Richmond News
Richmond residents are invited to share their input on potentially creating a memorial garden in the city.
The garden would be an “inclusive, contemplative space” for people to honour and remember loved ones.
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said the idea of a garden has been “floating around” for at least 20 years and believes this is an important project for the community.
“I think people in Richmond should be able to be born in the city, live their lives in the city and be memorialized in the city in some way,” said Brodie, adding that Richmond cannot have an in-ground cemetery due to the city’s “high water table.” …