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.

Being destroyed today

Wilbur McCauley - Untamed Mountain, Alabama

The great wilds of our country once held to be boundless and inexhaustible are being rapidly invaded and overrun in every direction, and everything destructible in them is
being destroyed. 

John Muir


Though much work has been done for the wilds it seems to be falling short.
This is Wilbur McCauley of the Untamed Mountain facility.  The facility is operated for native and exotic animals in need of secure permanent homes. As a wild animal preserve and rescue site the location is open to the community as an environmental education learning center and recreational destination for visitors.

He tells of the destruction of natural systems.  What he says lines up with the reports in reputable scientific publications.  The extractive industries are destroying nature.  The relative minority that defend what the extractive industries are doing are standing in the way of keeping nature working for the future of people and animals.