Engraving Garden Stones

memorial garden ideas needed!!!?

so for my senior project for school i am making a memorial garden at my church. i was going to put stones with the engraved names on them, but that turned out to be to expensive. i was wondering if anyone had any ideas about a cheap way to make some type of memorial thing. i am going to ask for donations (from the people who want one) for each one i make but i still want it to be really cheap. any ideas are appriated !!

I made a memorial garden at one time for a group - A cross was handmade by a member - he made it of rustic wood and it was pretty tall (you might as someone in your church to do this for you) and then we had a ceremony... I suggested that people get their own rocks and put their loved one's name on it and during the ceremony they each placed a rock at the foot of the cross. For those who forgot to bring a rock - I had a basket of rocks and a marker for them to make one right away. It was moving and lasting.
I also planted a garden in a small area. I suggested to eveyone (small article in a church bulletin for a couple of Sundays) and suggested to each and all to bring a plant for them to plant (in a prepared plot I had set up). I suggested they choose a flower that felt would be meaningful to them in memory of their loved one. That was a major faith thing that all the flowers would go together! lol But I couldn't afford to buy the flowers so the members did. I had a group of people help seniors plant their flowers and some people gave me money to buy a plant for them. I sort of wanted to put names down someway for all to see which plant represented who - but it was too expensive and it was really and truly not necessarily. The person who planted were able to grieve for the moment and that was what it was about.
Another option would be to plant one tree and have people put rocks at the bottom of it or suggest that people donate money to buy a concrete bench and then plant flowers around it and make a sort of serenity or prayer area in the church yard.
You have a big job but you can do it. It will be something special for so many people! Blessings to you!!

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