• People -- Introduction
• Living Memorials: Acts of Social Meaning Create Places of Resilience
• People's Relationship with Trees
• Lessons from the Field: Living Memorial Stewards

A memorial is brought to life not only by the trees that are planted, but by the people that work to create the space. Urban parks and community gardens can be centers of community involvement and interaction, while the process of caring for the land helps to bring people together. In this section, research team Erika Svendsen and Lindsay Campbell discuss the significance of such networks of stewards in Living Memorials: Acts of Social Meaning Creates Places of Resilience.

Anne Wiesen discusses the physical, emotional, and spirtitual connections between people and trees, describing why we marvel at trees, in her piece People's relationship with trees.

The Living Memorials project Lessons from the Field offers examples from our project partners of stewards of different site types who, in caring for the land, also work to support community.

If you are interested in receiving a copy of the full LMP Social and Site Assessment year one report, email Erika Svendsen.