The holes in the side are for the placing of candles by visitors. In addition, it is customary for a visitor to place a rock upon the marker. So one can observe rather easily who is most popular in the cemetery. On the left is the detail of a mosaic on the altar. The garden has many olive trees, common to this whole region.
Olive trees are very hardy.
Some of these are very large, dating back to near the time of Christ. Next to the Garden of Gethsemane is a church commemorating Christ's prayer here in the Garden of Gethsemane. It is called the Church of All Nations . Generous donations came from many nations, giving it the name. It is also called the Church of the Agony, since it remembers the agony of Jesus as he prayed for the cup to be removed from him, yet not his will, but the will of God be done.