Serbian Cultural Garden

Serbian Cultural Garden The Serbian Cultural Garden was inspired by the people and the land of Serbia. A gently curving path winds through the Garden’s mature beech and oak trees.

We invite all to enjoy the unique beauty and tranquility of the Serbian Cultural Garden, one of a unique collection of gardens running through Rockefeller Park along Martin Luther King Boulevard and East Boulevard. The central terrace contains raised seating inscribed with the motto “Only Unity Saves the Serbs.” Ten small terraces provide places to rest, each one centered on a great figure from S

erbia’s past. A trail meanders south from the plaza, parallel to MLK, and ends at another plaza. This part of the garden is dedicated to inventor, engineer and genius Nikola Tesla; Mileva Marić, brilliant Serbian physicist and mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein; Novak Djoković a great Serbian tennis player and humanitarian; Jovan Dučić, renowned Serbian poet, academic diplomat and patriot; and Desanka Maksimovich, famous Serbian poet and writer and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The garden also holds a number of busts featuring notables such as King Peter I, liberator of the Serbian people; Mihajlo Pupin, extraordinary scientist; poet Petar Petrović Njegoš, an Orthodox Prince-Bishop and ruler of Montenegro; Stevan Mokranjac, composer; Vuk Karadžić, author of the first Serbian dictionary and chronicler of Serbian folklore; Milutin Milanković, a world renowned Serbian scientist; and Nadežda Petrović, most important female Serbian painter of the 20th century. In 2022, a memorial plaque was dedicated for George Victor Voinovich born of Serbian and Slovenian descent. George spent more than 46 years in public service—first as assistant attorney general of Ohio in 1963 and finally as the senior U.S. senator representing Ohio. A bronze icon of St. Sava, Patron Saint of the Serbian People, was dedicated in the Garden’s central terrace in September of 2009. Boris Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia, attended the dedication and toured the Serbian Cultural Garden with Mayor Jackson and many Cleveland-area Serbians. The Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian communities, united under Yugoslavia, coexisted peacefully and in harmony in Rockefeller Park from the 1930s until the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. At that point the Serbian and Croatian communities opted out of the Garden – and as a result the Yugoslav Garden became the Slovenian Cultural Garden. In the spring of 2006, Alex Machaskee, then President and Publisher of The Plain Dealer, led the initiative to raise the funds necessary to create a brand new Serbian Cultural Garden on the west side of Martin Luther King Boulevard, just north of the St. Clair overpass within Rockefeller Park. Throughout the Garden are Serbian Spruce trees, the Serbian Belle and Yaro flowers, various other foliage and shrubbery – and the spiritual and cultural signature of the Garden, swaths of red peonies which recall the “Maiden of Kosovo Field.” The Garden is designed to be a beautiful and peaceful place to explore the wooded pathways, and also to serve as a gathering place for events such as One World Day, where people from many nations parade through the gardens. Please remember to come back and visit periodically, as new features to the Serbian Cultural Garden are planned for its future. On behalf of the entire Serbian community in Northeast Ohio, we welcome you to a view of Serbian history and legacy – and thank you for your support and interest in our project.

IT’S TIME TO SUPPORT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE  GOLF OUTING, DONATIONS,  DINNER AND DANCE!This year’s Annu...
04/26/2025

IT’S TIME TO SUPPORT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE GOLF OUTING, DONATIONS, DINNER AND DANCE!

This year’s Annual Serbian Golf Outing is scheduled for Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course and the dinner (for golfers and non-golfers) at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights.

The Serbian Golf Outing is the one and only fundraiser held annually to support the Serbian Cultural Garden. As we approach the summer months, there will be continued maintenance, growth and expansion in the Serbian Garden that can only be accomplished through your generous donations and funding.

Information flyer and registration forms can also be downloaded from the Serbian Garden Website (www.serbianculturalgarden.org) or from the Serbian Cultural Garden Facebook “Page”.

NEW THIS YEAR: For your convenience, you can now register for golfing, the dinner, a hole sponsorship or a donation with your PayPal account or with a credit card on our website through PayPal (you do not need to have a PayPal account). A small processing fee applies for credit card transactions. Visit the website at: www.serbianculturalgarden.org. ADVANCE PAYMENT REQUIRED FOR ALL golfers, dinners or hole sponsorships and is due by June 30, 2025.

If you prefer to mail your registration and payment, your check should be made payable to the Serbian Golf Outing and mailed to the Serbian Cultural Garden, P.O. Box 91896, Cleveland, Ohio 44101. Please fill out the registration form and include it with your payment to be received by June 30, 2025.

For more information, contact [email protected] or call 216-716-4305. Contributions to the Serbian Cultural Garden are tax deductible as The Balkan Heritage Preservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Thank you in advance for your support!

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUPPORT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE  GOLF OUTING, DONATIONS,  DINNER AND DANCE!This y...
06/05/2024

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUPPORT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE GOLF OUTING, DONATIONS, DINNER AND DANCE!

