretum

Lochlea Rd,
Baltimore, MD 21209
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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Dr. Mike Sherlock

About this Sacred Place What was once an abandoned, one-acre brown field where an apartment building once stood in northern Baltimore City is now the site of the Mt. Washington Arboretum. The site features over 250 yards of trails infused with hundreds of native plant species, as well as a interpretive signs, five seating arrangements,...

Mt. Olivet Cemetery, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy

1300 Bladensburg Road, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20002

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Memorial garden,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Susan Bonneau

About this Sacred Place Catholic cemeteries are sacred burial grounds for those who have left the earth, but they also serve as powerful places for the living. Mount Olivet Cemetery’s green space is no exception, and is a welcome center of reflection, comfort and tranquility. The green space at Mount Olivet contains a specifically designed...

Mural Park at West Anniston Gateway, in partnership with CFNEA

1128 Gurnee Avenue
Anniston, AL 36201

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Steven Folks

About this Sacred Place Nestled within the city of Anniston resides the West Fifteenth Street Historic District—a once-thriving commercial and social center for African Americans during an era of deep segregation. During this time, the city offered everything its residents needed, and the beautiful mural in this quarter-acre Sacred Place was painted to show just...

Muslim Family Center – Coming Soon

5796 Waterloo Rd,

Columbia, MD 21045

Neighborhood Sacred Place

Yumna Valiulla

The Muslim Family Center has been serving Muslims living and working in Howard County, MD for over a decade. They strive to nurture spiritual excellence within families by offering purposeful programs and services in an uplifting and inclusive environment.The Center’s location is very accessible but in need of much support to reach their visioned community...

Natural Dye Initiative Indigo Farm – Coming Soon

1223 Argyle Ave

Baltimore, MD 21217

Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Jade Hall

Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood is a mixed-use historic neighborhood. Formerly home to such icons as Billie Holiday and Thurgood Marshall, it was once a thriving hub of African American culture and commerce. Since then, it has lost many of the places and people that made it sustainable — but the neighborhood continues to take pride in...

Naval Cemetery Landscape

Williamsburg Street West between Kent Ave and Flushing Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11205

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Memorial garden

Avvah Rossi

About this Sacred Place The Sacred Place at the Naval Cemetery Landscape was created as part of The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, a much larger plan to transform unused space around Brooklyn Navy Yard into lush waterfront, and was a National Nature Sacred Awards grantee. Covering more than 1.5 acres, the space is the site of...

North Star Park – Coming Soon

2600 N 36th St

Milwaukee, WI 53210

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Patrice Gransberry

In 2012, five Metcalfe Park resident leaders formed the Metcalfe Park Community Action Team (MPCAT) to join with neighborhood and citywide partners to consider how resident engagement could improve the Metcalfe Park neighborhood. That same year, they were chosen for the federally funded Building Neighborhood Capacity Program, which provided them the resources to become Metcalfe...

Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden

4414 Frankford Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21206

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Labyrinth Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Lauren Goodsmith

About this Sacred Place The Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden was planted on the grounds of St. Anthony of Padua Church in 2000. Since that time, the Garden has become a place of peace and healing for all who come to visit this sacred space. Over the years, the Garden has continued to grow, so that...

Nurturing Nature Garden at Baltimore Clayworks

5707 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209
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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Holly Jackson

About this Sacred Place Located in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, Baltimore Clayworks exists to develop, sustain and promote an artist-centered community that provides outstanding artistic, educational and collaborative programs in ceramic arts. An integral part of the campus is Clayworks’ Nurturing Nature Outdoor Community Space. The outdoor community space is a place of...

Old Market House Square

2001 14th Street SE
Washington, DC 20020

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Donald Cryer

About this Sacred Place Over the course of seven years, St. Philip’s Church worked with an amazing array of organizations to bring their vision of community revitalization through the revitalization of a neighborhood park in the Anacostia Historic District. And finally, in the Spring of 2011, the groundbreaking was enthusiastically celebrated by all involved: The...

