The Cleveland Cultural gardens, located in Cleveland, Ohio in the area known as Rockefeller Park, contain over 50 acres of gardens divided into individual gardens representing the ethnic communities of the great Cleveland area.
The gardens were created by students and professors of Cleveland State University. The first garden, the British, or Shakespeare Garden, was built in 1916. In 1926, Leo Weidenthal, editor of Jewish Independent, had the idea to make the cultural gardens represent the city's different communities. He wanted people of different nationalities to work together and learn about each other's culture.
Today there are 35 gardens. These include Polish, Slovenian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, Italian, Greek, Lithuanian, German, Hungarian, and Hebrew gardens, amongst others. The newest is the Croation garden, built in 2011.
When I lived in Cleveland, I enjoyed visiting these gardens. There are lots of fountains, decorative iron work and sculptures.
The gardens are open daily from dawn to dusk. Admission is free.
What a wonderful idea for a garden; people of different cultures each having their own place where we can learn about them.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It was a wonderful idea!
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