The curving Winter Walk Boardwalk was designed by JMMDS as a modern memorialization and cremation garden within Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery. The boardwalk meanders through lush, shady garden beds that feature memorialization stones. Families and visitors are able to visit this peaceful, contemplative space, a quiet respite from the surrounding City.
The meandering shape of the Winter Walk Boardwalk encourages visitors to slow their walking pace.
The boardwalk winds through new gardens, installed among the existing tall, stately trees.
Understated design details ensure the boardwalk's universal accessibility.
The decking pattern was designed to emphasize light and shadow.
The Winter Walk Boardwalk provides a quiet, contemplative walking route through Green-Wood Cemetery.
Native plant species were chosen for the garden beds that improve rain infiltration and also hide the newly updated underground drainage system.