Opportunity Builders, Inc. – Coming Soon

8855 Veterans Hwy,

Millersville, MD 21108

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Bill Kuethe

About this Sacred Place Located in Millersville, Maryland, Opportunity Builders, Inc. (OBI) is an organization dedicated to serving youth and adults with disabilities. OBI supports these individuals in their pathways to full inclusion in their communities. While OBI has more deeply integrated their activities into the surrounding community in the past few years, their center...

Pacific Park, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works – Coming Soon

1900 W Saratoga Street

Baltimore MD 21223

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Remo Barnett

About this Sacred Place Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) works to enrich West Baltimore communities with programs and services that contribute to the long-term economic and social viability of neighborhoods. Nature Sacred partnered with Bon Secours Community Works to help bring a community vision for Pacific Park to life. Pacific Park originated as a response...

Parity Homes – Coming Soon

506-514 N Carrollton Ave

Baltimore, MD 21223

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Parity Homes is an equitable development company proudly headquartered in West Baltimore that acquires and rehabilitates abandoned properties by the block to create affordable home ownership opportunities. Parity Homes was started as a response to the gentrification and displacement the community was experiencing in their hometown. Rather than renovating and selling individual homes, which is...

Patterson Park Joseph Beuys Garden

27 S Patterson Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21231

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Jennifer Robinson

About this Sacred Place This site is one of four installations of the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership in the Nature Sacred Network. Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is known for his performances, sculptures, environments, vitrines, prints, posters, and thousands of drawings. He was a...

Pigtown Patio – Coming Soon

936 Washington Blvd

Baltimore, MD 21230

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Sih Oka-Zeh

Pigtown Climbs is a community-driven organization and space that uses climbing and sustainable programming to foster black liberation, promote wellness, and connect the communities of Southwest Baltimore to the outdoors. They hope to expand this mission into a physical outdoor climbing and community space that neighbors can grow in for years to come. Their space...

Piney Spring Green – Coming Soon

The site is located within a block bounded by 15th, Varnum, 14th, and Webster Streets NW.

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Alberto Rivera

Washington Parks & People works to grow city-wide park-based health, equity, and justice through community innovation and partnerships. They are longtime partners of Nature Sacred and have 4 Sacred Places at other sites that they work with. This Sacred Place would create a healing space at the ancient headwaters of the Piney Branch tributary of...

Port Isobel Island, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Port Isobel Island,

Tangier, Virginia

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Paul Willey

About this Sacred Place Port Isobel Island is a 250-acre island east of Tangier Island, Virginia. In the late 1980s, much of the island was donated to CBF, and it is now one of CBF’s island education centers, where it hosts many environmental programs for school-age children. Uniquely, a bench at Port Isobel was the...

Providence Hospital

1150 Varnum Street NE
Washington, DC 20017

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Healthcare Sacred Place

Robin Smith

About this Sacred Pace Providence Hospital, a Catholic hospital located in Northeast Washington, D.C., was founded in 1861 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. As the hospital grew, the administration remained focused on its overall mission, but the stresses of the modern healthcare environment became increasingly evident. Concerns about staff retention,...

Public Space at The Hub Hotel – Coming Soon

Neighborhood Sacred Place

Kelcey Johnson

About this Sacred Place Along an exterior wall of the Hub Hotel, a transitional shelter specifically serving women experiencing homelessness, and bordering the adjacent street, this Sacred Place will provide staff, residents, community members, and visitors alike with a natural sanctuary....

Reflection and Meditation Garden at Fort Payne Walking Park, in partnership with CFNEA

107 5th Street NW, Fort Payne, AL

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Connie Fuller

About this Sacred Place At this garden in at the Fort Payne Walking Park in Fort Payne, Alabama, no sensory detail is lost. All of the senses are engaged through the garden’s purposeful goal of reflection and meditation for all. Visitors are able to walk through three circular paths representing the three stages of life:...

Reflective Garden at Gunn-Bellenger House, in partnership with CFNEA

872 Chestnut Street
Gadsden, AL 35901

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Tom Banks

About this Sacred Place Nestled in Gadsden, Alabama, the Gunn-Bellenger House has stood the test of time. It is a beautiful Victorian-style home that was built in the early 1900s. The Gunn-Bellenger House is classic Victorian: white checkered wrap around porch, complete with light green arches, a sprawling lawn, contrasting light and dark paneling. It...

