CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A new Scattering Garden will soon open at Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville.

Starting November 1, the public can visit the garden to scatter their loved ones’ cremated ashes in a picturesque setting, thanks to Montgomery County Master Gardeners Association, which partnered with the cemetery on the project.

“We have been working for months to get it to this stage,” Greenwood Cemetery Office Manager Dana Koverman said. “Project Chairman Herman Albright along with many volunteers from the Master Gardeners and the Greenwood Cemetery grounds crew joined together for the planting.”

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Volunteers included Herman Albright, Donna Albright, Rhonda Shanks, Les Shanks, Kit Vaughn, Betty Cole, Jerry Weatherspoon, Roger Stewart, and Renee Shirley.

Several local businesses also made generous donations to the project, including:

Clarksville Memorial Monuments – Granite Bench
Second bench purchased and donated by Herman J. Smith & Dorothy Parker-Smith
Farmers Co-op
Greenfield Trucking
Lowe’s on Madison Street
Montgomery County Master Gardeners
Lawerence Leinbach
American Heritage Trees
Hosta Haven
Bates Nursery

For more information, visit Greenwood Cemetery’s website.