Memorial Garden

The CNHS is working on a new plan for the Memorial Garden at Memorial School located at 410 East 152 Street. We hope that you remember that the Memorial Garden was created as a living memorial where the community experienced nothing but death and destruction and a severe blow to the community on March 4, 1908 when 172 precious children, two teachers and a resident rescuer of the Collinwood community were killed in what became known as the Lakeview School or Collinwood School fire.

The garden needs some tender loving care and we are here to help facilitate that.  A Committee has been created out of the Historical Society to make sure that the garden is once more tended too.  A group of students from the school – who call themselves the “Garden Angels” have been working with the Committee and hopefully will become a more integral part of the care of the garden when school starts up again in August.  Thank you to the committee for what you have been able to accomplish.

During the Summer, this Committee and the CNHS will be working with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to shore up a maintenance schedule, responsibilities list and a “to do” list. We hope to identify supporters, resources and funding for some of the larger needs of this raised bed garden and its environs.

We look forward to working with the Garden Angels come September but we need to get to that point. If interested in helping out please contact us.

On October 9, 2014 we are planning on being at Memorial School for Fire Awareness Day as a part of Fire Prevention Week. Plans are in the works.