“hundreds of structures!”
Grover Cleveland Thompson built this rock garden in the Sunnyslope neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ from 1952-1974. He began building when he retired here at the age of 65. Thompson was inspired by Petersen's Rock Garden in Bend, OR which was near where he used to live. He used concrete, rocks, broken pottery, bottles, and other discarded objects to create sculptures and fountains. Among the hundreds of structures, there were seven fountains and seven windmills. Thompson died in 1978 and the property has been cared for by a new owner, Marion Blake, since 1979.
This is a home, and on private property, but you can check it out from the street. Definitely quirky, and cool to think that it was one man's passion project.
Something interesting in a very uninteresting city
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