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2+ yrs
Already established
A lifetime
To watch it grow
Forever
Preserved as your legacy
GROWING TOGETHER
Today
In 5 years
Graduation
A lifetime later
What you receive
A tree to visit in our Miyawaki forest
Planted February 2024. Yours to visit anytime.
A page in our online arboretum, The Museum of Trees
GPS, photos, your dedication, and field notes added a few times a year as your tree grows.
A keepsake digital certificate
Personalized, ready to print or frame.
BONUS: Legacy Tree Family Snapshot (1 professional photo)
A family photo by your tree, edited and delivered as a high‑resolution digital image you can print, frame, or share with family and friends.
Feature your bonus family snapshot
Scroll through a real legacy tree dedication.
Every legacy tree gets its own living profile — updated with photos, field reports, and growth milestones as the forest grows.
A STORY OF HOPE
What growing together can become
An adopted tree starts as a small thing — a place to visit, a name on a page. But over a lifetime, it can grow into something much larger: a quiet companion through every season of a child's life, including the hardest ones.
"Where the Magic Forest Grows" is a two-minute illustrated story showing one possibility — a young girl who, after her grandmother passes away, finds her again in the trees.
A note for parents: The story uses the words "death" and "passed away" and gently describes grief. You may want to watch on your own first to decide if it's the right moment to share with your child.
"Where the Magic Forest Grows"
Words & Illustrations by Hope Eternal Gardens co-founders, Chris Alonso & Lauren Robie
2 MINUTES
How it works
Adopt online
We assign your tree
Link in a few days
Plan your visit, get your free family photo
Tree updates, ongoing
"Every visit our son and daughter run to see how much taller the tree has gotten. Every time, the tree is a little taller. And so are they."
— A Hope Eternal Gardens family
Note: This isn't a burial plot — it's a simple, joyful dedication for your family to visit and enjoy.
Common questions
Two to four feet tall — about the size of your child. It'll be taller than them within a few years.
A method of dense native planting that grows a real forest 10x faster than conventional methods. Ours was planted in February 2024.
Anytime — Hope Eternal Gardens is open by appointment. Bring the GPS from your tree's page and your phone walks you right to it.
Your arboretum page remains as a permanent record — its years, your dedication, the field notes, the photos. Preserved as part of the gardens' history.