Gardens

Thanks to a recent donation from the Wiseman Agency, the sidewalks around the front of the building are now illuminated by outdoor lights!

When long-time FAC President, Board Member and benefactor Dr. Donald Thaler passed away in 2002, the Thaler family decided to restore the formal garden in his memory. The gardens now include the bronze sculpture "Candice" by Gary Price, selected because of Dr. Thaler's love of his granddaughters, gardening, and the FAC.

The gardens include memorial benches dedicated:

	To Remember is to Honor, Bradley S. Abels, M.D., Major USAF 1960-2004
	In memory of Doris R. Avery and Vilma Pikkoja, Garden Friends
	In loving memory of Harold W. Black, Eleemosynary Volunteer
	Gift from Bill and Marianne Campbell, Friends of the Arts
	In memory of Jean E. Hitlin Gloss, Avid Gardener and Friend of the Arts
	Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Holzer, Jr., Benefactors and Friends of the Arts
	Jack A. Hudson, Artist and Leader, A man who loved this place
	In memory of Lola Mae Suiter, Faithful Volunteer preserving our history
	In memory of Donald M. Thaler, M.D., 38 years service, Founder, Benefactor & Volunteer
	In loving memory of Ida K. Thaler, Willing worker wherever needed
	In memory of Jeffery M. Thaler, To everyone there is a season

Memorial Tree Project

Memorial trees were added to the Memorial Gardens on October 22, 2005, as part of Make A Difference Day, in memory of area youths who have passed before their time. Students from Gallia County School's Junior Teen Institute (JTI), along with Davison Landscaping and the French Art Colony, planted seventeen trees, fulfilling part of the master plan for the gardens. Each tree is dedicated with a plaque in the child's memory. Out of all the projects statewide, this project was named to the award semi-finals for Make A Difference Day.