Fred Ellman still recalls his experiences six decades ago when he accompanied his grandmother to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. She was early in her struggle of living with dementia, and he could see how the garden was getting through to her. These experiences are recounted in a recent article in the Examiner News that tells of Ellman’s efforts to launch Blossom Respite, a new Respite for All community in Pleasantville, NY. Over time “Ellman became a toy maker and an architect, met his wife, had kids, and designed the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, but all along, his love for nature, first nurtured in that quiet urban garden, never left him.” You can read the article here.