Tree Program

A COMFORTING SYMBOL OF LIFE…

A tree represents quiet strength, beauty, longevity and peacefulness – an ideal memorial to a person’s life.Â McInnis & Holloway’s Memorial ForestsÂ® program allows McInnis & Holloway to give back to the community, by enhancing the growth of parks in the Calgary area. Families are encouraged to come to one of the Memorial ForestsÂ® , and enjoy the protected haven they provide.

A LIVING TRIBUTE

The Memorial Forest Â®

The Memorial ForestÂ® program offers a special way of memorializing a person who has died and provides families with a meaningful way to deal with a loss.Â McInnis & Holloway makes every attempt to find appropriate and lasting ways for loved ones to be remembered. In this case, a tree planted will remain a living memorial for families and friends to return to year after year.

We had a five year contract with the City of Calgary to plant trees in our Nose Creek Valley Memorial Forest. This contract ended June of 2005 when the City of Calgary decided not to renew the contract for this area. From the start of this Memorial Forest in the year 2000 we have planted 4,200 trees in Nose Creek Valley which includes the trees planted for our final Ceremony for Nose Creek Valley in 2005.

We are fortunate that families have two Memorial ForestÂ® locations to choose from. Our LaFarge Meadows Memorial Forest located in Fish Creek Provincial Park (south of Sikome Lake in Calgary) and our Big Hill Springs Memorial Forest located 25 km west of Airdrie, 10 km north of Cochrane on Highway #22.

Each year, families are invited to attend a dedication ceremony for each of our Memorial Forests. For dates and times of the dedication ceremonies, see below.

If families wish, any family that was served by McInnis & Holloway have a tree planted in memory of one who has died, at no additional cost to the family. Others can purchase, at a minimal cost, one or more trees to add to the Memorial ForestÂ®, through the McInnis & Holloway Flower Shop. Each purchase includes one tree, its planting and maintenance at the Forest site, and the engraving of the deceased’s name on a permanent granite marker. McInnis & Holloway absorbs all other costs in connection to the Forest.

To find out more about the Memorial ForestÂ® program, click here or contact McInnis & Holloway Funeral Home at 1-800-661-1599.

MEMORIAL TREE GALLERY

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Families are able to choose the location of their memorial tree – either LaFarge Meadows Memorial Forest located in Fish Creek Provincial Park (South of Sikome Lake and 22X) or our Big Hill Springs Memorial Forest located 25 km west of Airdrie, 10 km north of Cochrane on Highway #22.

Big Hill Springs Provincial Park
(Everyone is welcome)

Memorial Forest Tree Dedication Weekends
11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on:
Saturday, June 2, 2012 and Sunday June 3, 2012 &
Saturday, June 9, 2012 and Sunday, June 10, 2012

Fish Creek Provincial Park “LaFarge Meadows”
(Everyone is welcome)

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Saturday, September 15, 2012 and Sunday, September 16, 2012
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Each Day
Please join us for our Tree Dedication weekend.
We invite you to come at your leisure, on either of the days listed above, no RSVP is necessary.

2010 marked the last year we planted trees in Fletcher Park

Fish Creek Provincial Park “Shaw’s Meadow”

2007 marked the last year we planted trees in Shawâ€™s Meadow.

NOSE CREEK VALLEY MEMORIAL FOREST (North)

2005 marked the last year we planted trees in Nose Creek Valley. From the first Dedication Ceremony in June of 2000 to the last Dedication Ceremony in June of 2005 McInnis & Holloway planted 4,200 trees in Nose Creek Valley.

Where are the Memorial ForestÂ® Locations?

LaFarge Meadows Memorial Forest located in Fish Creek Provincial Park (South of Sikome Lake and 22X) or our Big Hill Springs Memorial Forest located 25 km west of Airdrie, 10 km north of Cochrane on Highway #22.