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INITIATIVE SUSPENDED

Naming Opportunities - Public Gardens

Our Recognition Program is designed to honour and respect donor’s contributions. This is accomplished by providing donors the opportunity for a public “Thank you” for their gifts. Naming opportunity recognition will allow for a respectful plaque, stone, brick, engraving, story board or other marking that will be publicly displayed either individually or collectively honouring the donor or the donors designate for their support.

Please click on the bullet listings to see the image and description of each naming opportunities.

Mothers Gardens
- Flower Petal Tile
Peace Garden
- Peace Candles

Mothers Gardens
- Seat Walls
Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden
- Contemplative Alcove Seating
Community Greens
- Drinking Fountain (5)
- Seat Walls (3)
International Gardens
- Flags
Amphitheatre & Walkway
- Seat Rows (Small)
Children’s Discovery Garden
- Mushroom Seats
Peace Garden
- Naming of Perpetual Lights

Mothers Gardens
- Petite Flowerbed Tablets
  (6) — ($7,500)
- Upright Flowerbed Tablets (6)
Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden
- Founders Story Board (Taken)
Community Greens
- Light Beacons (4)
International Gardens
- Glass Story Boards (25)
Amphitheatre
- Seat Rows (Large)
- Light Beacons (2)
Walkway
- Living Wall Landscape
- Lighting
Children’s Discovery Garden
Peace Garden
- Lights Beacon (2)

Mothers Gardens
- Butterfly Tile

Mothers Gardens
- Sculpture (1)
- Oval Seat Wall (Taken)
- Customized Walkway Tablets
Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden
- Planting Renewal
Children’s Discovery Garden
- Interactive Display
- Educational Plantings / Garden
Peace Garden
- Naming of Peace Garden (Taken)

Mothers Gardens
- Water Feature
- Sculpture (2)
Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden
- Our Lady of Assumption Statue
Community Greens

Mother’s Gardens
- Naming of Mother’s Garden
Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden
- Naming of the Niche Garden
Community Greens
- Naming of Community Greens
International Garden
- Naming of International Garden
Amphitheatre
- Amphitheatre w/ 4th Interactive Kiosk (Taken)
Children’s Discovery Garden
- Naming of Children’s Discovery Garden

** Recognition will always be respectfully presented in keeping with the mission, vision and gift policies of the Assumption Heritage Trust National Foundation. All recognition will be designed to harmonize with their surroundings. For additional options please contact our office at 519.254.4339.

PEACE CANDLES

Your generous donation will ensure that the Peace Garden provides an opportunity for contemplative reflection and repose for all visitors to the Assumption site.

The prominent name recognition granted to you will be a Peace Candle, serving as a symbol for the promotion of universal peace.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

FLOWER PETAL TILE

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If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

CORNER SEAT WALLS

Through your generous donation, Corner Seat Walls gracing the entrance to the alcove will ensure that all visiting families, friends and relatives to the Mothers Garden will have a place of rest to enjoy its beauty year round.

The prominent name recognition granted to you will be a Corner Seat Wall, located at the entrance of the alcove of the Mother’s Garden.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

BUTTERFLY TILE

Thoughtfully placed, your generous contribution will ensure that the entrance to the Mothers Garden will be a beautiful reflection of a mother’s love.

The name recognition granted to you will be an engraved Butterfly Tile which will greet visiting family, friends and relatives to the beautiful Mothers Garden.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

CUSTOMIZED WALKWAY TABLET

With your generous gift, you will ensure the pathway framing the beautiful Mothers Garden will be a lasting tribute to a mother’s love. Leading visiting family, friends and visitors to the Mothers Garden and

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently acknowledged on one of the Customized Walkway Tablets, bordering the beautiful Mother’s Garden.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

SCULPTURE

Gently nestled within the Mothers Garden is a lovely Mother and Child Sculpture. Your generous donation will ensure that all those who have felt a mother’s loving care are able to honour her year round within the picturesque Mothers Garden.

Perhaps there is no more beautiful bond than that of mother and child and your prominent name recognition will be celebrated symbolically through the Mother and Child Sculpture.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

SCULPTURE

Your generous contribution will ensure all who have known a mother’s tender hug are able to enjoy those memories symbolized in the Mother and Children Sculpture, wrapped within the embrace of the Mothers Garden alcove.

