Back to Loose Park we go for another tour. This park is so popular in Kansas City.
Ella Loose bought and donated 75 acres of the old Country Club Golf Course in 1927 to build a park in memory of her husband. In 1941, she presented the city a statue of her husband. He watches over Loose Park.
Jacob L Loose presented to Kansas City by Ella Clark Loose in cherished memory of her husband, 1941.
Stone bench behind the statue
The tour said to find the historic marker of First Home of the Kansas City Country Club.
I looked and looked and could not find it.
I found tables.
I found a Civil War Marker.
I could not find the Country Club Marker.
Wall Fountains, commonly known as Adam and Eve.
Dedicated in 1942 on Rose Day
The next stop took us to the cherry trees.
Gift from Japanese Government to cities as a reminder of 100 years of International Friendship.
One of the trees.
I hope I can remember to come back in the spring to see the blooms.
Not a stop but this is the Garden Center.
Closed to the Public.
I looked in the door and there was a Christmas tree.
Side view of closed building
The Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden, 1931
Our next stop.
Memorial Pergola
Through the circular path there are lists by year of the members on the Remembrance Roll.
Fountain in the middle
At the north end
North end fountain
There were a million squirrels
There are still roses.
All America Public Rose Garden Award, June 1989
This garden has more than 130 varieties of roses and thousands of roses.
We will finish tomorrow. I really tried to look and pay attention to the details. I took many, many pictures.
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