Abraham Lincoln Memorial Garden Foundation

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Causes: Animals, Arts & Culture, Bird Sanctuaries, Botanical Gardens & Arboreta, Environment, Natural History & Natural Science Museums

Mission: To honor the memory of abraham lincoln by providing a place where the public can enjoy nature in all seasons, learn to be better stewards of the environment and discover the relationship among native plants, wildlife, water, soil, and sunlight. Our purpose is to manage and fund the preservation, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the garden (orginally designed by jens jensen) as a living memorial to abraham lincoln.

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Ashland Volunteer

Rating: 5

11/22/2013

Lincoln Memorial Garden is a gem. I have served as a board member and volunteer for seven years and love and respect its mission more each year. This is not a "garden" in the usual sense but a woodland artfully designed by the great landscape architect Jens Jensen in the 1930s. Its purpose is to honor Springfield's greatest citizen, Abraham Lincoln, by recreating the landscape he would have known. The original 69 acres bordering Lake Springfield has been expanded with restored prairie and an oak grove to 100 acres with many miles of trails. The environmental education program is outstanding, especially the work with children, starting with preschoolers. Best of all, the Garden is free (except for special events) thanks to the generosity of members and donors and good stewardship of financial resources.

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