Your prominent name recognition will ensure the loving relationship between a mother and her children will be commemorated through the Mother and Children Sculpture.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

WATER FEATURE

Your generous gift will help articulate the lasting dedication and love of all Mothers and the importance of family, symbolized by the beautiful Water Feature within the Mothers Garden.

The prominent name recognition granted to you will be the Water Feature within the heart of the Mothers Garden. The Water Feature will provide a focal point to all visitors of the Mothers Garden, as both a feature of beauty and a monument to sustainability.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

NAMING OF MOTHERS GARDEN

Designed as an alcove of a mother’s outstretched arms, open to embrace her children, the Mother’s Garden will be an inviting and beautiful tribute to all mothers. Your generous contribution towards the naming of the Mothers Garden will ensure that all families are welcome to enjoy its beauty and comfort year round.

Through prominent name recognition, your investment will guarantee to raise the profile of the Mothers Garden by celebrating and remembering all mothers in a personal and symbolic way.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION STATUE

With your generous gift, you will ensure that the Our Lady of Assumption Statue, the namesake of the original Huron Mission and the Church itself, will be properly appreciated and cherished by all visitors to the site.

The prominent name recognition granted to you will be the naming of the Our Lady of Assumption Statue. Appropriately located on the corner of Huron Church Rd. and University Ave., the Statue will rest at the most highly visible corner of the Assumption site, inviting visiting family, friends and relatives to the Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden and Church.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

PLANTING RENEWAL

The Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden has been tended to lovingly for many years and your benevolent contribution will ensure that a thoughtful and appropriate Planting Renewal Program is established.

Through prominent name recognition, your generous gift will ensure the Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden will continue to flourish and bring joy for years to come.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

NAMING OF THE NICHE GARDEN

The mission established in 1728 by Fr. Armand De La Richardie, the Jesuit missionary to the Hurons, was given the imposing title of “The Mission of Our Lady of the Assumption among the Hurons of Detroit.”

Your investment will honour the namesake of that mission and the site where present day Assumption Church rests by recognizing and honouring the Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden through dedications and story-telling within the landscape.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

CONTEMPLATIVE ALCOVE SEATING

Through the contemplative alcove seating positioned throughout the Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden, your generous donation will help to create shaded places to sit and enjoy views of the Garden and the impressive architecture and history.

Your chosen name recognition will be displayed prominently within the Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden’s Contemplative Alcove Seating.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

WATER FEATURE

The heart of the Community Greens will hold a water feature, a fountain whose waters will provide a focal point to visitors of the greens. This feature provides a kinetic element to the gardens, and brings the entirety of this part of the grounds to a central area.

With your generous contribution, you will be granted prominent name recognition of the Water Feature within the Community Greens, ensuring it remains as both a feature of beauty and a monument to sustainability.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

FIRST NATIONS RECOGNITION

Through the addition of the First Nations Recognition Sculptures your generous donation will help articulate the lasting story of the Huron Indians, by linking the community with its remarkable history, heritage and diversity.

Your investment and prominent name recognition will guarantee to raise the profile of the First Nations, by allowing all visitors to the site to enjoy and appreciate Assumption’s roots that extend back to the founding peoples of Canada.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

NAMING OF THE COMMUNITY GREENS

With your generous gift you will ensure that the Community Greens become a special open space fabric and greens for gatherings, social exchange and relaxation for all visitors to the site. Your significant investment will help to support a distinctive and significant framework for the site, and the community as a whole—as well as provide seasonal texture, quieter places for learning, repose and contemplation.

The prominent name recognition granted to you will be the naming of the Community Greens itself, an investment guaranteed to raise the profile of the Public Gardens Initiative while celebrating the principles of stewardship and sustainability.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

LIGHT BEACONS

Through the Light Beacon in the Community Greens, your generous donation will help to provide a glowing, translucent pillar of light, extending skyward, and highly visible during both night and day.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on these eye-catching and unique, high profile Light Beacons.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

PETITE FLOWERBED TABLET

Just as your family, friends and relatives were welcomed into your home; your generous gift will ensure all feel that sense of welcome as they are greeted by the Petite Flowerbed Tablets at the entrance to the Mothers Garden alcove.