Roberta’s House Meditation Garden

928 E North Ave,

Baltimore, MD

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
Memorial garden

Annette March-Grier

About this Sacred Place With its mission to support children and families suffering loss, and provide a safe place for them to heal and recover, Roberta’s House addresses grief as a public health preventive service. Nature Sacred partnered with Roberta’s House to support their important mission by providing a Sacred Place for children, families, as...

Roberta’s House Rooftop Garden – Coming Soon

928 E North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202

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Rooftop Sacred Place

Annette March-Grier

About this Sacred Place With its mission to support children and families suffering loss, and provide a safe place for them to heal and recover, Roberta’s House addresses grief as a public health preventive service. Nature Sacred will support this important mission by providing a Sacred Place for children, families, as well as staff and...

Roots and Wings Garden at Key School

534 Hillsmere Drive

Annapolis, MD 21403

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School Sacred Place

Jane Zanger

About this Sacred Place The Key School in Annapolis engages children from 2.5 years of age until 12th grade in an expansive educational curriculum. The school grounds were already home to a Sacred Place, but over the years the boundary of the Sacred Place shifted as the school’s built environment changed. Rediscovered in 2018 by...

SAFE’s Mind, Body and Spirit Pathway, in partnership with CFNEA

78 Betsy Ross Lane

Sylacauga, AL 35150

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Margaret Morton

About this Sacred Place Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement (SAFE) is a community-based, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide meaningful opportunities for families, to contribute to the growth of its community, to improve quality of life and to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and families in Talladega County, Alabama. BRIDGES is a...

Saint Luke’s Youth Center – Coming Soon

217 N Carey St

Baltimore, MD 21223

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Kaliyah Williams

St. Luke’s Youth Center (SLYC) is an organization run by and for families who live or work in West Baltimore, making it possible for them to access opportunities and resources such as support groups for caregivers, coworking space with computer and Internet access, career support, summer camps, and children’s enrichment programming. In particular, they serve...

Sarah’s Garden at SIFAT Campus, in partnership with CFNEA

2944 Co Rd 113

Lineville, AL 36266

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Tom Corson

About this Sacred Place Overlooking the serene Mad Indian Creek, Sarah’s Garden at the Servants in Faith and Technology (SIFAT) Campus in Lineville, Alabama is a stellar place for both interpersonal and broad reflection. Visitors at the park can often see people fishing for heron, and local turtles basking in the sun. The entire garden...

Sensory Garden at the Gadsden Public Library, in partnership with CFNEA

254 S. College Street Gadsden, AL

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Rachel Cole

About this Sacred Place The Gadsden Public Library is a center of learning, reflection, and peace. The mission of their Sacred Place, the Sensory Garden, is no different. Inspiration for the garden developed from the desire for children to utilize all of their senses in the process of learning, and to have a place to...

Smith Island, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

21149 Marshall Street, Smith Island, Maryland

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Paul Willey

About this Sacred Place Located in Tylerton, Md., Smith Island is one of CBF’s island education centers, where it hosts educational programs for school-age children that blend island culture and ecology to showcase a traditional watermen’s society. The bench placed here is adjacent to the fire circle, which is sometimes children’s first exposure to a...

Square Garden – Coming Soon

19 Rickert Ave

Buffalo, NY 14211

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rita gay

Fillmore Forward is an organization that works to create a sense of place by improving quality of life, restoring economic vitality, and increasing inclusiveness, health, and wealth in Buffalo’s Broadway-Fillmore and Martin Luther King communities through grassroots organizing and public-private partnerships. This site is sandwiched between an abandoned factory and a 6-lane expressway. It is...

St. Anthony’s of Padua Catholic Church

3305 Glen Carlyn Road
Falls Church, VA 22041

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About this Sacred Place Dedicated in 2005 and located behind St. Anthony’s Church is a community Peace and Remembrance Garden, enclosed on three sides by the church building and the rectory, providing individuals with an opportunity to nourish their souls in quiet meditation and contemplation. The garden also serves as a place for community gatherings...

