Our Children Remembered

For a bereaved parent or grandparent, one of the most challenging tasks is preserving the memory of their child.

We feel so privileged that every family who stays at Poppy’s Place or Gabriel’s Oasis, or joins us at one of our memorial events, chooses to share their child’s story with us. Every name, every story and every date holds a special place in our hearts, and we feel it is so important that each child is remembered and honoured.

In 2025, we decided to adorn the decking at Poppy’s Place with beautiful butterflies, each one lovingly bearing the name and significant dates of a much-loved child. As we moved into 2026, with Poppy’s Place having to be retired and our original butterflies showing signs of severe weathering, we knew some care and attention would be needed to give them a new lease of life.

Thanks to our wonderful partnership with Oban High School, students are now working hard to lovingly refurbish the 70 butterflies already created, as well as engraving 25 new ones. We are also exploring the possibility of finding our butterflies a new, permanent home somewhere accessible to the public, where families and visitors can pause, reflect and remember.

Whether you have previously stayed at Poppy’s Place, hope to visit Gabriel’s Oasis in the future, or simply wish to have your child’s memory honoured by us, we would be delighted to include them. You are warmly invited to share your child’s name and the dates that are meaningful to your family. We will ensure that a dedicated butterfly is created in their memory and placed alongside those of the many other precious children whose lives have touched ours.

Each of our original butterflies was lovingly engraved by our dear friend and supporter, Diarmid MacMillan, who has supported Anam Cara Fasgadh since its very beginnings. We are incredibly grateful for his kindness and continued support.

If you would like us to create a butterfly in memory of your child, please complete the form below. As the butterflies are refurbished and new ones are added, we will share photographs of their placement here, so that families can see their child's butterfly and know that their memory continues to shine.

𝑵𝑩 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.