Your name will be prominently recognized on one of the Petite Flower Bed Tablets gracing the alcove of the Mothers Garden.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

UPRIGHT FLOWERBED TABLET

Framing the Mother’s Garden Water Feature, your generous donation will ensure the Upright Flower Bed Tablets are respectful and dignified memorial to all mothers.

Your chosen name recognition will be displayed prominently on one of the Upright Flower Bed Tablets, graciously lining the Mothers Garden.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Founders Story Board

The Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden will be accessible to help family, friends and visitors learn about and reflect upon those events of significance that have occurred in and around what eventually became known as the Windsor region.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on one of the Founder Story Boards found throughout the Our Lady of Assumption Niche Garden.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Drinking Fountain

Throughout the Community Greens will be publicly available Drinking Fountains. These fountains will promote sustainable water use through the availability of clean, cool drinking water.

With your generous gift, you will ensure that the Community Greens provides for a ’green’ enhanced campus environment that promotes and celebrates the principles of stewardship. Your investment will help to reduce the number of bottled water purchases by giving visitors a convenient place to refill their personal water bottle on site.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

3rd Interactive Kiosk

With your generous contribution, you will ensure that the Interactive Kiosk helps to bring highly accessible information and customized programming to the fingertips of all visitors to the Community Greens.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on the Interactive Kiosk, providing each user with a unique and memorable experience, therefore heightening the public’s awareness of the significance of the Assumption site.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Seat Walls

Through the Seat Wall(s) positioned throughout the Community Greens, your generous donation will help to provide seating and viewing opportunities within a central lawn area and paving positioned to encourage and promote visitors to the garden.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on the Seat Wall providing places for meeting & gathering for all at special times of the year.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Naming of the International Gardens

The land where Assumption is located and what later became Windsor was gifted to the European settlers by the Huron tribe, and has over the years since its birth received immigrants from all over the world.

With your generous contribution, the International Gardens, like the land it rests on, will be a testament to the international nature of the Windsor region.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Flags

The International Gardens will showcase flags from several nations, representing the rich multiculturalism that make up our diverse region.

Diversity and understanding strengthen our community and your country’s prominent name recognition on your flag of choice will help position the International Gardens as an important symbol of our past, present and future.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Glass Storyboards

Through the Glass Storyboards positioned strategically throughout the International Gardens, your generous donation will help to articulate the significant history associated with the Assumption site, a story depicting our Canadian heritage and the European settlement that lead to the formation of the City of Windsor.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on the Glass Storyboards providing customized way-finding features, and landmark identification used to orient or navigate, helping visitors find their way through the International Gardens.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Seat Rows (small)

Through the small Seat Wall(s) positioned throughout the Amphitheatre, your generous donation will help to provide seating and viewing opportunities within the Amphitheatre - encouraging and promoting visitors to site.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on the Seat Wall, making the Amphitheatre a special destination site, as well as provide seasonal texture, quieter places for learning, repose and contemplation.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Seat Rows (large)

Through the large Seat Wall(s) positioned throughout the Amphitheatre, your generous donation will help to provide seating and viewing opportunities within the Amphitheatre encouraging and promoting visitors to site.

Your chosen name recognition will be displayed prominently on the Seat Wall, making the Amphitheatre a special destination site, as well as provide seasonal texture, quieter places for learning, repose and contemplation.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Light Beacon

Through the Light Beacon positioned strategically in the Amphitheatre, your generous donation will help to provide a glowing, translucent pillar of light, extending skyward which will be highly visible at all times of the day.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on these eye-catching and unique, high profile Light Beacons.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Amphitheatre with 4th Interactive Kiosk (taken)

The Amphitheatre will blend with natural topography to provide an exceptional gathering and meeting place, quieter places for learning and social exchange at the foot of the University of Windsor Campus.

