2023 Back to School - Rest-Stop-Ranch

September mornings and afternoons in the garden are magical. The light shines golden on all flowers, fruits, grasses, and trees. Roses blooming, raspberries ripening, fall perennials popping… Karl’s Fall Project is creating raised garden beds in the Kitchen Garden. The raised beds will provide better access for walker- and wheelchair-users to see and smell the plants, and will be easier to weed and harvest fruits. (scroll to see more photos)

Program Highlights
All are welcome, free-of-charge, RSVP Required – please call/text Mary (978-887-4202)
Please share our support programs with friends, family, clients, patients, or customers who are living the roles of long-term care-partner or care-receiver.

September 7, Thursday, 9am – 12pm, Garden Crew. Resumes weekly. Volunteers help maintain the garden.

September 9, Saturday, 10am – 12pm, Memory Cafe In the Garden. Meet & Eat with us after the Memory Cafe, 12pm – 1pm (bring a brown bag lunch & beverage; questions, stories, poems and songs).

September 10, Sunday, 10am – 2pm, Sunday Stroll in the Garden. Reserve either morning session, 10am – 12pm, or afternoon session, 12pm – 2pm. Three wheelchair-accessible private picnic areas are available to reserve.

September 10, Sunday, 10am – 4pm, Topsfield Tomato Festival. Visit our table and say hi! Topsfield Common.

September 12, Tuesday, 1pm – 4pm, Garden RX. Resumes weekly. Tues/Thursday afternoons 1-4pm. Open garden time for caregivers and loved ones to relax, stroll and/or picnic.

September 14, Thursday, 7pm – 8pm, Group Support. For caregivers caring for a loved one living with middle-age memory loss or dementia. Online

September 29 – October 9, Topsfield Fair. The first year Rest-Stop-Ranch will join Topsfield Garden Club to create a wheelchair-friendly display at the Flower Barn! Karl designed the accessible layout and will be laying the bricks.

Karl's Fall Project: Raised Garden Beds in Kitchen Garden — Karl’s Fall Project: Raised Garden Beds in Kitchen Garden

Volunteer with us! Weekly & Monthly volunteer opportunities are available.

Thank You Donors!
Thanks to all who have made a recent contribution. Karl continues building the trail system, and we continue to raise funds for the “Forest Flowers Trail & Lily Pond View/Patio.”
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Consider a donation to our cause!
3 Easy Ways to Donate:
1. Online – Facebook.com/reststopranch; Venmo “Rest-Stop-Ranch”
2. Check – made payable to “Rest-Stop-Ranch”; mail to:
202 Haverhill Road, Topsfield, MA 01983
3. Cash – Locked Boxes Onsite
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Four O'Clock Flowers ~ open in the morning and afternoon, not midday — Four O’Clock Flowers ~ open in the morning and afternoon, not midday

Program Descriptions

Weekly Garden Rx
Open Garden; Tuesday/Thursday, 1-4pm; A Therapeutic Garden Program. Volunteers assist with hospitality and/or light garden maintenance. Caregivers enjoy respite (take a break in nature or at The Cottage). Individuals enjoy engaging with flowers, birds & fish.

Weekly Garden Crew
A weekly Thursday therapeutic morning garden crew (adults with differing abilities) helps maintain the wheelchair-accessible garden trails and garden beds.

Monthly Group Support for Caregivers via Zoom
Monthly group for care-partners caring for a middle-age loved one with memory changes (FTD, Young-Onset Alzheimer’s, Brain Injury, Down Syndrome with Dementia)

Monthly Memory Cafe Program in the Garden
2nd Saturdays, Once-a-month, People with memory changes and care-partners gather for coffee, flower fun, bird & fish watching.

Monthly Sunday Stroll
2nd Sundays, Once-a-month, hourly appointments in the Garden.

Respite Retreats & Individual Support for Caregivers
By appointment with Mary E MacDonald, interfaith chaplain.

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