Barrels of Art in a Lakewood Garden

Rain barrels painted by Lakewood High School students have been installed in Lakewood Community Services Center's community garden.

From a whimsical underwater design to a hard-edged urban spray paint motif, the newly installed rain barrels at Lakewood Community Service Center’s community garden are veritable public art. Painted by 10 art students at Lakewood High School, the five colorful 55-gallon barrels are the latest addition to the community garden located at Madison Park, a public-nonprofit partnership that is in its second year. The barrels are impressive works of art that not only look good but will make it easier to water the 10 garden plots, said Trish Rooney, executive director of Lakewood Community Service Center (LCSC), a food distribution center in Lakewood serves more than 700 households a month from Lakewood, Rocky River and Westlake. “Aren’t they …

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