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Malcolm Glenn It is with a heavy heart that Ruttger's says farewell to our friend and Master Gardener, Malcolm Glenn.  Malcolm passed away March 21, 2009 after a long illness.  Looking around the resort, we see Malcolm's creative genius everywhere.  His love of "beauty" abounds in the hundreds of trees, shrubs, and  perennial gardens Malcolm designed and planted.  Often we would see Malcolm leaning on his walking stick staring at a spot, trying to get the right "feel" for a particular area of the resort.  His humor and inspiration will be missed.  Our deepest sympathy goes out to his wife, Nancy.  Ruttger's  will be honoring Malcolm with a memorial garden coming the summer of 2009.

Building the new lakefront patio and Malcolm Glenn Memorial Gardens

last picture of the outdoor pool, September 2008

Removing the pool, September 2008

While excavating the pool we found an old pillar that had been buried in the fill when Dad

built the pool in c. 1958

We had seen the pillar in old resort photos, and after we saw what appeared to be a date "16" and

some initials CWJ & VC we looked at some even older photos of the original lodge which was

built in 1915, and sure enough, we saw the pillar in front of the old lodge. We knew we had to 

incorporate it into the new gardens. 

pouring the concrete

Working around the old pool wall which we wanted to keep.

repairing the pillar

Filling the garden area with black dirt and placing the plants

Nancy Glenn talking to Tyler, our new landscape foreman, workers in foreground.

Nancy Glenn with a plant

Bart placing the pot onto the pillar. The man on the left in the red shirt is our head maintenance man

Wayne Toenyan. Tragically, Wayne accidentally drown Father's Day 2009, while fishing with his Dad.