We are proud to announce the new 2015 Calendar of Events for the 99th year of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. This is going to be en exciting year preparing for the Cultural Garden’s Centennial Celebration!! This is a tenative schedule so please check back often for updates or changes. Don’t miss the fun! MARCH March […]
While we have found five, additional, very large trees down in the Gardens, none of them is endangering any Garden infrastructure. They are in alphabetical order: -African American Garden–top of hill adjacent to Wheelock Avenue. (2 trees) -American Legion Peace Garden of the Nations on Superior Avenue–see photo -Czech Garden’s path along Doan Brook -Rusin […]
On Saturday, September 25, 2010, 5:00 PM, there will be a brief dedication of the newly installed bust of Czech female novelist Bozena Nemcova. Free parking is readily available along East Blvd at the Garden’s site: 880 East Blvd. With the return of Bozena Nemcova, the existing and original bust of composer Bedrich Smetana was […]
Two major improvements were undertaken in the Czech Cultural Garden in 2009. One; the two full size statues in the Garden, Comenius and Masaryk, were illuminated with the use of relatively new technology. A solar collector powers two LED flood lights, the system is backed up by batteries recharged by the solar collector. The installation […]
Today, we are asking the Gardens community to help us identify details of some of our photos. We have quite few images for which we know the date, the name of the place and/or the name of the event, but oftentimes we know nothing about individual the people depicted. Many of us have visited, volunteered, […]
Excerpts from Hans Kopp’s July 14, 2009 report on the concert: A respectable crowd of native Germans, neighboring cultural garden members, and people touring the garden on foot or on bike. who took time out to enjoy this concert presented by Cleveland’s: “Deutscher Musikverein”. The concert, under the direction of Rosie Wittine, was well received. It featured music […]
A walking tour of the Czech and Slovak Gardens, sponsored by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, will take place on Sunday, August 9 at 4 PM. All are invited. Learn about the Gardens’ history and prominent features and figures represented in the gardens. Meet on East Boulevard at the Italian Garden. The tour will […]
Paul Burik, an architect and member of the Czech community, has been elected President of the Cultural Gardens Federation. Paul Burik will join a long list of committed leaders for the Cultural Gardens dating back to Charles Wolfram and Leo Weidenthal. We wish him the best of luck; congratulations Paul! Speaking of exceptional leadership, Burik […]