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This recently completed wall is part of the Obelisk Garden, one of five different gardens that make up the Alumni Garden Project outside of the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus. The Alumni Garden Project is in its final phase.
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This new wall surrounds the Obelisk Garden and provides visitors with a sitting area to view Penn State's obelisk. Constructed in 1896, the obelisk was created the year the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences came into existance. The obelisk, which stands 32.7 feet high and weighs 53.4 tons, is made up of building stones of Pennsylvania.
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The Alumni Garden Project was funded through private donations. The Parmi Nous Alumni Interest Group provided the $125,000 gift that made the Obelisk Garden possible.
Hintz Family Alumni Center Pond
In between the Obelisk Garden and the Hintz Family Alumni Center on Penn State's University Park campus, visitors can enjoy this pond. The pond is part of the Pond Water Garden, which is one of five gardens that make up the Alumni Garden Project.
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A pathway crosses over a bridge that spans a small stream flowing from the pond. Students from Landscape Planting Design and Landscape Construction I classes worked on designing the landscape in the Alumni Garden Project.
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The bridge in the background of the pond has been named in memory of Ridge Riley (an alumnus, executive director of the Penn State Alumni Associate from 1947 to 1970, and trustee).
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The fish in the pond are primarily Koi, which are basically Carp. Koi are a fresh water fish of a non aggressive species that were adopted in Japan and are popular for use in ornamental ponds.
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These fish swimming in the pond in front of the Hintz Family Alumni Center look like they are straight out of an oriental painting.
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These two photos of bullfrogs in the pond outside of the alumni center show how well each can camouflage itself into two different environments
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This turtle, nick-named "JoePa turtle" by visitors, is a resident of the pond.
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The gazebo beside the pond is part of the Secret Garden, one of five gardens in the Alumni Garden Project.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
