Gift of Life Garden

Donate now and be part of the Gift of Life Garden!

The LifeServe Gift of Life Garden is a sustainable, welcoming community space highlighting those ensuring the stability or benefiting from the community blood supply.

Donate To The Gift of Life Garden

It honors the businesses, churches, schools and individual community members that play a vital role in ensuring that a stranger has access to the “gift of life”.  The garden’s sole purpose is to honor the commitment it takes in the communities we serve to ensure that when needed, blood is available.  Like a community’s first responders, the community blood supply is handled locally…it is a locally controlled national resource.   It is vital that blood be on the shelf when it is needed. To be sustainable, the community blood supply must be nurtured and cared for much like a garden.

What

Donate today, and you could select a flower or tree to be planted!

Engraved Brick

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Leave a legacy in the garden by customizing a brick. All bricks will be engraved the first week of May, then installed in the Garden area.

$150

Gift Of Life Garden T-Shirt

GiftOfLifeGarden_TShirt_FrontBack

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow, to donate blood is to believe in my neighbor's tomorrow.

$50

Arctic Fire® Red-Osier Dogwood

Arctic Fire

Cornus stolonifera 'Farrow', or Arctic Fire® Red-Osier Dogwood, is a native deciduous shrub cultivar known for its bright red stems in winter and deep burgandy fall color. The Arctic Fire® Red-Osier Dogwood typically grows 3-4'' tall in a dense, rounded growth habit.

$90

Bloodgood Japanese Maple

Bloodgood Maple

Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum 'Bloodgood, or Bloodgood Japanese maple, is an ornamental deciduous understory tree cultivar known for its deep burgundy foliage. The Bloodgood Japanese maple typically grows 15-20' tall with a rounded to broad-rounded canopy with lower branching habit.

$750

Charles Joly Lilac

Charles Joly

Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly', or Charles Joly lilac, is an ornamental deciduous shrub cultivar known for its showy, fragrant, late spring magenta blooms thatcan remain persistant for up to 4 weeks . The Charles Joly lilac typically grows 4-6' tall in a spreading/ suckering growth habit.

$150

Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower

Coneflower

Echinacea 'Cheyenna Spirit', or Cheyenna Spirit coneflower , is an herbacious perennial cultivar known for its mulit-colored, vibrant blooms. The Cheyenna Spirit coneflower typically grows 2-3' tall with an upright growing habit.

$50

Decadence® Dutch Chocolate False-Indigo

Dutch Decadence

Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate', or Decadence® Dutch Chocolate False-Indigo , is an herbacious perennial cultivar known for its dark purple- brown blooms. The Decadence® Dutch Chocolate False-Indigo typically grows 1.5-3' tall in a bushy-mound growth habit.

$100

Double Take® Scarlet Flowering Quince

Double Take

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Scarlet Storm', or Double Take® Scarlet Flowering Quince, is an ornamental deciduous flowering shrub known for bright red early blooms. The Double Take® Scarlet Flowering Quince typically grows 3-5'' tall in a dense, spreading growth habit.

$100

Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed

Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow', or Hello Yellow Butterfly milkweed , is an herbacious perennial cultivar known for its bright yellow summer blooms. The Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed typically grows 1.5-3' tall.

$25

Mandarin Lights Azalea

Madarin Azalea

Rhododendron hybrida 'Mandarin Lights', or Mandarin Lights azalea, is an ornamental deciduous shrub cultivar known for its deep orange blooms that emerge before its foliage. The Mandarin Lights azalea typically grows 4-5' tall in a small, mounding form.

$90

Tulip Tree

Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera, also known as tulip tree, is a large deciduous overstory tree native to eastern North America. The tulip tree typically grows 60-90' tall with a pyramidal to broad conical habit.

$750

Donate To The Gift of Life Garden

WHERE 

The garden is located at LifeServe's headquarters facility at 5625 NW Johnston Dr. Johnston, IA 50131. 

The first phases of plants have been planted and bricks purchased prior to May 2024 have been engraved. 

why

The garden will broaden understanding of the importance of a community having a sustainable blood supply through:

  • Honoring individuals who ensure a sustainable blood supply through their work, volunteering, or blood donation. 

  • Recognizing individuals who have and continue to benefit from a sustainable blood supply. 

  • Educating about the importance of a sustainable blood supply. 

how you can help

You can support the Gift of Life Garden by making an online donation.

Classy Pay, the payment processor, offers a safe environment for donor data with Level 1 PCI compliance and SSL Security, built on Amazon Web Services. Credit card or debit card data is never stored.

our partners

Thank you to the LifeServe Blood Center Facility Committee, The City of Johnston, BNIM, Hansen Company, Confluence, Formation Group, Civil Design Advantage, Raker Rhodes Engineering, Modus, and Wells Fargo

public art

artWe are looking to incorporate a custom art piece in our donor garden to represent the connection individuals, businesses, organizations, and groups, have to our community blood supply. Please complete the contact us form if you are or know of a group or individual interested in sponsoring a public art commission or for more information. 