This year’s Annual Serbian Golf Outing is scheduled for Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course and the dinner at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights.

The Serbian Golf Outing is the one and only fundraiser held annually to support the Serbian Cultural Garden. As we approach the summer months, there will be continued maintenance, growth and expansion in the Serbian Garden that can only be accomplished through your generous donations and funding.

Information flyer and registration forms can also be downloaded from the Serbian Garden Website (www.serbianculturalgarden.org) or from this Serbian Cultural Garden Facebook “Page”. Registration and check for golf or dinner are due by June 25, 2024. Please make checks payable to: Serbian Golf Outing – Send check no later than JUNE 25, 2024 to: Serbian Cultural Garden, P.O. Box 91896, Cleveland, OH 44101.

Even if you are not a golfer but would still like to participate through a donation, or through a hole sponsorship or by attending the 5:00 pm dinner, music and dance party, you are most welcome to do so.
For more information, contact [email protected] or call 216-716-4305. Contributions to the Serbian Cultural Garden are tax deductible as The Balkan Heritage Preservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Thank you in advance for your support!

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUPPORT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE  GOLF OUTING, DONATIONS,  DINNER AND DANCE!This y...
05/12/2023

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUPPORT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE GOLF OUTING, DONATIONS, DINNER AND DANCE!

This year’s Annual Serbian Golf Outing is scheduled for Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course and the dinner at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights.

The Serbian Golf Outing is the one and only fundraiser held annually to support the Serbian Cultural Garden. As we approach the summer months, there will be continued maintenance, growth and expansion in the Serbian Garden that can only be accomplished through your generous donations and funding.

Information flyer and registration forms can also be downloaded from the Serbian Garden Website (www.serbianculturalgarden.org). Registration, hole sponsorships and checks for golf or dinner are due by June 30, 2023. Please make checks payable to: Serbian Golf Outing – Send check no later than JUNE 30, 2023 to: Serbian Cultural Garden, P.O. Box 91896, Cleveland, OH 44101.

Even if you are not a golfer but would still like to participate through a donation, or through a hole sponsorship or by attending the 6:00 pm dinner, music and dance party, you are most welcome to do so.

For more information, contact [email protected] or call 216-716-4305. Contributions to the Serbian Cultural Garden are tax deductible as The Balkan Heritage Preservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Mark your calendars and come to the dedication!
08/25/2022

Mark your calendars and come to the dedication!

SUPPORT YOUR SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE                      GOLF OUTING, DINNER AND DANCE!This year’s Annual S...
06/01/2022

SUPPORT YOUR SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE
GOLF OUTING, DINNER AND DANCE!

This year’s Annual Serbian Golf Outing is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course and the dinner at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Hall in Broadview Heights.

The Serbian Golf Outing is the one and only fundraiser held annually to support the Serbian Cultural Garden. As we approach the summer months, there will be continued maintenance, growth and expansion in the Serbian Garden that can only be accomplished through your generous donations and funding.

Information flyer and registration forms can also be downloaded from the Serbian Garden Website (www.serbianculturalgarden.org or from this Serbian Cultural Garden Facebook “Page”.

Registration and check for golf or dinner are due by June 30, 2022. Please make checks payable to: Serbian Golf Outing. Send check no later than JUNE 30, 2022 to: Serbian Cultural Garden, P.O. Box 91896, Cleveland, OH 44101.

For more information, contact [email protected] or call 216-716-4305. Contributions to the Serbian Cultural Garden are tax deductible as The Balkan Heritage Preservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Thank you in advance for your support!

You are invited to the dedication of the bust of Desanka Maksimovich at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at the Serbi...
06/25/2021

You are invited to the dedication of the bust of Desanka Maksimovich at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at the Serbian Cultural Garden. The Serbian Cultural Garden is part of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens and is located on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (1/2 mile south off I-90) in Cleveland, Ohio 44108. Local clergy will officiate at the dedication. Parking at the Serbian Garden is possible off the roadway or at the Samuel Miller Park on East Blvd. and East 88th St. (across from the Rockefeller Park Greenhouse). Light food and refreshments will be available.

DESANKA MAKSIMOVICH (1898-1993) was born in Rabrovica village near Valjevo. She was a poet, professor of literature and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She published around fifty works including books of poetry, prose and poems for children, narrative, romantic and travel literature. “Zovina svirala” was the last work she published in 1992, but this poetess of kind and gentle heart, who dedicated her whole life to poetry, left us so much more.

Thank you for your support. We hope to see you at the dedication on Sunday, July 11th.

SUPPORT YOUR SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE  GOLF OUTING, DINNER AND DANCE!This year’s Annual Serbian Golf Outing i...
05/28/2021

SUPPORT YOUR SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE GOLF OUTING, DINNER AND DANCE!

