Fort Collins Foothills Rotary Club
September 23, 2006
Photos from the open house at the
Children's Garden at Spring Creek Park
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Archway outside garden |
Bike rack (replicas of garden tools) |
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Giant Watering Can Art at garden entry |
Interactive fountain (children operate a hand |
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Scare Crow Scuptures leading into various raised project gardens |
Shelter that has a living roof and Aspen leaf weather vane (note
the rain catch barrels to collect irrigation water) |
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Detail of shelter's post, inlaid hand painted tiles donated by "Color Your World" |
Water feature that follows into an interactive pond |
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One of the information signs throughout the garden, produced by DaVinci Signs |
View of garden to the east |
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View of garden to the west |
The Burr Oak tree donated and planted by the Rotary Clubs |
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Sculpture commissioned by the Quad Clubs, four garden hoses inter-twined |
Detail of one hose with the Foothills Rotary Club name on it (note how the hoses rise up through a Rotary gear |
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Plaque at the base of the sculpture |
The Quad Clubs had a children's activity. President Susie Ewing of the Downtown Club assists a child planting wild flower seeds into a cup to take home. One of many activities for children |
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Gardening display set up by the Downtown Club |
Start of the ceremony to bury a Quad Club Time Capsule (left to
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Millard Penney, Jerry Wilson and Jim Clark (City Parks) lower the Capsule into a hole below the Burr Oak as a child looks on |
President Donna, as the other Presidents did, adds a shovel full of soil on top of the Time Capsule |
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Engraved plaque that marks the spot of the Quad Club Time Capsule (Capsule contained from our Club the Club banner, member roster with photos and a 4-Way test coin) |
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