University of Guelph
Commemorative Garden
On
a small triangle of land sits the University of Guelph Medical Science
Plot. The Arms of the University of Guelph is the only ornament
along with the sentiment "Although
we know not of their station in life, it is with respect and reverence
that we share their final contribution of the advancement of Medical
Science."
Although first dedicated in 1968, the monument stood unadorned for many
years until 2004, when the present garden was designed and planted by
volunteers from the University. Prof. Maurice Nelischer, for the
University's School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
re-designed the gravesite with assistance from Prof. Terry Graham,
Chair of the Department of Human Bioloby and Nutritional Sciences and
Paul Taylor, Manager of Woodlawn Memorial Park. The large bed is filled
with hosta, astilbe and periwinkle. There is a plaque for families who
wish to acknowledge individuals interred in the lot.This is the final resting place for the remains of over 170 individuals who had donated their body to science. The bodies were used in the University's human anatomy course. When unclaimed by family, the remains of donors were interred within the triangle property.