The memorial garden was established in compliance with the Taipei County Regulations Governing the Implementation of Ash Scatterings and Ash Burials, and is located in a bamboo grove on a gently sloping hillside above the banks of Caoyuan Creek. Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Foundation donated the site to the Taipei County Government after its completion, but remains responsible for daily upkeep.
生命園區乃依台北縣政府「骨灰拋灑植存實施辦法」設置成立，園區土地從法鼓山世界佛教教育園區內劃設分出，位於曹源溪畔緩坡上的綠竹林間，規劃完成後再捐贈給縣政府，日常管理維護仍由法鼓山佛教基金會負責。