The Destruction of the George Garvin Brown Garden

George Garvin Brown Garden

This garden was located along Muhammad Ali Boulevard.  Close by was Martin Luther King Jr. Park at Chestnut Street.  Perhaps Muhammad Ali brought new light to some of Dr. King's message in Muhammad Ali's life.  In the last thirty years of his life  Muhammad Ali sought to solve problems of conflict on many stages.  The garden was to provide the message of making conflict less intense. This photograph was taken of the George Garvin Brown Garden with the trees decorated with snow.

The Center for Interfaith Relations created the garden in Louisville.  The symbols built in the garden communicated spirituality, tolerance and the faith traditions of many faiths. Moving water was central to the garden.  Two fountains symbolized themes of creation and reconciliation.  The walkways were granite arcs that symbolized the foundations of the sacredness in faith.  The completed garden earned design awards from the Kentucky Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects.

The garden has been demolished.  All that is left of the garden is the few photographs that were taken of the garden.