Drawing from personal and professional experience, Barbara Weiner founded The Garden: A Center for Grieving Children and Teens in 1998. She retired in 2006.

Shelly Bathe Lenn came to The Garden as a volunteer facilitator in 2002 where she worked in the young teens, teens and littles’ groups. She became the Program Coordinator in 2004 where she worked closely with Barbara in preparation for becoming Executive Director upon Barbara’s retirement.

Shelly holds a master’s of education and certificate of advanced graduate study in school counseling from University of Massachusetts Amherst and a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies and education from the University of California Santa Cruz. She lives in Easthampton with her husband, David and four year old son, Evan.

For additional information contact:

The Garden
Attn: Shelly Bathe Lenn
286 Prospect Street
Northampton, MA 01060

Telephone: 413-584-7086 ext. 124
Email: Shelly Bathe Lenn