Mary garden

[2][3][4] The first such garden open to the public in the United States was founded in 1932 at St. Joseph's Church, Woods Hole, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

[5] This garden was founded by Frances Crane Lillie, a summer resident of Woods Hole.

They also initiated a series of articles in religious publications to encourage the planting of Mary gardens.

Such plants may include laurel trees, strawberries, ladyslippers, lilies of the valley, peonies, violets, irises and roses, all of which are identified as symbolic and significant in the story of Mary as recounted in the Bible and other Christian stories.

It demonstrates devotional commitment through the spiritual practice of designing, building and maintaining the garden and for the attendance, contemplation, and prayers of visitors.