Handbook of Ideas for Remembering our Child | tcf.org.uk 10 Remembering through nature Nature is meaningful for many of us, whether it is the gentle fall of leaves at autumn or the hopeful buds of brightly-coloured spring bulbs. We can incorporate our love of nature into our remembrance of our child. We could: • Put up a bird box, perhaps decorating it, in our garden or on a balcony. • Have a corner in our garden where we could plant a tree or grow some flowers. We could purchase or even try building a bench or another piece of garden furniture. • Plant a bush or tree in their memory. This could be a smaller plant in a pot indoors if we do not have outside space. • Plant a small wildflower corner or some bulbs or flower seeds. • Arrange for a memorial tree or remembrance meadow to be planted in our child’s memory, with an organisation such as the Woodland Trust or something more local to us. This can be especially helpful if we do not have our own garden. This could also be somewhere specific, such as at our child’s school, or a place they would have enjoyed. • Care for a pet - this can bring us joy if our child loved animals. • Sponsor/adopt an animal in a zoo or shelter in our child’s memory. Useful Links shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/in-memory treesforlife.org.uk/support/plant-a-tree nationalparks.uk/support-us shop.zsl.org/collections/adopt-animal bluecross.org.uk/sponsor-pet
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