Donors Create 'Sacred Places' for Reflection

By Caroline Preston

A dozen years ago, Tom and Kitty Stoner went for a stroll in central London to kill some time before checking into their hotel. On their walk, the couple came upon a red brick arch that led them to an enclosed garden.

"We instantly felt as though we had left the city behind and had entered a place of serenity," writes Mr. Stoner, a retired broadcasting executive, in the introduction to a new book he co-wrote, Open Spaces Sacred Places: Stories of How Nature Heals and