One is the grave of Michael (18), slain in January, his weighted body dumped in the Clutha River. The other is of Matt, who died as a baby and would have turned 4 this year.
Despite that, she harbours no ill will towards the South Otago town where she spent much of her life.
"No I don't, but it's hard coming back because of what happened.
I was born in Balclutha, I grew up there - I never would have thought it would have taken my oldest son."
Mrs Hutchings and daughter Sarah (17) spoke to the Otago Daily Times yesterday following the sentencing in Dunedin of a 38-year-old man who was jailed for a minimum of 13 years and his female associate for two, for their parts in the murder of the South Otago teenager.
Both women said the jail terms for those responsible for Michael's death were too short, but they also accepted no sentence would ever be enough.
"It won't bring back Michael," Mrs Hutchings said.
The mother of six said she was shaken after hearing for the first time in court this week the details of her son's last days.
"But then you don't really know if it [what was said in court] is all true anyway, because I don't believe you can believe a word they say.
"That's the hardest part."
She saw for the first time on Monday the pair accused of killing her son and dumping his body.
It brought home the enormity of what had happened, she said after breaking down in tears in court.
The rest of the Hutchings family in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, was taking it hard, too.
Her husband, Mark, stayed behind to look after their four other children, aged 6 to 15.
The younger ones did not really grasp what was going on, but their teenage son had "gone off the rails" since his brother's death and her relationship with her husband was, at times, strained.
"You can't go through a thing like this and not have strains."
In contrast, Sarah Hutchings has had much longer than her mother to get used to the details.
When most of the family moved to Australia seeking a new lifestyle about two years ago, Sarah lived with extended family in Balclutha, to finish her schooling. Michael stayed, too, and the pair grew closer.
With little family in South Otago after his death, she leant on friends and several detectives, who "really stepped up and took me on" over the past 10 months, she said.
"I am so grateful for everything they've done. I could not have done it without them. They have gone above and beyond for me."
One of the most unfair things over the past weeks and months was that the public still did not know the names of those charged, while she had to deal with the publicity and questions, she said.
"Everyone turned to me, because I was the only one that was there . . .It's not fair, because it's like they [the two convicted] don't have to fully front up to it."
However, she understood the reason why their names were still suppressed - they still faced trial over a separate issue.
Because that was pending and their names were likely then to be released and the woman would be out of jail in little over a year, yesterday was not the end for her.
"Lots of people think it is."
In the meantime, she planned to get on with her life as best she could, including completing a chemistry course over the summer before starting a bachelor of science degree at the University of Otago next year.
