Women Veterans Meditation Garden

On Veterans Day 2001, the Women Veterans Meditation Garden was dedicated adjacent to the Vietnam Era Educational Center.  The garden is a lasting tribute to the thousands of women, both military and civilian, who served during the Vietnam Era.  It provides a quiet place for friends and family to reflect on the loss of a loved one, perhaps one of the 1,562 New Jerseyans whose names are engraved on the 366 black granite panels of the Memorial. 

The garden includes a fountain, a covered pergola with benches and a variety of plants chosen to provide color and texture year-round.  The garden was designed by the Monmouth County Master Gardeners Association.  It was built and planted by the New Jersey Highway Authority, with funds provided by the New Jersey State Legislature with the assistance of Assemblyman Jack Collins.

Since the dedication of the Memorial in 1995, there have been numerous requests for something like this to be added.  The opening of the adjacent Vietnam Era Educational Center provided the perfect place to build a garden.