Donors receive a certificate of recognition and their names become a permanent part of one of the Rio Salado's special art features. Currently, there are two art features from which to choose. Names are laser etched into leaves on the lower branches. The monument is located on the north side of the Salt River channel, at the west end of the park, in the Carol Estes Smith Grove.
Roots are an important theme because of their symbolism.
Think about the inseparable relationship between foliage and roots, and ponder the fact that there is just as much miraculous activity taking place below the earth's surface as there is above. We think about our own personal relationship with, and responsibility to, the plant world. I hope to convey the message that our destiny is inseparably linked to the destiny of the botanical kingdom. The three monoliths have blank insets, where names of donors appear in the form of an engraved, colored adobe leaf. The Rio Salado's newest monument is located in the North Bank Linear Park, just west of the Railroad bridge.