St. Joseph’s on the Mountain Episcopal Church Memorial Prayer Garden, in partnership with CFNEA

21145 Scenic Hwy, Mentone, AL 35984

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Labyrinth Sacred Place

Katie Ferguson

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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

6030 Grosvenor Lane,
Bethesda, MD 20814
http://www.stlukesbethesda.org/labyrinth

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Susan Casson

About this Sacred Place In 1999, a small group of St. Luke’s parishioners gathered to explore their interest in labyrinth walking. Once they shared the calming experiences of walking the labyrinth with their fellow parishioners, interest in building a permanent outdoor labyrinth in connection with the Memorial Garden located on church grounds grew. The labyrinth...

St. Mary’s Elementary School

111 Duke of Gloucester St.
Annapolis, MD 21401

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School Sacred Place

John Buzzelli

About this Sacred Place Tucked in a meaningful corner of a downtown K-12 school campus, this unique open, Sacred Place has offered a moment of respite to countless students, teachers, parents and passersby over its two decades of existence. St. Mary’s celebrates the inspired programs that spring to life in these kinds of urban settings;...

St. Paul’s School

11152 Falls Road
Brooklandville, MD 21022
https://www.stpaulsschool.org/

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
School Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place The St. Paul’s School is a K-12 college preparatory school located near Baltimore City. Here on the campus can be found a Community Labyrinth and Peace/Meditation Garden, important tools for students and the greater community to help in understanding how important quiet time is for maintaining a physically, mentally and spiritually...

St. Timothy’s School Labyrinth Garden

8400 Greenspring Ave.
Stevenson, MD 21153

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
School Sacred Place

Randy Stevens

About this Sacred Place The Labyrinth at St. Timothy’s was initially installed as a gift from the Class of 1965. Nature Sacred supported the installation in the Fall of 2015. The space was finalized with a large Nature Sacred bench and instructional signage on how to walk a labyrinth. The labyrinth has for centuries been...

Staff Courtyard at The Hospitality Hub

590 Washington Avenue

Memphis, TN 38105

Neighborhood Sacred Place

Kelcey Johnson

About this Sacred Place The Hospitality Hub of Memphis works to help people exit homelessness. Their staff leverage decades of combined experience to identify challenges faced by their homeless clients and works with them to implement solutions that best suit their needs. The Hub and Nature Sacred collaborated to bring 3 Sacred Places to the...

Stillmeadow Gateway at Stillmeadow PeacePark – Coming Soon

5110 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Pastor Michael Martin

About this Sacred Place Stillmeadow Community Fellowship and its PeacePark are situated in the heart of the Beechfield and Irvington neighborhoods in southwest Baltimore City, Maryland. Through this 10-acre forest the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship seeks to provide a beautiful and meditative space for their community, a habitat for birds and other wildlife, and an educational...

Stone Sanctum at Stillmeadow PeacePark

5110 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Pastor Michael Martin

About this Sacred Place Stillmeadow Community Fellowship and its PeacePark are situated in the heart of the Beechfield and Irvington neighborhoods in southwest Baltimore City, Maryland. Through this 10-acre forest the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship seeks to provide a beautiful and meditative space for their community, a habitat for birds and other wildlife, and an educational...

Stony Run Park

East of 300 Oakdale Rd.

Baltimore, MD 21210

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Janet Felsten

About this Sacred Place The original Firesoul, Dr. Michael Beer, retired chairman of John Hopkins University biophysics department, was committed to the upkeep of the park, and for many years organized the replanting of native species there. When the Jones Falls Watershed Association proposed a bench honoring his efforts, he selected the location for the...

Strength to Love II Urban Farm, in partnership with Intersection of Change

1855 Kavanaugh St, Baltimore, MD 21217, USA

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Community Farm Sacred Place

Todd Marcus

About this Sacred Place The Strength to Love II farm, Nature Sacred’s fourth site partnership with Intersection of Change, is an active farm in Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. The 1.5 acre site hosts several hoophouses, and to further amplify the farm’s capacity, a multitude of new plantings were designed in the remainder of the space. As...

