Living & Dying: A Hospice Blog

These beautiful small gardens were created in the 1800s at The Woodlands cemetery in Philadelphia.  What a special way to honor a loved one, and make the cemetery a lovely place to visit. Click here to watch a short video from CBS News: Grave Gardens at The...

Free Screening of ‘Being Mortal’  Film Explores End-of-Life-Care in US Seventy percent of Americans say they would prefer to die at home, but nearly 70 percent die in hospitals and institutions. Ninety percent of Americans know they should have conversations about end-of-life care, yet only 30 percent...

Friday April 27, 7:00 pm Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center This event is free and open to the public. Following the play, the audience and actors will participate in a facilitated discussion. Light refreshments served.   Join us for a staged reading of end of life drama Vesta which often...

We are delighted to announce an upcoming garden party event and gathering on Friday, June 22nd from 4:30 – 7:30 PM, in the gardens of Cyndy Fine, of Genius Loci, Ecological Landscape Design, at  3293 Route 5, Westminster Village, Vermont. Buy Tickets for A Summer Soiree The...

We are a proud sponsor of this film!   Living While Dying Documentary Film Spring 2018 Tour Life-Affirming Film on How to Face the Fear of Death by Living Life to its Fullest screens in Brattleboro In a world that sees death as something to vanquish, the 45-minute documentary Living...

Join us for our annual memorial flag making event on Wednesday, May 2, 4:00-6:00 pm at the hospice office.  Facilitated by Cicely Carroll and Judy van Wageningen, all materials will be provided, along with instruction and encouragement, if needed.  This is a wonderful opportunity for...

On the Breath of Song: The Practice of Bedside Singing for the Dying An evening of Stories & Song Thursday, April 26, 7pm  Putney Library  Join Kathy Leo as she and other members of Hallowell, the Brattleboro Area Hospice choir, read from her new book, On the Breath of Song: The...

Do you like to learn during lunch?  Join us at the River Garden the week of April 23 – 27 12 noon – 1 pm daily, for A Week of Brown Bag Lunch Conversations  Monday, April 23, 12 noon – 1 pm Green Burial and Other...

Free Screening of ‘Being Mortal’  Seventy percent of Americans say they would prefer to die at home, but nearly 70 percent die in hospitals and institutions. Ninety percent of Americans know they should have conversations about end-of-life care, yet only 30 percent have done so. Join us...