I remember going there at night in the early 2000’s. I’m sure we were sneaking in when we weren’t supposed to be there. It seemed like a downtowner secret. Something that was and is Uniquely SLC. A very cool place, but our secrets are out.
Gilgal Stories
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Gilgal Garden! We moved to Salt Lake City in 1998 from Los Angeles and lived in an apartment on Foothill Blvd, buying a home in the Avenues area in 1999. We used to walk around the city to get to know the neighborhoods. One day we saw the sign to […]
The first time I went to Gilgal was in 2009. I was in the USU Extension Master Gardener Program. Part of the requirement was to do 40 hours of community service, in one of the approved Master Gardener projects. Gilgal was on the list, and a mile from my home, […]
I grew up in the neighborhood in the 1950s and spent many Saturday mornings there. Back then the sculptures were in the back yard of a private residence and so you had to go down the owner’s driveway to get to the backyard. If caught then you were “asked” to […]
I remember going there once upon a time in the pitch of night in the ‘60s and feeling that I was somewhere I shouldn’t be. It felt forbidden and scary to me and I was very happy to leave. But I do remember the sphinx! Haven’t been back since except […]
I mostly remember the garden from when I was at East High. It was a very good place for a first date with someone you did not know well. I think a lot of Avenues friends thought it was weird at the time as did most dates. I have liked […]
I have a hazy memory of walking over to Gilgal for the first time after school with friends from Bryant Jr. High in the ‘60s. I sat on a cement or rock wall on the north side of the garden and just watched my friends, who were more familiar with […]