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Dozens of guests attended the annual Memory Tree garden party at East Cheshire Hospice.
All were celebrating lost loved ones whose names are engraved on a beautiful metal tree in the gardens.
Visitors enjoyed afternoon tea on the lawns in the sunshine.
Tours of the Sunflower Living Well Centre, which reopened a year ago, were also available.
More than 90 leaves are currently dedicated to someone special, even if that person has no link to the Hospice.
Guests at the Memory Tree garden party.
Representatives from AstraZeneca, whose employees gifted the memorial, attended the party, along with Hospice chaplain Marion Tugwood.
Hospice Chief Executive Karyn Johnston said: “I want to thank everyone for what you are doing for the Hospice by supporting the Memory Tree initiative.
“All that love and care for your loved one is now helping those in the Hospice today.
“Our wonderful volunteer gardeners have created this space of peace and tranquillity.
“My parents are also commemorated on the tree, and I often visit here at weekends to pause and reflect and to express my gratitude to them.”
The Memory Tree is in a discreet setting and easily accessible without entering the main Hospice building on Millbank Drive.
Hospice fundraiser Amy Williams by the Memory Tree.
The Hospice is inviting people to join the scheme. Subscription is £10 a month, or £120 a year.
* To sign up to the Memory Tree visit www.eastcheshirehospice.org.uk/memory-tree.
Contact amy.williams@echospice.org.uk or call 01625 665688 for more information.