Stringfellow Garden, in partnership with CFNEA

327 1st Street N Ashland, AL 36251

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Kim Cain

About this Sacred Place Known as the City of Friends, Ashland seeks to reverse a stigma of economic depression—and wants to work to bring the community together in an effort to combat violence and other social ills that plague so many cities today. Nestled within the Ashland City Park, this Sacred Place, dedicated to the...

Talladega College | Honoring Our Ancestors, Enacting our Dreams, in partnership with CFNEA

627 Battle Street W

Talladega, AL 35160

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School Sacred Place

Dr. Edward Hill

About this Sacred Place In the historic district of Talladega, AL, and tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, sits Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically black college. The campus is uniquely positioned for a Sacred Place—as it resides in an already quiet place, removed from nearby urban hustle. In recent years, the...

Terrace Garden at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center

2801 N Gantenbein Avenue
Portland, OR 97227

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Healthcare Sacred Place

Teresia Hazen

About this Sacred Place The 6500 square foot suspended green space is connected to the Family Birth Center as well as the Cardiovascular ICU and family waiting rooms; and is accessible round-the-clock to all hospital patients, visitors and employees. It was designed to accommodate a wide range of physical conditions and abilities and needs. Among...

Thanksgiving Place

1000 E. 33rd Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

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Labyrinth Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Nichole Battle

About this Sacred Place Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO), Nature Sacred and the Baltimore community worked together to see this vision become a reality just in time for Thanksgiving 2006. GEDCO works in partnership with faith-based and community organizations to provide affordable housing, support services, food and emergency assistance to neighbors in need. Stadium Place...

The 6th Branch Johnston Square Farm – Coming Soon

1303–1326 Hillman St and 1309–1321 Homewood Ave, plus a few other lots adjacent to these

Baltimore, MD 21202, USA

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Founded in 2010 by military veterans in Baltimore, The Sixth Branch (T6B) was born from a desire to transition from serving their country to serving their local community. T6B is dedicated to playing an active and transformative role in Baltimore’s ecosystem of organizations and institutions serving its communities. From its origins as a community service...

The Arc of Central Chesapeake – Annapolis

931 Spa Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
http://www.thearcccr.org/

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Catherine Comer

About this Sacred Place The Arc of Central Chesapeake Region, Inc. (The Arc) has created a decorative MaryLandscapes Sensory Garden designed for people with developmental disabilities, their families and the Annapolis community. The Arc property was transformed from a useless junk yard of old tires, concrete, blacktop, broken bottles, non-native trees and invasive plants, into...

The Arc of Central Chesapeake – Easton

480 Port Street

Easton, MD 21601

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Deena Kilmon

The Arc Central Chesapeake Region supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live the lives they choose by creating opportunities, promoting respect and equity, and providing access to services. Since its founding by a group of parents of children with disabilities in 1961, The Arc has grown dramatically and now supports thousands of people...

The Arc of Central Chesapeake – Severn

1332 Donald Ave
Severn, MD 21144

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Catherine Comer

About this Sacred Place This Sacred Place, developed in partnership with The Arc Central Chesapeake Region, is located on the grounds of their Severn campus for staff and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It offers services like financial assistance, living options and workforce development, customized for each participant. At the time the Sacred Place...

The Arc of Prince George’s County

1401 McCormick Drive
Largo, MD 20774

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Robin Bracey

About this Sacred Place Nature Sacred partnered with The Arc to complete three phases in creating a Sensory Garden. The garden creates a place of sanctuary for Arc staff and a place of opportunity to experience the healing power of nature for more than 75 individuals who have developmental disabilities. It is the first space...

The Beehive Peace Garden

E Hoffman St. & Wilcox St.
Baltimore, MD 21202

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Debbie Cameron

Located in the geographic heart of Baltimore, Johnston Square is one of dozens of Baltimore’s hyper-segregated “Black Butterfly” neighborhoods that has suffered generations of disinvestment, population loss, and extreme poverty. It is currently among the most distressed areas of Baltimore. The mission of Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization (RJSNO) is to develop Johnston Square into...

