Roberta’s House Meditation Garden

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 well as staff and volunteers to find healing in nature. 

The Meditation Garden is located adjacent to the Roberta’s House building. The garden includes an outdoor plaza for hosting outdoor concerts during the summer, with plenty of lawn space for the audience to sit on. A small labyrinth features a brightly colored pathway, focal words to help people set an intention for their walk, and a little butterfly in the center, all three of which were specific requests or symbolic motifs for the Roberta’s House community. Lush native plantings add a soft touch. A wall with niches for candles provides a place for Roberta’s House to hold memorial services, and, because this space also faces busy North Ave, it serves as a traffic calming device for people driving by to slow down as they pass.

Design Team:

Alice Storm Jones, Nature Sacred Design Advisor, Floura Teeter

Joe Ignatius III, landscape architect, Floura Teeter

After design & construction.

Before design & construction.