Our Accessible Lilac Fest is Bursting with Color and Fragrance! Schedule your visit today (call 978-887-4202) for this Mother’s Day Weekend upcoming, or for any garden visit in May. We have over 50 wheelchair-accessible Lilac Shrubs for public enjoyment. All are welcome, free-of-charge, to Open Garden times (Tuesdays/Thursdays 1-4pm) and at our Monthly Events (5/13 Memory Cafe & 5/14 Mother’s Day Sunday Stroll).
Mother’s Day Weekend
Our Saturday Memory Cafe (10AM to 12PM) In the Garden will happen May 13. Meet & Eat with us after the Memory Cafe, 12pm – 1pm (bring a brown bag lunch & beverage).
Mother’s Day Sunday Stroll in the Garden, May 14, 10am – 2pm. 3 Private Picnic Areas are available for reservation (free-of-charge). Parking is limited. Reserve early. Choose from 2 sessions: Morning or Afternoon (10a – 12pm and 12-2pm).
RSVP Required for All Programs – please call/text Mary (978-887-4202)
May Program Schedule
Please share our free-of-charge support programs with friends, family, clients, patients, or customers who are living the roles of long-term care-partner or care-receiver.
All Programs are at At Rest-Stop-Ranch in Topsfield, unless noted otherwise
Date Time Program Name
5/11, 9am – 12pm, Garden Crew
5/11, 1pm – 4pm, Garden Rx
5/13, 10am – 12pm, Memory Cafe in the Garden
5/13, 12pm – 1pm, Meet & Eat
5/14, 10am – 2pm, Sunday Stroll – Mother’s Day!
5/16, 1pm – 4pm, Garden Rx
5/18, 9am – 12pm, Garden Crew
5/18, 1pm – 4pm, Garden Rx
5/18, 7pm-8pm, Group Support (Caregivers)
5/23, 1pm – 4pm, Garden Rx
5/25, 9am – 12pm, Garden Crew
5/25, 1pm – 4pm, Garden Rx
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 middle-age care-partners caring for a 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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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
