42 Acres to Roam

Gardens, Green-spaces, Play Areas and More. Visit the many plush green-spaces and gardens on campus. Many of these opportunities are available in all buildings, check with your activities director for more information.

Menorah Park sits on 42 acres of rolling hills and lush greenery, and if that is not enough, the campus is located across from the beautiful Acacia Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks featuring winding trails, ponds, fishing, wildlife, and lush trees and plants for shade and beauty.  Menorah Park Campus residents have many activities and outdoor gardens and gazebos to choose from. There are multiple paths to follow for a peaceful afternoon picnic or participating in a campus walking club. It’s easy to unwind and feel serenity while on campus.  Little ones enjoy playgrounds, play stations, and a nature center featuring Shalom the Macau saying, ‘Hello!’ along with other creatures of land, air and water. Outdoors there’s even a life-sized Giraffe, beautiful art sculptures, and beautiful seating areas to meditate or spend time with a friend.  Inside, there’s a beautiful music filled Italian Piazza, where sunlight filters in giving life to ample plants and lush greenery, and walls decorated with beautiful art.  Enjoy a glass of wine and snacks at the wine bar, with live entertainment daily.

Wiggins Place residents enjoy the serenity of nature and wildlife from a gentle distance, sipping tea or coffee on the beautiful full length deck or in the cozy gazebo, or from your own apartment patio.  With the ambiance of a ski lodge or a mountain getaway, residents have the best of city living hidden away in beautiful lush surroundings. Residents enjoy spending time in the garden, relaxing to the whisper of falling water from the fountain in Serenity Garden, and a nice, healthy walk down the hill to other campus amenities.

The R.H. Myers playground and courtyard allows family and friends to spend precious time with each other, enjoying the sounds of nature, playing games in the grass, or warming up to a fireside chat, while little ones say “look at me, look at me” on brightly colored playground equipment. Rainy days don’t dampen the spirits of the green thumbs who enjoy working in the warm greenhouse filled with lush plants and statues, wind chimes and beautiful blooming plants.

Stone Garden’s outdoor Koi pond thrills the young and young at heart while giant frogs who sleep on warm rocks casually people-watch, and residents find a quiet getaway to read, soak up the sun, or visit with friends.  Climbing flowering ivy, beautiful trees, art, and comfortable benches greet all who enter Stone Gardens.  The outdoor gazebo, framed by beautiful blooming weeping cherry trees is a perfect getaway to enjoy nature at its finest.

• The Harriet and Sol Roth Garden at Menorah Park’s Marcus Pavilion
• The Edith B. and Alvin O. Schreibman Garden at the Friedman Pavilion
• Emma and Meyer Bruder Garden and the adjacent Edna and Nat M. Marcus Intergenerational Fitness Course, located outside, across from the Rosenbluth Creative Arts Center, beds of eye-catching purple and red flowers with bits of yellow in-between and a safe playground for children makes it the ideal family area.
• The Sylvia and Leonard Becker Intergenerational Garden, located across from Pierre’s Ice Cream Parlor in the Park, is the perfect place to sit with friends. The many benches, beautiful flowers and abstract David Davis sculpture, make the garden visually pleasing and an easy place with lots of space.
• The Mickie Becker Friendship Garden nestled along the link hallway connecting the Euclid and Fairmount Pavilions
• The Sophie Thorman Garden, located at the Stone Gardens – Menorah Park link offers true glimpses of nature. 
• Piccus Garden and Rose Garden located near the front entrance of Stone Gardens, includes a seating area with shading umbrella.
• The Serenity Park near the Wiggins Place front entrance is a location of relaxation as you listen to the peaceful sound of flowing water from the fountain.
• The Kearschner Gazebo and walkway provide a pleasant opportunity to stretch the legs and enjoy conversation before or after dining being located just outside the dining room at Wiggins Place.