Cultural Garden Clean Up
Info about the Clean Up
On Friday, April 26, 2013, our Rusin Cultural Garden Group will meet for breakfast at 9:00 AM for camaraderie and sustenance prior to our annual Spring clean up. We will meet at Slyman's Restaurant at 3106 St. Clair Avenue and then proceed to the garden to get our space in ship shape order from 10:00 to 2:00 (you need not stay the whole time. We will be happy with any help you can offer.) If you can't make it to the breakfast, you may proceed directly to the garden located at 930 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH, within the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.
Please bring leaf rakes, brooms, weed pullers, lawn garbage bags, garden work gloves etc. Be sure to bring a snack and/or lunch and something to drink. A free Rusin Garden t-shirt will be given to all workers.
Rain date for this event is Saturday, April 27th during the same hours. Please contact Marcia at mbenko@prodigy.net, if you plan to attend.
Info about our Cultural Garden Special Interest Group
The main focus of this group is to get together, enjoy the company of other Rusyns, share our thoughts about the future of the garden with an emphasis on ideas for developing more items of interest, to maintain the garden and learn about our culture.
For those who may not know, the Rusin Garden of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, has been in existence since 1939 when Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants came together, under the direction of Father Hanulya, to recreate a little part of their homeland, the Carpathian Mountains, and join with other area ethnic groups to show the unity of their new homeland, Cleveland. Since its origin, the garden has gone through several phases of care and lack of attention. Currently, the Cultural Gardens are experiencing a period of rebirth as several new gardens have been added and older ones are being revamped. Our garden needs attention but we know from past experience, we can not do it alone.
For a several years, one of our members, John Krenisky, cared for the garden on his own. He was joined by Marcia Benko and together they have gathered a small group of volunteers to tend the garden a few times a year. Even with help, we have only been able to tend the upper portion of the garden. We can use many hands to do a job that will make us proud to say, "We are Rusyn and this is our garden".
Can you help us continue what our ancestors started by offering ideas for our garden's improvement and/or by contributing your time to help keep our garden a place we will be proud to call Rusyn.
For those unfamiliar with the garden site, there is ample parking along East Boulevard adjacent to the garden. Indoor heated/cooled restrooms are available in The Greenhouse (750 East 88th Street - Open 10:00-4:00) a short drive down Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Looking forward to seeing all of you on Friday.
