Introduction
Have you ever stumbled upon something unique and thought “wow why doesn’t more people know about this?” Well, I’m here to tell you that I recently had this experience.
My partner showed me this cute little Sculpture Garden that we went to after a day of exploring.
Here’s a short little post about finding something that just doesn’t seem like it would be where it is.
First Glance at Gilgal
It had a secret little entrance that you would miss at first glance.
When you first walk in there are benches with trees on the side, makes a nice spot to sit down and take in the day.
Then you start seeing the sculptures and big rock formations. I had to take some funny pictures with the rock that had the gardens name on it. Don’t mind the choice of clothing I decided to wear lol.
It had all these cool different sculptures; I think the most notable one was the sphinx with a man’s face on it and the big rock formation that had someone standing in the middle of the carved-out rock underneath.
A little history
The name “Gilgal” can be translated to “circle of standing stones”. Which is very fitting for what you’ll find there. The Garden contains 12 sculptures and over 70 stones written with scriptures and poems. Many of the Sculptures and text found at Gilgal refer to LDS like: the restoration of the Priesthood, the great Mormon migration west, and similarities the artist saw between the ancient Israelites and his LDS forefather.
This Garden was created by a masonry contractor and Bishop of the 10th Salt Lake LDS ward, Thomas Child. He made everything out of his most cherished religious and personal beliefs. He started building this garden when he was 57 and continued working on it until he died.
Thoughts?
The garden might have been on the smaller side, and I didn’t truly understand what I was looking at until I did my research, it was a fun thing to do. I highly recommend doing it at least once, it was fun just to walk around the area with my partner and enjoy our day of exploring.
We went more towards the fall time of the year, but I’ve heard it looks really pretty in spring and summer because there is actual greenery plus flowers. It was nice regardless and it was a cute little surprise detour.
