Garden of the Four Seasons - Las Vegas, NV
N 36° 10.746 W 115° 11.208
11S E 663057 N 4005336
Located in Lorenzi Park, open from 7am-2pm.
Waymark Code: WMDYYV
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2012
Views: 23
Memorial 'Garden of the Four Seasons'
Presented to the Citizens of Las Vegas by the Mesquite Club
May 6, 1976
This garden is for your enjoyment, care for it lovingly, thank you.
Open daily 7 am to 2 pm.
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excerpts from:
Longtime Southern Nevada community activist Naylor dies
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004 | 8:38 a.m.
In 1976 then-Mesquite Club President Ruth Naylor wanted her organization to give Las Vegas a lasting, living monument for the nation's bicentennial.
That year the Mesquite Club dedicated the Garden of the Four Seasons at Lorenzi Park. Built at a cost of $10,000, it included more than 200 rose bushes, flowering trees and four statues of children depicting the seasons. Naylor's dream lives on in the postcard picturesque garden on the west side of the Lorenzi Park pond.
"She was a true Las Vegas pioneer," said her son, Robert W. Naylor of Sacramento, a former California assemblyman and Las Vegas High graduate.
"My mother was active in many community and church organizations. In 1955, she was a founding member of the Griffith United Methodist Church and sang in its choir."
The project Naylor helped spearhead at Lorenzi Park today is maintained by Las Vegas city crews.
"It is a well-kept secret," said Thonni Morikawa, manuscript curator for the Nevada State Museum at Lorenzi Park, who has spent some of her lunch hours in the tranquil surroundings.
In an undated memoir, Naylor recalled her 1975-76 presidency of the 89-year-old Mesquite Club, noting that the organization during that time also supported a bicycle safety program and hosted a naturalization ceremony for 65 new citizens at the federal courthouse.
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