Topiary Park, Zirakpur

History

The land originated as part of the 10-acre (4.0 ha) campus of the Ohio School for the Deaf, and a dormitory was built there for the school. When the school moved locations in 1953, the neighborhood declined. Most of the school's buildings burned down in 1981, leading to the development of the park, which helped revitalize the area.The park was first developed in the mid-1980s as Old Deaf School Park. Topiary Park and its garden was conceived by Columbus artists James and Elaine Mason. It was built as a garden exhibit for the AmeriFlora exhibition that took place in Columbus in 1992, and was sculpted in 1989, along with installation of hills and a small pond, meant to represent the River Seine.