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Exhibit: Recycling and Repurposing the Flowers of Lakewood
March 18, 2026 - April 30, 2026
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Explore Recycling and Repurposing the Flowers of Lakewood, a powerful and poetic exhibition that breathes new life into the beauty of remembrance. This memorable project transforms funeral flowers, symbols of love, loss, and legacy, into delicate handmade paper. These paper pieces become the canvas for intricate floral prints, each one a tribute to memory and renewal.
Over the course of the Artist in Residence program, Eicher worked alongside Lakewood’s grounds team to collect flowers that were left on gravesites across the grounds, and had begun to wilt and dry, to create a one-of-a-kind recycled paper. Giving these meaningful flowers renewed use and new beauty.
In addition to creating the paper itself, Eicher also created blockprints inspired by Lakewood and our connection to nature, which were then printed onto the custom paper.
View the final prints on display in the Welcome Center March 18 – April 30, 2026.
Blockprinting Demonstration
Join artist Diana Eicher for a hands-on workshop to learn more about blockprinting. This event will take place in the Lakewood Welcome Center. Tickets to these intimate workshops are $40.
For more information, please visit the event page.
About the artist: Diana Eicher
Diana has a BA in painting from the University of California, Santa Cruz, an MFA in printmaking from the University of Hawaii. Diana balances her life as an artist for over thirty-five years with her career as Director of the Printmaking and Papermaking Studios at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Diana works in printmaking, handmade paper, papercutting, and installation work.
The Lakewood Welcome Center
This event takes place in the Community Room in the Welcome Center at Lakewood. This beautiful, state-of-the-art building provides a warm and sunny backdrop for community events, in addition to offering quiet space for families to gather and make arrangements for end-of-life.
Parking and Transportation
Driving Directions
Parking is available on any of the roads inside Lakewood’s gates unless otherwise noted with a no parking sign. Handicap parking will be available near the Chapel as well as the Welcome Center. Lakewood does not have an onsite parking lot – it is street parking only. This means you may have to park a short distance away and walk. We strongly encourage carpooling and public transportation.
Bus Directions
Metro Transit lines 6 and 23 stop directly outside of Lakewood’s gates, a short walk to the Memorial Chapel and the Welcome Center.
Bike Directions
Please lock bikes at the rack near the main entrance gates and walk to the Welcome Center. Do not lock bikes to trees or signs, leave bicycles unlocked on the grounds., or leave shared bikes or scooters overnight.
About the Lakewood Heritage Foundation
The Lakewood Heritage Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Lakewood Artist in Residence program. The Lakewood Heritage Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization created to sustain Lakewood as a local treasure by supporting educational programming and the preservation and restoration of Lakewood’s landscape, art, architecture and public spaces—for the benefit of all.
Questions? Email us at events@lakewoodcemetery.org
