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Word Garden

Word Play in a Gorgeous Setting

This interactive feature at the Arboretum encourages visitors to arrange rocks engraved with Tlingit, Tagalog, Spanish and English words to create messages or poetry.

Rocks engraved with Tlingit, Tagalog, Spanish and English words
Crowd attending the garden opening at the Arboretum's 10th birthday party, 2017.
Cathy Connor, famed local geologist, and Merrill Jensen, Arboretum Manager, officially open the Word Garden.
Enthusiastic young visitors unwrap rocks
Enthusiastic young visitors unwrap rocks
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Word Garden rocks making a sentence "a thing a fiend an I love to do is discover"
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Mail: FJOA PO Box 33936 Juneau, AK 99803

Phone: 907-789-0139

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Summer Hours (March to October)

Wednesday – Sunday: 9am – 5pm
Monday & Tuesday: Closed

Winter Hours (October to March)

Friday – Sunday: 9am – 4pm
Monday – Thursday: Closed

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