diff --git a/examples/landmark-demo/client/landmark-demo.js b/examples/landmark-demo/client/landmark-demo.js
index 9a3880ff03..2c697a07af 100644
--- a/examples/landmark-demo/client/landmark-demo.js
+++ b/examples/landmark-demo/client/landmark-demo.js
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ Template.stateDemo.timers = function () {
 };
 
 Template.timer.events = {
+  'click .reset': function () {
+    // XXX need to get the template state object
+    // XXX also probably need to have the landmark available..
+    Timers.remove(this._id);
+  },
   'click .delete': function () {
     Timers.remove(this._id);
   }
diff --git a/examples/landmark-demo/landmark-demo.html b/examples/landmark-demo/landmark-demo.html
index 9ec39e4b2e..84812b88b5 100644
--- a/examples/landmark-demo/landmark-demo.html
+++ b/examples/landmark-demo/landmark-demo.html
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 
 <template name="timer">
   <span class="elapsed"></span>
+  <input type="button" value="Reset" class="reset">
   <input type="button" value="Delete" class="delete">
   Z={{z}}
 </template>
diff --git a/packages/spark/spark.js b/packages/spark/spark.js
index 2269aa4a69..bd139625e6 100644
--- a/packages/spark/spark.js
+++ b/packages/spark/spark.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 
 // XXX should functions with an htmlFunc use try/finally inside?
 
-// XXX do render callbacks "bubble up" to enclosing landmarks?
+// XXX test that render callbacks bubble up to enclosing landmark
+// (code is written, needs a test)
 
 (function() {
 
@@ -324,14 +325,24 @@ var scheduleOnscreenSetup = function (frag, landmarkRanges) {
 
     // Deliver render callbacks to all landmarks that are now
     // onscreen (possibly not for the first time.)
-    //
-    // XXX should bubble up and notify parent landmarks too? for all
-    // the same reasons we need to do it for node preservation?
     _.each(landmarkRanges, function (landmarkRange) {
       if (! landmarkRange.isPreservedConstant)
         landmarkRange.renderCallback.call(landmarkRange.landmark);
     });
 
+    // Deliver render callbacks to all landmarks that enclose the
+    // updated region.
+    //
+    // XXX unify with notifyWatchers. maybe remove _ANNOTATION_WATCH
+    // and just give everyone a contentsModified callback (sibling to
+    // 'finalize')
+    //
+    // future: include an argument in the callback to distinguish this
+    // case from the previous
+    var walk = renderedRange;
+    while ((walk = findParentOfType(Spark._ANNOTATION_LANDMARK, walk)))
+      walk.renderCallback.call(walk.landmark);
+
     // This code can run several times on the same nodes (if the
     // output of a render is included in a render), so it must be
     // idempotent. This is not the best, asymptotically. There are