Stop and Smell the Flowers LbNA #50091 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 30, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Kitchener |
| County: | Ontario, CAN |
| State: | Ontario, Canada |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | McV Team  |
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| Found by: | Meades from Manitoba |
| Last found: | Sep 1, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Aug 30, 2009 |
Stop and Smell the Flowers
Make your way down King Street East in Kitchener to the Rockway Senior Centre which was once the site of the transit terminal. Turn onto Preston St. to take you to Floral Ct. Take a left. Proceed up the slight hill…to your right you will see Rockway Golf Course. Park your vehicle by the stone archway that stands closest to the set of stairs at the onset of the gardens.
Rockway Gardens is managed by the Kitchener Horticultural Society since 1928 and the society was established in 1872 and is now celebrating its 137th year! The formal gardens that you are looking at were once known as the Janzen Horticultural Gardens because of two fountains donated by the Janzen family in memory of Henry L. Janzen and wife, Elizabeth. Look for THE JANZEN FOUNTAINS on the opposite side of the street. Henry Janzen was once the mayor of Berlin in 1911 (now Kitchener) and also a founder of the Kitchener Horticultural Society. Proceed across the road to the fountains.
As you admire the fountains, count the number of spewing fish in each fountain. Get a total number and remember it!
You will need this number later.
Look cross the road from the fountains to the Rockery. This area was designed and directed by W. J. Jarman, a notable English landscape architect hired by the Horticultural Society in 1933. The stone used in the construction of this garden came from the Rockton-Sheffield area. The plants, trees and shrubbery were local. Due to the high rate of unemployment during the Great Depression, many homeowners worked on the project several hours a week to offset their property taxes and thus were spared losing their homes. Take a walk along the rockery to admire the beautiful flowers and foliage so carefully cared for by the Horticultural Society.
Continue along the roadway to the next fountain. Here you will find a pedestrian bridge. Admire the pedestrian bridge and take a walk across. The bridge was made possible by the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation and a generous donation from the Kitchener Lions Club.
Note the six flags flying close to the fountains along the sidewalk. These flagstaffs were erected as a Canadian Centennial project in 1967. The flags fly on the flagstaffs all year round. Take note of the number of flags and add this to your spewing fish number to get a new total.
Walk around the gardens toward the Dorothy Elliott Gazebo. Look back across the road towards the Master Gardener’s shed. Under the outdoor light is a number…look carefully…add this number to your total. Still staying on the side of the street where the gazebo stands, you will see yet another fountain ahead. Proceed to the Schneider Memorial Fountain.
In 1964, the Schneider Memorial Fountain was donated in honour of the late John Metz Schneider and his wife Helena, founder of JM Schneider meat packing plant in Kitchener. Many a wedding party has been photographed beside these fountains and rockery in the area. Count the number of spouts within this fountain and add this number to your total.
With your total number in mind…continue down the slight hill past a small brown building which houses the water pumps for the fountain. You will see a naturalized area ahead. Walk towards it…Stand on the curb directly opposite the NO EXIT sign with the trio of trees on your left. Count the number of paces using the total number from the information you collected along your walk.
You will be standing by a sewer grate. Take the path to the left into the naturalized area. After just a few steps into the brush, look to your left for the lone coniferous tree. It’s a small one! Carefully seek the box underneath close to the trunk.
****PLEASE make sure to conceal the box well as close to the tiny trunk as possible and return the rocks to their position. This is a pathway for students on their trek home…so beware of traffic during weekdays! Please let us now how your journey went!!
Make your way down King Street East in Kitchener to the Rockway Senior Centre which was once the site of the transit terminal. Turn onto Preston St. to take you to Floral Ct. Take a left. Proceed up the slight hill…to your right you will see Rockway Golf Course. Park your vehicle by the stone archway that stands closest to the set of stairs at the onset of the gardens.
Rockway Gardens is managed by the Kitchener Horticultural Society since 1928 and the society was established in 1872 and is now celebrating its 137th year! The formal gardens that you are looking at were once known as the Janzen Horticultural Gardens because of two fountains donated by the Janzen family in memory of Henry L. Janzen and wife, Elizabeth. Look for THE JANZEN FOUNTAINS on the opposite side of the street. Henry Janzen was once the mayor of Berlin in 1911 (now Kitchener) and also a founder of the Kitchener Horticultural Society. Proceed across the road to the fountains.
As you admire the fountains, count the number of spewing fish in each fountain. Get a total number and remember it!
You will need this number later.
Look cross the road from the fountains to the Rockery. This area was designed and directed by W. J. Jarman, a notable English landscape architect hired by the Horticultural Society in 1933. The stone used in the construction of this garden came from the Rockton-Sheffield area. The plants, trees and shrubbery were local. Due to the high rate of unemployment during the Great Depression, many homeowners worked on the project several hours a week to offset their property taxes and thus were spared losing their homes. Take a walk along the rockery to admire the beautiful flowers and foliage so carefully cared for by the Horticultural Society.
Continue along the roadway to the next fountain. Here you will find a pedestrian bridge. Admire the pedestrian bridge and take a walk across. The bridge was made possible by the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation and a generous donation from the Kitchener Lions Club.
Note the six flags flying close to the fountains along the sidewalk. These flagstaffs were erected as a Canadian Centennial project in 1967. The flags fly on the flagstaffs all year round. Take note of the number of flags and add this to your spewing fish number to get a new total.
Walk around the gardens toward the Dorothy Elliott Gazebo. Look back across the road towards the Master Gardener’s shed. Under the outdoor light is a number…look carefully…add this number to your total. Still staying on the side of the street where the gazebo stands, you will see yet another fountain ahead. Proceed to the Schneider Memorial Fountain.
In 1964, the Schneider Memorial Fountain was donated in honour of the late John Metz Schneider and his wife Helena, founder of JM Schneider meat packing plant in Kitchener. Many a wedding party has been photographed beside these fountains and rockery in the area. Count the number of spouts within this fountain and add this number to your total.
With your total number in mind…continue down the slight hill past a small brown building which houses the water pumps for the fountain. You will see a naturalized area ahead. Walk towards it…Stand on the curb directly opposite the NO EXIT sign with the trio of trees on your left. Count the number of paces using the total number from the information you collected along your walk.
You will be standing by a sewer grate. Take the path to the left into the naturalized area. After just a few steps into the brush, look to your left for the lone coniferous tree. It’s a small one! Carefully seek the box underneath close to the trunk.
****PLEASE make sure to conceal the box well as close to the tiny trunk as possible and return the rocks to their position. This is a pathway for students on their trek home…so beware of traffic during weekdays! Please let us now how your journey went!!