Leyland Cypress Border

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This living border separates the garden from a steep shaded bank, covered with vinca and periwinkle vines, that slopes up to the main road. The middle section of this border, consisting of black and dark purple plants, is bordered by recycled concrete blocks that are used as planters for mondo grass.      

Camellia (2) - large bushes. Lovely deep pink blossoms in fall. Donated by a survivor in 1997.  

Leyland Cypress - row of conical evergreen trees. Honor survivors of childhood mind-control experiments whose "psychic" abilities were tested by government employees and contractors. Planted December 1999.

                                                                            
Pink Azalea - lovely pink flowers in mid spring. Donated by a survivor in 1997.  

Ebony Spleenwort - native perennial. Slender, small, fernlike.

                                                        

Yellow Twig Dogwood - bush with yellow limbs and green leaves. Honors victims of forced bestiality.  Planted April 1998. 

"Wild" Azalea - tangerine colored blossoms in mid spring. Honors the right of every human to be free while at the same time being nurtured and protected from harm. Discovered by a supporter in wooded area near Chattanooga.  Planted in 1997.

Ursula's Red Painted Fern (3) - red-purple stem and variegated green-red fronds when mature. Planted spring 2005.

Palace Purple Coral Bells - purple-green leaves. Slender stalks with tiny pink flowers in late spring. Planted spring 2005.

Diamond Frost - annual woodland plant. Delicate white blossoms in late spring and summer. Planted in 2007.

Mondo grass - aka dwarf monkey grass. Slow-growing, slow-spreading, lush ornamental evergreen grass. Dark purple berries in summer. Planted spring 2006. 

Ophiopogon Nigrescens - aka mondo or dwarf monkey grass. Rare variety. Black when mature. Planted spring 2005.

Purple Brocade Ajuga - aka bugleweed. Low-growing groundcover. Shiny green/purple leaves. Planted spring 2005.

Cinnamon Fern (3) - green established fronds with cinnamon colored unfurling fronds. Planted spring 2005.   

Nandina section - although these hardy plants are sometimes called "Sacred Bamboo" or "Heavenly Bamboo," they're not really a part of the bamboo family. Planted in 1997. 

Nandina Domestica (in back) - native, tall evergreen bush. Bright red clusters of small berries, fall through winter.
Firepower Nandina (in front) - globe-shaped evergreen bush. Leaves turn red-green in cool weather.
Ori-Hime Nandina (not shown) - small evergreen. Delicate, thin green leaves.   

Black Bamboo - rare variety. Green leaves, black stalks when mature. Planted spring 2005.

Common Periwinkle and Vinca - vines cover bank bordering street side of garden, to prevent erosion. Lovely blue flowers in late spring. Donated by a supporter and planted by two survivors in 2003. 

Forsythia - hardy bush. Covered with small, bright yellow blossoms in early spring.  Donated by a survivor in 1997. 

Garden Leader Lavendar - planted spring 2006.

May Night Sage - dark purple blossoms in summer. Planted spring 2005.

Miscanthus sinesis Purpurascens - ornamental grass. Green foliage turns purple/red in late summer with soft creamy red fronds Planted spring 2005.

Purple Heart - planted spring 2006. 

Thorny Elacagnus - bush with long, sturdy thorns. Honors mental and emotional wounds experienced by many traumatic abuse survivors. Planted in 1997.

White Throat Exbury, Exbury Gibraltar, and Homebush Azaleas (3) - bushes. Vivid pink, white, or orange blossoms in late spring.  Planted in 1997.

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Emergency contacts and resources 

SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE

Catholic Charities of East Tennessee, Inc.
Chattanooga Office
Phone 423-267-1297 
Fax 423-265-4923

Children's 
Advocacy Centerof Hamilton County County 
24-hour child abuse hotline: 
1-877-54-ABUSE

Domestic Violence
Resources

Focus Adolescent Services: Family Help in Tennessee
(410) 341-4342
(877) 362-8727

The Partnership
for Families,
Children and Adults
(Partnershipfca)
Family Violence 
Services Shelter
and Sexual Crisis & Resource Center
24-hour hotline:
(423) 755-2700

Survival Necessities Assistance

Tennessee Dept.
of Human Services
Child and elder abuse
24-hour hotline:
(423) 266-0162

USA 

Abuse Consultants
Suicide resource
page

Child Help USA
24-hour National
Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-422-4453

Cyber Tipline
To report child sexual exploitation
24-hour hotline: 1-800-843-5678

Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men
24-hour hotline:
1-877-643-1120, 
pin # 0757

Friends of Battered Women and Their Children
Counseling and legal
advocacy
24-hour hotline:
1-800-603-4357

Hot Peach
Pages - USA
State lists of agencies against domestic violence

KID SAVE
"Referrals to shelters, mental health services,
sexual abuse
treatment, substance abuse, family counseling,
residential care, adoption/foster care, etc."
24-hour helpline:
1-800-543-7283

National Center
for Missing and
Exploited
Children (NCMEC)
24-hour hotline
1-800-843-5678

National Center
on Elder Abuse
State Elder Abuse
Hotlines

National Family
Violence Helpline
24-hour hotlines:
National Child
Abuse Hotline
1-800-422-4453
National Domestic
Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 or
1-800-787-3244
(TTY)
Victims of elder abuse
1-800-879-6682

National Family
Violence Hotline
24-hour hotlines:
1-800- 221-2681  
1-800- 222-2000

National Runaway/ Adolescent Suicide Hotline
24-hour hotline:
1-800-621-4000

National Suicide Hotline
(Centerstone)
24-hour hotline:
1-800-SUICIDE
(1-800-784-2433)

National Youth
Crisis Hotline
"...for children and
youth who are
abused, suicidal, chemically dependent, depressed over family
or school problems, runaway or
abandoned."
24-hour hotline
1-800-442-4673

Prevent Suicide 
Do you feel you have tried everything, and nothing makes pain go away? Do you feel like your answer is suicide? Then please just take one minute and dial 1-800-SUICIDE 
(1-800-784-2433)

Rape, Abuse, &
Incest National
Network (RAINN)
24-hour hotline:
1-800-656-4673

SAFE (Self-Abuse
Finally Ends) Alternatives) 
Provides Information;
not a crisis number
1-800-DONT-CUT
(1-800-366-8288)

Stop Abuse for
Everyone (SAFE)

Stop It Now!
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Helpline 
(office hours only)
1-888-773-8368

Suicide Prevention
24-hour hotlines
1-800-827-7571
1-800-784-2433

Virtual Global Task Force (VGT)
"...made up of police forces from around the world working together to fight online child abuse."

CANADA  

Abuse
Consultants
Suicide resources

Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse & Childhood Trauma
Serves Ottawa-Carleton 
613-233-4929

Hot Peach
Pages - Canada  
Agencies against
domestic violence

Kids' Help Phone
National phone counselling svc. for children and youths
24-hour hotline
1-800-668-6868

Stop Abuse for
Everyone (SAFE)

Telecare Distress
Centre
Confidential 24-hour crisis and befriending phone support line:
(905) 459-7777
(Not toll-free)
Email address: telecare@on.aibn.com

Victims of Violence
For victims of violent crime - Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 233-0052
vofv@victimsofviolence.
on.ca

Virtual Global Task Force (VGT)
"...made up of police forces from around the world working together to fight online child abuse."

Many more helpful contacts are listed on NAFF's Recovery Resources and More Resources  web pages.

Every day around the world, and even here in the United States, children are sold into virtual slavery or traffic for the worst forms of sexual abuse -  President Bill Clinton, U.N. Protocol Orders Signing Ceremony July 5, 2000.

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