This year’s Annual Serbian Golf Outing is scheduled for Saturday, July 10, 2021, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course and the dinner at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights.

The Serbian Golf Outing is the one and only fundraiser held annually to support the Serbian Cultural Garden. As we approach the summer months, there will be continued maintenance, growth and expansion in the Serbian Garden that can only be accomplished through your generous donations and funding.

Information flyer and registration forms can also be downloaded from the Serbian Garden Website (www.serbianculturalgarden.org) or from this Serbian Cultural Garden Facebook “Page”.

Registration and check for golf or dinner are due by June 30, 2021. Please make checks payable to: Serbian Golf Outing – Send check no later than JUNE 30, 2021 to: Serbian Cultural Garden, P.O. Box 91896, Cleveland, OH 44101.

For more information, contact [email protected] or call 216-716-4305. Contributions to the Serbian Cultural Garden are tax deductible as The Balkan Heritage Preservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Thank you in advance for your support!

OFFER EXTENDED TO AUGUST 9, 2020!   LAST CHANCE TO GET THESE BEAUTIFUL SERBIAN PRINTS AND AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORT THE S...
07/30/2020

OFFER EXTENDED TO AUGUST 9, 2020! LAST CHANCE TO GET THESE BEAUTIFUL SERBIAN PRINTS AND AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORT THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN! ORDER TODAY!

CLEVELAND ARTIST AND YOU CAN HELP THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN DURING THE MONTH OF JULY ....   HOWEVER,     BY POPULAR DE...
07/01/2020

CLEVELAND ARTIST AND YOU CAN HELP THE SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN DURING THE MONTH OF JULY .... HOWEVER,

BY POPULAR DEMAND -- OFFER EXTENDED TO AUGUST 9, 2020

LAST CHANCE -- ACT NOW!

Milan Kecman, who studied at The Cleveland Institute of Art, and was a former graphic artist for The Cleveland Plain Dealer, has graciously announced that, for the month of July 2020, he will donate 50% of proceeds from his sales, for the benefit of the Serbian Cultural Garden in Cleveland. He will run a one-month sale offering unframed limited edition prints of artists work -- signed, numbered on archival paper – for $35 (add $10 for shipping). Prints are on 13X18” paper, sizes available should fit 11x14"- 16x20" frames when matted.

Milan is an exceptional Serbian artist who has had his art selected for exhibition at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center’s Winter Exhibit; Artists Archived of the Western Reserve; the Art Gallery in Willoughby; the Waterloo Arts Fest Juried Exhibition; 6th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition in Kent, OH; the Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition 2019 and had solo exhibitions at Bayarts, The Cleveland Public Library and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), to name a few.

As we approach the summer months, there will be continued maintenance, growth and expansion in the Serbian Garden that can only be accomplished through your generous donations and funding. We are pleased to announce there are plans in the works for next year to install the bust of a famous Serbian woman in the Garden: Desanka Maksimovic.

We need your continued support to underwrite the cost of this worthwhile and important addition to the Garden. Your donations are critical to the continued success of maintaining and preserving the Serbian Garden as a treasure in the Cleveland area and the Serbian Community. There is nothing like it in the world!

SEE ATTACHED FILES FOR COPIES OF AVAILABLE PRINTS, ORDERING INFORMATION AND/OR QUESTIONS! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 🌳🌼

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUPPORT YOUR SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE  GOLF OUTING, DINNER AND DANCE!As the safety and...
06/22/2020

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUPPORT YOUR SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN THROUGH THE GOLF OUTING, DINNER AND DANCE!

As the safety and wellness of our golf participants and dinner and guest attendees is our utmost priority, we have waited until the Governor of Ohio has modified restrictions for gatherings, to announce that we will be going forward with this year’s Annual Serbian Golf Outing, scheduled for Saturday, July 11, 2020, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course and the dinner at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights. We will be following all Federal, State and Local directives with regard to the COVID-19 virus at the golf course and the dinner, including social distancing.

The Serbian Golf Outing is the one and only fundraiser held annually to support the Serbian Cultural Garden. As we approach the summer months, there will be continued maintenance, growth and expansion in the Serbian Garden that can only be accomplished through your generous donations and funding. A bust of poet, writer and translator Desanka Maksimovic will be added in 2021.

Information flyer and registration forms can also be downloaded from the Serbian Garden Website (www.serbianculturalgarden.org or from the Serbian Cultural Garden Facebook “Page”.

Registration and check for golf or dinner are due by July 1, 2020. Please make checks payable to: Serbian Golf Outing – Send check no later than JULY 1, 2020 to: Serbian Cultural Garden, P.O. Box 91896, Cleveland, OH 44101.

For more information, contact [email protected] or call 216-716-4305. Contributions to the Serbian Cultural Garden are tax deductible as The Balkan Heritage Preservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Thank you in advance for your support!

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