The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation oversees the Cultural Garden — landscaped gardens with statuary honoring various ethnic groups in Cleveland situated along East Blvd. and Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. There are 31 gardens total and they cover 276 acres of land. First built in 1926, the gardens were originally conceived of in 1916. They’re still growing with future additions constantly in the works.
Photos courtesy of the Cleveland Memory Project
Aerial view of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. Aug. 1, 1939Aerial view of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. The road at the top is Upper East Blvd., at bottom, right, is Lower East Blvd. Aug. 1, 1939City Manager Hopkins and Ethel Barrymore entering gate at Shakespeare Gardens. c. 1926Crescent formed walls in Hungarian Cultural Garden looking down toward Liberty Boulevard. c. 1966Finnish Cultural Garden. c. 1959Greek Cultural Garden also referred to as Grecian Cultural Garden. c. 1940Greek Cultural Garden also referred to as Grecian Cultural Garden. c. 1943Hungarian Cultural Garden. c. 1943Hungarian Cultural GardenIrish Cultural Garden, Rockefeller Park, showing construction progress June 13-1939Italian Cultural Garden. c. 1939Jewish Cultural Garden Dedication June 13, 1937.Jugoslavia_Cultural_GardenLooking at the Ukrainian Cultural Garden, formally opened June 2, 1940.Opening of the fountain in the Yugoslav cultural garden. c. 1938Parkview of the Hungarian Cultural Garden, RESZLET A MAGYAR KULTUR KERTROL Rockefeller Park, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.Part of the 5000 crowd in Italian Garden – dedication of the Monte Grappa rock 6-5-32.Polish Cultural Garden. c. 1973The Cleveland Hungarian colony in Cleveland formally dedicated its Cultural Garden in Rockefeller Park. c. 1934Wall in Czech Garden showing busts of three Czech greats. c. 1951