The Bellevue Passage Museum Community Garden – Coming Soon

5585 Bellevue Road

Bellevue, MD 21662

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Regina Dawson

The Bellevue Passage Museum project is a comprehensive effort aiming to revive the historic John U. Green Store and transform it into a museum. Bellevue is a historically Black village on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, dating back to the late 1800s. The village’s location along the Tred Avon River made it an ideal destination...

The Clarksburg Yard – Coming Soon

22820 Frederick Rd,

Clarksburg, MD 20871, USA

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Beth Wolff

About this Sacred Place Clarksburg, once a largely undeveloped rural area, has experienced a period of swelling population growth in the last ten years, which has necessitated a great deal of housing construction. Due to the speed of this development, the area has become primarily residential without the support of other social infrastructure, such as...

The Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama Headquarters

1701 Henry Rd

Anniston, AL 36207

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Fred Smith

The Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama (CFNEA) works to achieve positive change through the generosity of donors, now and for generations to come. They are a longstanding partner of Nature Sacred, and operate a program that has 18 Sacred Places and their Firesouls in their network. Upon deciding to shift their headquarters to a new...

The Garden by the Bay – Coming Soon

480 Beach 43rd St

Far Rockaway, NY 11691

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The Edgemere community in New York City’s Jamaica Bay area has experienced decades of disinvestment, environmental and social injustice, flooding, pollution, and the effects of wildfires, and is in dire need of a community healing space. Founded in 2021, The Garden by the Bay is a place to be still, to listen to birds sing,...

The Green Road at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

8901 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20889

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Healthcare Sacred Place

Fred Foote

About this Sacred Place The Green Road was among Nature Sacred’s National Nature Sacred Award recipients. This space in particular is a first of its kind. Created from a forested piece of land bordering the military’s flagship hospital in Bethesda, MD, the purpose of The Green Road is to aid in the healing process of...

The Hive at Cultivate Chicago – Coming Soon

4942 W 44th St

Chicago, IL 60638

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School Sacred Place

Kris De la Torre

The Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC) is a Chicago Public Charter School located in the underserved Southwest side of Chicago. They aim to foster systemic change and inspiration in how society educates future generations and are working to produce a replicable model for learning. By placing an emphasis on the holistic growth of children, addressing...

The League for People with Disabilities

1111 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21239

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David A. Greenberg

About this Sacred Place The League is a pivotal and pioneering agency founded in 1927 with a commitment to offering individuals with disabilities the opportunity to gain independence through a comprehensive continuum of services. A relaxing rain curtain, wide, gently-graded wheelchair accessible paths and entrances, raised beds and containers, sensory-stimulating areas selected for fragrance, texture...

The Marble Fountain Garden at Patterson Park

27 S. Patterson Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21231

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Jennifer Robinson

About this Sacred Place Patterson Park is known to its urban neighborhoods as “the best back yard in Baltimore.” Surrounded on all sides by densely populated urban neighborhoods, this 137-acre park has been valued and loved by the southeast Baltimore community for generations. Nature Sacred played a major part in the restoration of the 1864...

The Mulberry Gander at Filbert Street Garden

1317 Filbert Street

Baltimore, MD

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Community Farm Sacred Place

Charles DeBarber

The Curtis Bay and Brooklyn neighborhoods have been a haven for immigrants since 1900. Polish, Italians, and Irish in then and Hispanics, Russians, South Asians now. As Central Baltimore has become gentrified, residents have had to move to Curtis Bay, Brooklyn, and Cherry Hill to be able to afford to live. Their garden was established...

Timeless Season in the Sun at the Piedmont Health Care Center, in partnership with CFNEA

30 Roundtree Drive

Piedmont, AL 36272

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Sandra Keener

About this Sacred Place A dentist by profession, but a Firesoul at heart, Benjamin Ingram checked off a box on the “bucket list of his heart” through the creation of the “Endless Seasons Around the Sun” park at the Piedmont Health Care Center in Piedmont, Alabama. The center’s mission of providing long-term care to the...

