Landis Arboretum adds meditation garden and more during pandemic | The Daily Gazette
SECTIONS Inset left: Pavilion in the meditation garden, featuring benches that can convert into picnic tables. Inset right: Emergency shelter and addition to the meeting house. (Indiana Nash)
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ESPERANCE While much of the world slowed down this past year, things at the George Landis Arboretum only seemed to pick up.
“In the middle of this crazy pandemic, we . . . got more things done than normal and we had more visitors turn out than ever before too,” said Fred Breglia, the executive director.
One of the most obvious, and perhaps timely changes, is the addition of a meditation garden. Located right next to the greenhouse, it features a pond with a small bridge stretching across it, leading to a pavilion with benches that convert into picnic tables.
Feb 11, 2021
Barbara Hunt, a longtime resident of Johnstown, NY, and most recently of Peterborough, NH, died February 5, 2021, after a long illness. She was born in Rawdon, Yorkshire, England, on July 3, 1933.
She received a degree in occupational therapy from the Derby School of Occupational Therapy, and worked in this profession at several hospitals in England before coming to the United States in 1958. In 1959, she was married to John Richard Hunt in Schenectady, NY, and shortly thereafter moved to Johnstown. Barbara continued working as an occupational therapist at Sunnyview Hospital, Amsterdam Memorial Hospital, the Fulton County Infirmary, and lastly with the Community Health Center of Johnstown for many years.