Persephone Park
Persephone Park is a moon garden where the bereaved can come to grieve and take solace in beauty, be alone or with others, and be tended to by staff and volunteers if desired. It is considered a sacred place and is open to everyone of any socioeconomic status as long as they respect the rules of respecting other visitors’ privacy, no camping, no violence.
Persephone Park is a park in Hades frequented by mourners – especially at night.
It is a place full of light in the darkness, for mourning for the dead while surrounded by life –and lit by mushrooms turning dead matter into new life.
Many find it a deeply comforting place to mourn.
Soforos and volunteers tend the garden and offer support to mourners.
There are benches and gazebos all over the park, many beside weeping willows and other trees and shrubs that provide some privacy.
Persephone Park is a park in Hades frequented by mourners – especially at night.
It is a place full of light in the darkness, for mourning for the dead while surrounded by life –and lit by mushrooms turning dead matter into new life.
Many find it a deeply comforting place to mourn.
Soforos and volunteers tend the garden and offer support to mourners.
There are benches and gazebos all over the park, many beside weeping willows and other trees and shrubs that provide some privacy.
Purpose
It is a place for the bereaved to grieve and find comfort.Alterations
The gardens are carefully tended and as the gardeners learn new skills or have to adjust for plant diseases, they change.Fauna & Flora
Flora
Lit by Bioluminescent mushroom
Moon Garden
Night-blooming jasmine
Trees
Weeping Willow
Fauna
Lake in the center of the park full of common loons – waterbirds whose song is mournful and haunting
History
Persephone Park was founded by Jasper Sheen, who placed it near where the dead are laid to rest to give the grieving a beautiful, peaceful place to mourn.
Tourism
While some artists and others who want to take in the beauty of the park visit, that is generally frowned upon. It is meant to be used by those traveling to Hades to lay loved ones to rest. Admission is free.
Location under
Public space run by the Hades government and staffed by professional grief counselors, Soforos, and well-trained volunteers