The Full Story
About
Starlight Memorial Park is a two-acre community gathering space in Tempe, Arizona, featuring the historic Casa Chavez, Starlight Shop + Refillery, Atomic Apricot Ranch, Homecoming Memorials, and curated gardens that preserve local history and legacy.
Mission
As an organization, our goals focus on adaptive reuse efforts to preserve local legacies and create a better shared future. At Starlight Memorial Park, we hope to create a community gathering space in a place of history, a place of celebration in times of joy and grief, and a vibrant place of mutual aid where creativity and innovation can thrive.
Community Events
Starlight Gardens provides a gathering space for public events as well as private celebrations. Farmers markets, holiday celebrations, classes and workshops, trivia nights, stargazing nights, arts and cultural events, and a lot more. Join our Constellation Club for updates and discounts or just pop by for an event of interest.
Take Your Place in History
We offer a more affordable and environmental final placement option for cremated remains in our curated gardens because better community care also means better deathcare.
Throughout Life + Beyond
Starlight Memorial Park is a place for gathering in times of celebration and times of grief. Our dedicated team can help with deathcare planning whether choosing onsite cremation memorialization or considering an alternate final placement option. End-of-life planning is more than just funeral planning and we provide a community resource center to help individuals make informed decisions.
Living History + Archive
At Starlight Gardens, we offer a variety of ways to build lasting legacies for both the living and those departed. Whether you want to record a message for loved ones or an interview for archive, individual histories are just as important as our shared history.
