Roofless Church Garden

  Original garden design by Philip Johnson. Garden revision by Thomas J. Cane, landscape architect. For further details, see Structures: Roofless Church.   Donate: a donation in any amount will help the Foundation sustain, protect and enhance the unique features and spiritual landscapes Jane Blaffer Owen bestowed in the Sanctuary. Gifts are 100% tax deductible

Carol’s Garden

  Jane Blaffer Owen designed Carol’s Garden in the shape of a Celtic cross to serve as a memorial to her daughter, Carol Owen Coleman, who passed away in 1979. In the original design, paths were lined with hostas and English Ivy, and Bradford pear trees beautifully crowned the garden and provided shade. Garden restoration […]

Paul Tillich Park

  Paul Tillich Park commemorates the renowned Paul Johannes Tillich, a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was one of the more influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century. The park was dedicated on June 2, 1963, and Tillich’s ashes were interred there in 1965. Located just across North Main Street from the Roofless […]

Cathedral Labyrinth and Sacred Garden

  The Cathedral Labyrinth and Sacred Garden was conceived by Jane Owen in 1995 and designed and completed by architect and Purdue University Professor Emeritus Kent Schuette in 1996. It is a very close replica of the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral in France. The plan of the garden is a piece of the geometry of […]

Mark Hampton’s Court and Mark Hampton Court Gate

  Mark Hampton’s Court is a garden under development, conceived by Jane Blaffer Owen in 1998 to honor the internationally acclaimed classical interior designer. Mark Hampton (1940-1998) completed the interior design of the adjacent Orchard House in the 1970s. The Court Gate was designed by architect, Kent Schuette. Its proportions and form were inspired by […]