Donate Now, and Dedicate Part of the Gift of Life Garden!

The LifeServe Gift of Life Garden is a sustainable, welcoming community space highlighting those ensuring the stability or benefiting from the community blood supply.

Donate To The Gift of Life Garden

It honors the businesses, churches, schools and individual community members that play a vital role in ensuring that a stranger has access to the “gift of life”.  The garden’s sole purpose is to honor the commitment it takes in the communities we serve to ensure that when needed, blood is available.  Like a community’s first responders, the community blood supply is handled locally…it is a locally controlled national resource.   It is vital that blood be on the shelf when it is needed. To be sustainable, the community blood supply must be nurtured and cared for much like a garden.

What

Donate today, and you could select a flower or tree to be planted!

Engraved Brick

Avatar

Leave a legacy in the garden by customizing a brick. All bricks will be engraved the first week of May, then installed in the Garden area.

$150

Gift Of Life Garden T-Shirt

GiftOfLifeGarden_TShirt_FrontBack

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow, to donate blood is to believe in my neighbor's tomorrow.

$50

Arctic Fire® Red-Osier Dogwood

Arctic Fire

Cornus stolonifera 'Farrow', or Arctic Fire® Red-Osier Dogwood, is a native deciduous shrub cultivar known for its bright red stems in winter and deep burgandy fall color. The Arctic Fire® Red-Osier Dogwood typically grows 3-4'' tall in a dense, rounded growth habit.

$90

Bloodgood Japanese Maple

Bloodgood Maple

Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum 'Bloodgood, or Bloodgood Japanese maple, is an ornamental deciduous understory tree cultivar known for its deep burgundy foliage. The Bloodgood Japanese maple typically grows 15-20' tall with a rounded to broad-rounded canopy with lower branching habit.

$750

Charles Joly Lilac

Charles Joly

Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly', or Charles Joly lilac, is an ornamental deciduous shrub cultivar known for its showy, fragrant, late spring magenta blooms thatcan remain persistant for up to 4 weeks . The Charles Joly lilac typically grows 4-6' tall in a spreading/ suckering growth habit.

$150

Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower

Coneflower

Echinacea 'Cheyenna Spirit', or Cheyenna Spirit coneflower , is an herbacious perennial cultivar known for its mulit-colored, vibrant blooms. The Cheyenna Spirit coneflower typically grows 2-3' tall with an upright growing habit.

$50

Decadence® Dutch Chocolate False-Indigo

Dutch Decadence

Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate', or Decadence® Dutch Chocolate False-Indigo , is an herbacious perennial cultivar known for its dark purple- brown blooms. The Decadence® Dutch Chocolate False-Indigo typically grows 1.5-3' tall in a bushy-mound growth habit.

$100

Double Take® Scarlet Flowering Quince

Double Take

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Scarlet Storm', or Double Take® Scarlet Flowering Quince, is an ornamental deciduous flowering shrub known for bright red early blooms. The Double Take® Scarlet Flowering Quince typically grows 3-5'' tall in a dense, spreading growth habit.

$100

Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed

Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow', or Hello Yellow Butterfly milkweed , is an herbacious perennial cultivar known for its bright yellow summer blooms. The Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed typically grows 1.5-3' tall.

$25

Mandarin Lights Azalea

Madarin Azalea

Rhododendron hybrida 'Mandarin Lights', or Mandarin Lights azalea, is an ornamental deciduous shrub cultivar known for its deep orange blooms that emerge before its foliage. The Mandarin Lights azalea typically grows 4-5' tall in a small, mounding form.

$90

Tulip Tree

Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera, also known as tulip tree, is a large deciduous overstory tree native to eastern North America. The tulip tree typically grows 60-90' tall with a pyramidal to broad conical habit.

$750

Donate To The Gift of Life Garden

WHERE 

The garden is located at LifeServe's headquarters facility at 5625 NW Johnston Dr. Johnston, IA 50131. 

The first phases of plants have been planted and bricks purchased prior to May 2024 have been engraved. 

why

The garden will broaden understanding of the importance of a community having a sustainable blood supply through:

  • Honoring individuals who ensure a sustainable blood supply through their work, volunteering, or blood donation. 

  • Recognizing individuals who have and continue to benefit from a sustainable blood supply. 

  • Educating about the importance of a sustainable blood supply. 

how you can help

You can support the Gift of Life Garden by making an online donation.

Classy Pay, the payment processor, offers a safe environment for donor data with Level 1 PCI compliance and SSL Security, built on Amazon Web Services. Credit card or debit card data is never stored.

our partners

Thank you to the LifeServe Blood Center Facility Committee, The City of Johnston, BNIM, Hansen Company, Confluence, Formation Group, Civil Design Advantage, Raker Rhodes Engineering, Modus, and Wells Fargo

public art

artWe are looking to incorporate a custom art piece in our donor garden to represent the connection individuals, businesses, organizations, and groups, have to our community blood supply. Please complete the contact us form if you are or know of a group or individual interested in sponsoring a public art commission or for more information. 

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