UPDATE: Late-summer 2008

River Garden Riverbox is believed to have been stolen. Artist Patty Mitchell has agreed to re-create this artwork, but a timeline for its replacement has not been established.

River Garden Riverbox is not on view at this time.


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River Garden Riverbox is located in:

Amberleigh Park
8100 Carrigan Ridge Court
Dublin, Ohio

For a map of DAC Riverbox locations, please click here.

Amberleigh Park is located off of Dublin Road, north of Emerald Parkway.  As you travel north on Dublin Road, turn right on Amberleigh Way.  Immediately turn right on Carrigan Ridge Drive.  Follow the street until it ends at the court.  There is limited parking available.  Dublin parks are open from dawn to dusk. When visiting, please observe the City of Dublin’s Parks Courtesy and Rules, http://www.dublin.oh.us/recreation/parks/rules.php.

The section of the Scioto River found at Amberleigh Park boasts a rich, yet hidden life.  A Riffle Zone, found at the bottom of the stairs at Amberleigh Park, is an area in a waterway where water flows over rocks creating turbulence in the water.  This bubbling allows more oxygen to be absorbed into the water and many aquatic invertebrates thrive here, attracting fish and fishermen.  This area of the river is teeming with life that is not noticeably visible to the casual visitor.

Clues:

GPS Coordinates
40d 8” 00.334” N
83d 6” 58.576” W

“River Garden” Riverbox/ Amberleigh Park

  • Follow the path through the manicured park area.
  • Continue across the bridges … down, down, down the stairs toward the river.
  • At the very base of the stairs, look for three copper gardens nestled around a hollow tree trunk.
  • The journal and stamp are ‘planted’ inside the northernmost garden (but please explore them all)!

Once you discover the River Garden Riverbox, please tell us about it by sharing your experience in the DAC Riverboxes Guest Book. 

To link to these clues as a printable PDF document, please click here.


Artist and Credits:

Patty Mitchell is a working artist and social entrepreneur specializing in community collaborations.  Mitchell founded Passion Works Studio in Athens, Ohio in 1996, where 38 artists with cognitive disabilities now work as artists and generate a positive revenue stream for themselves and their community.  Currently, Mitchell is the Director of Art Exchange International.  She shares the Passion Works model with organizations in Kosovo, Chile, Thailand and the United States.  Mitchell has been recognized for her artwork and for her administrative work, receiving an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Award for her own work and the Governor’s Awards for the Arts in community development for Passion Works Studio.

Dublin Arts Council thanks our Riverboxes supporters:

Dublin Arts Council thanks The Dublin Foundation and Honda of America for their financial support of this exciting project. Ongoing support for Dublin Arts Council is received from the City of Dublin’s hotel/motel bed tax endowment and the Ohio Arts Council. The City of Dublin Parks and Open Space Department and the Dublin Historical Society have collaborated with Dublin Arts Council in the project’s development.