Maplewood Rose Garden The Maplewood Rose Garden has become a local favorite for those choosing an outdoor wedding service and for those seeking a beautiful photographic location.  Permits are required for weddings but not for pictures.  See the different locations available in the park below, or go take a walk through our world-class rose garden.
Stecher Memorial Fountain		Small Gazebo		Large Gazebo
The permit fee to have a ceremony at the fountain location is just $10.		This gazebo is centrally located in the garden, and it will provide you with lovely memories of the occasion.   Use of this gazebo is $15.		The larger gazebo is our most popular wedding gazebo.  It provides shelter for the wedding party and plenty of space for guests to gather around the outside.  Also great for picnics. The fee is $25 (add $20 for electricity.

All fees are for up to 2 hours of use.  Payment is due at time of application in the form of cash, check, money order, Visa or MasterCard.

On  June 15, 1958 the Stecher Memorial Fountain honoring the late Frank A. Stecher was dedicated in Maplewood Park at 2:30PM during the Rose Garden ceremonies.  The fountain, made of Etowah pink Georgia marble, was presented to the city by Mrs. George C. Schlegel of 1132 East Avenue,  daughter of Mr. Stecher, founder of the Stecher Lithograph Company.  Mayor Peter Barry accepted the $2000 structure on behalf of the city.

The marble used in the fountain came from one of the first marble quarries of North Georgia.  Etowah is a Cherokee Indian word meaning "red sunset".  The choice of marble was thus quite appropriate, relating both the theme of roses and the fact that the Maplewood Park area was an important Indian site.

Mr. Stecher, a native of Germany, came to Rochester in 1870, and was the first American to organize a lithograph company in Japan. He was the first lithographer to use a two-color offset press.  Stecher was thus an early pioneer of imaging technology, a Rochester tradition.  Mr. Stecher was a director of several banks and a director of the Rochester Dental Dispensary.  In 1906 he organized the National Association of Employing Lithographers, and was its president for three terms.  He died in 1916.