Ujamaa Cove

2101 Boone St

Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Melvin Jadulang

About this Sacred Place The East Baltimore Midway community is budding with all levels of diversity. Newly renovated and built homes have brought in people from various professions, especially those of the veterans community. The Boone Street Lot, once an urban farm, has contributed to an overall lack of sense of safety for nearby residents...

Unity Center for Behavioral Health Garden

1225 NE 2nd Ave
Portland, OR 97232

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Healthcare Sacred Place

Teresia Hazen

About this Sacred Place Each year in Oregon, an estimated 1 in 20 adults experience a serious mental illness and 31,000 adolescents suffer a major depressive episode that often leads to other social issues. Suicide, almost always the result of untreated or undertreated mental illness, occurs at rates in Oregon that are among the highest...

Unity Park, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works

2 & 8 N. Fulton Avenue

Baltimore, MD 21223

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Shakira Franklin

About this Sacred Place Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) works to enrich West Baltimore communities with programs and services that contribute to the long-term economic and social viability of neighborhoods. Nature Sacred partnered with Bon Secours Community Works to help bring a community vision for Unity Park to life. In 2017. housing developer Unity Properties...

University of Maryland Baltimore County Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park

UMBC
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park

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School Sacred Place

Sandra Abbott

About this Sacred Place This site is one of four installations of the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership in the Nature Sacred Network. Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is known for his performances, sculptures, environments, vitrines, prints, posters, and thousands of drawings. He was a charismatic...

University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center Healing Garden

300 Hospital Drive
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
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Healthcare Sacred Place

Susan Iaquinta

About this Sacred Place The Healing Garden is nestled behind the Tate Cancer Center at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Surrounded by lush, grass terraces intricately landscaped with bushes and trees, and beside two rectangle reflection ponds, the outdoor seating area is incredibly serene. This communal gathering space sits upon hundreds of bricks, dedicated by...

University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute Healing Garden

2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207
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Healthcare Sacred Place

Lori Patria

About this Sacred Place Kernan Hospital’s Healing Garden was made possible by the local staff, community volunteers and associations. The garden incorporates benches, a water feature with fish, a sensory garden, a medicinal herb garden and secluded activity areas with specialized gardening tools, trellises, arbors and planters. It was designed and constructed so that it...

UPenn Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology Stoner Courtyard

3260 South Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19104

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School Sacred Place

Prithi Chandra

About this Sacred Place Stoner Courtyard – In 1998, The Stoner Courtyard was part of the “Campaign for the East Wing”, the renovation plans for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Before renovation, the courtyard was claimed by parked cars and transient traffic, not allowing much pedestrian traffic to enjoy the outdoor...

Upper Courtyard Warden’s Garden at The Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

3260 South Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19104

School Sacred Place

Prithi Chandra

The Warden Garden was part of a multi-year renovation project to upgrade the facilities of the original Penn Museum building, which was built in 1899 and designed by Wilson Eyre. Completed in 2004, the wonderful green space welcomes visitors to the museum with peaceful, shady sitting areas and a reflecting pool that includes fish and...

Upper Eutaw and Madison Neighborhood Sculpture Park

2322 Madison Ave
Baltimore, MD 21217

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Michael Cross-Barnet

About this Sacred Place Young people created this unique sculpture garden to voice their thoughts and ideas in what was once a vacant city park. The space is always evolving and changing to reflect the current thoughts and feelings of the Upper Eutaw and Madison Neighborhood Sculpture Park. The park provides greenery, exercise and playtime...

Urban Farm, in partnership with Bon Secours Community Works

Fayette St. & Fulton Ave.

Baltimore, MD 21223

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Community Farm Sacred Place

Gerilyn Lackey

About this Sacred Place Bon Secours Community Works (BSCW) works to enrich West Baltimore communities with programs and services that contribute to the long-term economic and social viability of neighborhoods. Nature Sacred partnered with Bon Secours Community Works to help bring a community vision for the Urban Farm to life. The Bon Secours Urban Farm...