Your prominent name recognition will help to create an open-air venue ideal for musical or theatrical performances — as it is designed so that all spectators have an unrestricted view of the entire theatre.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Living Wall Landscape

The heart of the Walkway will feature a Living Wall Landscape, vertical greenery which is more than just living, artistic masterpieces. Living Walls can serve many functions, and with your generous contribution, you will help to provide the community with a sustainable landscape constructed to nurture local wildlife.

Your prominent name recognition may take on a number of forms — company logos, abstract designs, even characters — but will always benefit the local ecosystem, offering unlimited potential for both communities and the environment.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Walkway Lighting

The beauty of the Living Wall Landscape will be enhanced by strategically placed Walkway Lighting, augmenting the vertical greenery and local wildlife.

Through prominent name recognition, your generous contribution will ensure the Walkway is beautifully illuminated and safe for all our visitors, family and friends.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Illustrative Storyboards

Through the Illustrative Storyboards positioned strategically throughout the Children’s Discovery Garden, your generous donation will help to articulate the importance of education to our community, and all those who visit the Garden.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Wishing Well

The anchor of the Children’s Discovery Garden is a lovely water feature, the Wishing Well. Presenting the balance of play and learning, the Wishing Well offers the delight of a wish and the reminder of sustainability.

Through prominent name recognition, your generous contribution will ensure the Children’s Discovery Garden Wishing Well provides opportunities for good wishes and continued learning.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Light Beacon

Through the Light Beacon positioned strategically in the Children’s Discovery Garden, your generous donation will help to provide a glowing, translucent pillar of light, extending skyward which will be highly visible at all times of the day.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on these eye-catching and unique, high profile Light Beacons.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Interactive Display

Through the Interactive Display positioned strategically throughout the Children’s Discovery Garden, your generous donation will help to provide on-site information and guidance for all visiting friends, family relatives and students.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on the Illustrative Storyboards providing technology based Experiential Tours, creating opportunities for demonstrations and educational forums for all to enjoy and learn.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Educational Plantings/Garden

The Educational Plantings/Garden element of the Children’s Garden will come together suitably to form a plant-based and multi-sensory experience, striking a careful balance between pure play opportunities and problem-solving challenges.

Your generous contribution will ensure prominent name recognition within the Educational Plantings/Garden creating opportunities for learning, demonstrations and educational forums for students and all visitors to the Children’s Discovery Garden.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Naming of the Children’s Discovery Garden

Your generous donation will ensure that the moment visitors arrive at the New Children’s Discovery Garden at the Assumption site they will come face to face with nature and fun through interactive learning experiences.

Your investment in the prominent naming of the Children’s Discovery Garden will not only heighten the profile of the Assumption site but will create an atmosphere of learning and places to gather and meet for all to enjoy and learn.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Peace Garden – Light Beacon

Through the Light Beacon positioned strategically in the Peace Garden, your generous donation will help to provide a glowing, translucent pillar of light, extending skyward which will be highly visible at all times of the day.

Your chosen name recognition will be prominently displayed on these eye-catching and unique, high profile Light Beacons.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Naming of the Peace Garden

With your generous gift, you will ensure that the Peace Garden will forever serve as a lasting devotion to the promotion of universal peace.

Your investment and prominent name recognition will guarantee to raise the profile of the Assumption Gardens by encouraging individuals from many lands to share peace in the garden and to support peace in the world.

Please call our office at 519.254.4339 to learn more about this naming opportunity.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Naming Perpetual Lights

With your generous contribution, you will ensure that all those who visit the Peace Garden can enjoy the Perpetual Lights, as they continue to glow, serving as a symbol for the promotion of universal peace.

The prominent name recognition granted to you will be the naming of the Perpetual Lights, which will guarantee to raise the profile of the Peace Garden.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

Children’s Seating

Through the Children’s Seating positioned strategically throughout the Children’s Discovery Garden, your generous donation will help to create shaded places to sit where our smaller visitors can enjoy views of the Garden and the impressive architecture and history found throughout the site.

Your chosen name recognition will be displayed prominently within the Children’s Discovery Garden’s Children’s Seating.

If you are interested in this naming opportunity, please click the Donate Now button or call our office at 519.254.4339.

Please NOTE: Image are only concept renderings and are subject to change.

INITIATIVE SUSPENDED

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