The Hungarian Cultural Garden spring clean-up was successfully completed on Saturday, April 10th. Four energetic young volunteers from the Alpha Omega National Service Fraternity at Case Western Reserve University impressed us with their raking skills.  We were grateful for their help from 10 until noon–when we needed help the most!

Bela Szente’s Landscaping (Solon) provided a couple of his workers, as did Peter Zalay’s Parkteq Landscaping (Westlake).  Our own volunteers–Janos & Marika Megymori, Greg Polyak, Phil Ertel, Kati Gulden, Ernie Mihaly, Allen Waddle and myself, along with Ed Radick’s crew of ten, provided an army of backpack blowers and a platoon of rake wielding troops to sweep the four acres of our garden and gather up the leaves and debris.  Thanks to one and all!!

Thanks also to Ed Radick for the grill set-up for our hamburg and sausage lunch.

We had recently experienced some vandalism on our fountain.  The three “water lily” fountain heads were broken off, and one of the custom cast-aluminum heads was carried off.  Luckily it was discarded in the lower Garden and was recovered during the clean-up.  It will be repaired and reinstalled next week.

Ernie Mihaly is repairing the masonary work of the fountain pool, and will repoint the pool interior.

The Garden is looking great, is ready for another summer season, and our efforts over the last two years are clearly evident!

Zoltan Mestrits

The following Cultural Gardens have been reserved for events on the date specified:

May 29:  Hungarian & Italian

June 5:  Italian Independence Day Gala Celebration in Italian Garden

June 5:    Hungarian

June 19:  Italian

June 26:  Italian and Hungarian

July 24:  Hungarian and Italian

July 31:   Italian

August 7: Italian

August 14: Italian and Hungarian

August 21: Italian

August 29: Italian

September 4: Italian

September 5: Greek and Italian

September 12: Italian

September 25: Hungarian

October 3rd:    Italian and Greek

October 10:      Greek and Italian

Want to reserve your own date and Garden.  Contact the City of Cleveland’s Special Events office: 216-664-2484 or 664-2012.

Have a great day while raising funds for the Hungarian Cultural Garden’s restoration.  Beverages, lunch and dinner, along with a cart and greens fee for the Shaker Height Country Club, and much more, are included for $200 per person.  Reception and dinner for $60 at 6 PM at the Club.  Enjoy great camaraderie in a superb setting while benefiting the Garden.  Contact either Mark Yonke @440-235-9599; Allen Waddle @330-656-2218 or Carolyn Balogh @440-564-7088 or <cebalogh@aol.com> for more information and reservations.  Act before August 12, please.

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The Hungarian Cultural Garden will hold a “Concert in the Garden” on Sunday, August 2, 2009, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. (The rain date is August 9 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.) The even it free and open to the public.

The concert will feature the music of Ferenc Liszt, who is commemorated in the Hungarian Garden. In fact, the dedication of a plaque to Liszt, on the occasion of his 123rd birthday, was the initial event in the Hungarian Garden in 1934. In addition to the concert, there will be a tree planting ceremony to replace the dogwood trees following the original garden design from 1938. Savor the soothing natural sights and trill to the music of Liszt! Bring a blanket or chair and a picnic basket and enjoy the entire afternoon!

See the website of the Hungarian Cultural Gardens for more details.

Hear local recording artist and CIM grad, Marcia Snavely present selected Liszt piano pieces and other works in the Hungarian Cultural Garden at  1070 East Blvd on Sunday afternoon, August 2, between 2 and 4 PM.  Concert is free and open to the public.  Enjoy this exceptional Garden at the height of its summer glory.  Bring your own chair or blanket.  On street parking at the Garden.  Additionally there will be a brief, dogwood tree planting ceremony, placing them as specified in the original design, which is part of the Hungarian Cultural Garden’s continuing efforts to restore the Garden.