Village Learning Place

Village Learning Place
2521 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Beth Tohn

About this Sacred Place The Village Learning Place is an independent non-profit library that houses educational programs, enrichment opportunities, and informational resources for Charles Village and throughout Baltimore City. Working under the principle that libraries are not only a repository for books, but also serve as community centers focused on the personal and professional growth...

Wangari Gardens

Kenyon Street and Irving Street, Washington, DC 20010

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Community Farm Sacred Place,
Neighborhood Sacred Place

Kelly Collins Choi

About this Sacred Place Wangari Gardens is a working urban farm located next to the Parkview and Pleasant Plains neighborhoods, as well as Washington Hospital/Children’s National Hospital/Washington Veterans Hospital. The land is owned by the DC Dept of Transportation, and managed through a MOA. Wangari is currently collaborating with Casey Trees to put a conservation...

Weiss Lake Overview, in partnership with CFNEA

4798 Cedar Street
Cedar Bluff, AL 35959

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Bob Pickerel

About this Sacred Place This beautiful Sacred Place emerged from a partnership between the Cherokee County Civitan Club and the Cedar Grove Baptist Church. Weiss Lake is an excellent spot for fishing and other recreational activities on the water, but it also offers many spots for reflection and tranquility. The Sacred Place is nestled into...

Well for the Journey – Coming Soon

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Greg Cochran

Well for the Journey is a nonprofit organization located in Timonium, Maryland, that encourages and supports spiritual wellness, connection, and community. They help people explore ways to integrate spirituality into their daily lives in a safe, inclusive space. In all that it does, the Well seeks to raise awareness about the importance of spirituality in...

Wellmark Urban Dreams Community Center – Coming Soon

1615 2nd Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314, USA

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Izaah Knox

About this Sacred Place Urban Dreams, an organization providing a wide range of human service programs that break down barriers for underserved and underrepresented populations, has been serving the Des Moines community since 1985. Every year, the number of people served by the organization increases — and their programs and services increase with it. With...

Wesley United Methodist Church – Coming Soon

1343 E Barstow Ave

Fresno, CA 93710

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Neighborhood Sacred Place

Pastor Robin Mathews-Johnson

About this Sacred Place Wesley United Methodist Church, located in Fresno, California, is a reconciling congregation working to create a community welcome to all, particularly those belonging to the LGBTQ+ community. When the church reached out to Nature Sacred in 2021, their 6-acre grounds were already home to a KABOOM! playground, community garden, basketball area,...

Western Correctional Institution

13800 McMullen Hwy SW

Cumberland, MD 21502

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Prison Sacred Place

Ronald Weber

About this Sacred Place Our country has the highest imprisonment rate of any other nation worldwide. There are more than 2.2 million people in prison. And the US Department of Justice estimates that over two-thirds of released prisoners will be incarcerated again within three years. When Jon Galley became warden at Western Correctional Institution (WCI)...

Wiley H. Bates Memorial Courtyard

1103 Smithville Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
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Neighborhood Sacred Place

About this Sacred Place The ACDS is a nonprofit organization that directs redevelopment efforts in Anne Arundel County. The Wiley H. Bates Memorial Courtyard is part of the overall Wiley H. Bates Redevelopment Project, which is restoring historic Wiley H. Bates High School, the only high school for African-American youth in Anne Arundel County from...

Women’s and Staff Space at The Hub Hotel – Coming Soon

Neighborhood Sacred Place

Ellen Roberds

About this Sacred Place Integrated into the existing enclosed patio, this Sacred Place for staff and residents not only serves to promote healing but also provides an outdoor location for meetings, services, and programs....

Women’s Space at The Hospitality Hub

Neighborhood Sacred Place

Kelcey Johnson

About this Sacred Place The Hospitality Hub of Memphis works to help people exit homelessness. Their staff leverage decades of combined experience to identify challenges faced by their homeless clients and works with them to implement solutions that best suit their needs. The Hub and Nature Sacred collaborated to bring 3 Sacred Places to the...