SANDY HOOK MEMORIAL GARDEN

KEY NOTES
CIRCULATION

1. 2-WAY ENTRANCE / EXIT ROAD

2. PARKING AREA WITH SIDEWALK.
3. GRAVEL MAINTENANCE ROAD TO LOWER FIELD.
4. MEMORIAL ENTRANCE AREA, WITH A 36" TALL RECLAIMED
GRANITE WALL, WITH A GRANITE MEMORIAL INTRODUCTION /
INFORMATION PLAQUE ALONG TOP.
5. GRAVEL TRAIL / NATURE WALK.
6. NATURE WALK MAP / INFORMATION ABOUT FLORA AND FAUNA.
7. ACCESSIBLE PATH TO MEMORIAL ENTRY.
(*SEE MEMORIAL PLAN FOR MORE DETAILS)
8. BRIDGE.

FEATURES

9. MAIN MEMORIAL GARDENS (*SEE MEMORIAL PLAN FOR MORE DETAILS)

10. LAWN WITH 18" TALL RECLAIMED GRANITE RETAINING / SEATING WALLS.
11. MAINTAIN / RESTORE PONDS.
12. SECURITY / STREET LIGHTING. (TREES IN MEMORIAL SPACE CAN
ALSO BE UP-LIT, AND PATH LIGHTING CAN BE INCLUDED ALONG
MAIN PATH)

VEGETATION

13. AUTUMN BENTGRASS, BLEND NATURALLY TO FORESTS EDGE.

14. CUT BACK EXISTING TREELINE TO OPEN UPPER FIELD TO
LOWER FIELD, AND LOWER FIELD TO POND AREA.

SITE PLAN
15. AMERICAN HOLLY SCREENING HEDGE.
16. RED MAPLE TREES.
17. MOUNTAIN LAUREL SHRUBS.

SCALE 1"=30' 18. SERVICEBERRY TREE GROVE.

19. MAINTAIN / RESTORE EXISTING WOODED AREAS, CLEAR
DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH, AND POSSIBLY INTRODUCE DRIFTS OF

ID# SH108ZHHH NATIVE PERENNIALS AND GROUND COVER PLANTS WHERE BENEFICIAL.
20. PATH TO WEAVE AROUND EXISTING TREES WHEN POSSIBLE.
 SANDY HOOK VIEW FROM
HILLTOP ENTRY

MEMORIAL
GARDEN

1. THE SACRED SOIL WILL BE SEALED IN A PERMANENT CONTAINER, PLACED IN AN

UNDERGROUND CHAMBER, AND COVERED WITH A 5' X 5' X 18" TALL GRANITE BLOCK
(APPROXIMATELY 3500 LBS) AT THE MEMORIAL DEDICATION CEREMONY. THE TOP OF THE
CHILDREN
STONE BLOCK WILL BE DIGITALLY ENGRAVED WITH A DEDICATION TO THE FAMILIES WHO LOST
LOVED ONES, AND THE SANDY HOOK COMMUNITY. (SEE SECTION B) ELEVATION A
2. 2000 SF ENTRY PLAZA / GATHERING SPACE.
SCALE: 1"=5'
3. 18" TALL RECLAIMED GRANITE AND OAK BENCHES.

4. 20 CHILDRENS GARDENS WITH INDIVIDUALLY DEDICATED FOUNTAINS (SEE ELEVATION A),

EACH WILL BE PLANTED WITH ONE OF 6 NATIVE DEER RESISTANT PERENNIALS.

- BLUE LOBELIA (Lobelia siphilitica)

- BUTTERFLY MILKWEED (Asclepias tuberosa) 18"
- WILD GERANIUM (Geranium maculatum)
- SCARLET BEE BALM (Monarda didyma)
- RUDBECKIA (Rudbeckia hirta) FACULTY
- AROMATIC ASTER (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium).

5. 6 FACULTY GARDENS WITH INDIVIDUALLY DEDICATED FOUNTAINS (SEE ELEVATIONS B), EACH
ELEVATION B
WILL BE PLANTED WITH NEW ENGLAND ASTER (Symphyotrichum novae angliae).
SCALE: 1"=5'
6. 36" TALL STONE WALL WITH 4 SEPARATE DEDICATIONS ENGRAVED ON ITS STONE TOP
PLAQUE. ONE WILL BE TO THE SANDY HOOK TOWN/ COMMUNITY, ONE TO THE FIRST
RESPONDERS, ONE TO THE SURVIVING TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES, AND ONE TO FELLOW
AMERICANS NEAR AND FAR WHO REACHED OUT TO OFFER LOVE AND SUPPORT. EACH SHALL
HAVE AN APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED WORD INSCRIPTION GIVING THANKS, HOPE, AND/OR
EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLE THEY PLAYED.
3'

7. LARGE RECLAIMED GRANITE PLANK PAVERS OR SMALLER GRANITE PAVERS.

8. SERVICEBERRY GROVE. SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY

SECTION A

SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY

40'
5'

20'

5' 5'
20'

262
263

267

271

275

131'
MEMORIAL PLAN 279
45'
280
SCALE: 1"=20'
ID# SH108ZHHH SECTION A
SANDY HOOK VIEW FROM
HILLTOP ENTRY

MEMORIAL
GARDEN

VIEW DOWN ROW

TOWARDS PLAZA

CHILDREN'S
GARDENS

FACULTY
ID# SH108ZHHH GARDENS