Links to Japanese Gardens and Related Sites

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Timothy S. Hillebrand, Ph.D.

Email: chief@synergetics.org

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Title: CMC outdoor exhibits Japanese Zen garden

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      • URL: http://www.cmcc.muse.digital.ca/cmc/cmceng/jgardeng.html

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Summary: In February 1995, construction began on a traditional Japanese Zen Garden located on a roof-top site at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Canada's National Capital Region. The Garden theme is Wakei No Niwa, which means to know and respect other cultures, their history, spirit and people, leading to harmony between all cultures. The traditional Zen garden design will be executed with Canadian-sourced plant material and rocks. Largest version (133K) Designed by the renowned landscape architect and Zen Buddhist Monk, Shunmyo Toshiaki Masuno Japan Landscape Consultants Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan), the garden design features an extensive raked gravel garden, a dry waterfall and stone bridge. Two additional phases for the garden are also planned: phase three at the Museum's main plaza level which will mark the entrance to the garden and introduce the roof top garden up and beyond the wall; and phase four at an upper level above the main garden. The Japanese Garden Trust Fund has been established for sponsorship contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations who have generously supported the development of the Garden, in partnership with the Museum and the Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition (1970).

Title: UBC Botanical Garden More from Nitobe Garden

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      • URL: http://www.hedgerows.com/UBCBotGdn/Gardens/Nitobe2.htm

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Summary: The overall purpose of this authentically traditional Nitobe Memorial Garden is to refresh the spirit and to provide a sense of peace and harmony with nature and with one's fellow man. As a work of art it may create illusions of change in time or space, or provide lessons in asthetics, morals or the human journey, deepening the viewer's understanding of life.   Renovation and enhancement of the Nitobe Memorial Garden was started in 1992. In order to restore balance and symmetry in the Stroll Garden and around the Tea House there was extensive pruning and some plant material was replaced. The hedge surrounding the garden was replaced by a wall and fencing to help preserve tranquility and improve security. He was assisted by an 18th generation garden builder, Shinichi Sano, and a small team of skilled gardeners from Kyoto.

Title: San Jose Living Gardens

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      • URL: http://www.acoates.com/Garden.html

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Summary: Winding paths around the ponds & over knolls, as well as a series of foot bridges, lead to a tea house where visitors may relax & enjoy refreshments. Map available San Jose's 5-1/2 acre Rose Garden draws visitors from the United States and all around the world. Visitors can expect to see hybrid-teas, the largest group of plants; floribundas; grandifloras; miniature roses; climbers, trained up onto the fences surrounding the Garden; and polyanthas, low growing shrubs with clusters of small flowers. Map available Visitors will enjoy natural wildlife sanctuaries amid a peaceful pond setting surrounded by beautiful trees, shrubs, and flowering plants, and accented by the Chinese Cultural Garden. A city block of beauty, the Heritage Rose Garden compliments the Municipal Rose Garden by providing a living history of roses from the earliest wild roses from around the world through the middle ages; the damasks, musks, and polianthas of the 19th century to the familiar hybrid roses of today. Some of the programs they offer are: the Summer Performing Arts Season which presents music, theater and dance; the Artist Residency Program, offering 25 artists per year the space and time to create; the Gallery at Montalvo, exhibiting the work of regional artists and Montalvo artist residents; the Literary Arts Program, which includes workshops, a writing competition for Santa Clara County High School students and a Biennial Poetry Contest; and a Summer Performing Arts Camp for children.

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Title: Japanese Garden Database

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      • URL: JGarden- the Japanese Garden Database

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Summary: This database is an attempt to pull together a variety of media and information associated with gardens of Japan. The gardens themselves can be reached through the title bar at the top and bottom of each page. Other kind of information related to the gardens and the project can be reached through links in the left column. A number of gardens appear in the pages that follow, but I have only written detailed articles on a half dozen or so. I would encourage those who are interesting in constructing a 'Japanese garden' to approach it as an application of the principles of design inherent in these gardens rather than simply learning how to set up a stone basin or clip a pine tree. One could easily apply the principles of Japanese garden design to a place that is about computers, television and the nuclear family.

Title: Internet Directory for Botany What's New in the Subject Category List

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      • URL: http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/whatsnew.html

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Summary: 2 May, 1997 U = url change, N = link name change, D = deleted ARBORETA, BOTANICAL GARDENS U American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta: list of members American College Arboretum, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA The Arboretum of Victoria, Texas, USA The Carleton Arboretum, Northfield, USA The Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA The Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, Texas, USA U Forstbotanischer Garten und Arboretum der Universität Göttingen, Germany UN Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, USA Holmdel Arboretum, Freehold, New Jersey, USA Humber College Arboretum, Toronto, Canada James Madison University Arboretum, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA Lasdon Park and Arboretum, Somers, Westhchester County, NY, USA Mount Pisgah Arboretum, Eugene, Oregon, USA Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, USA Odell Park and Arboretum (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) Palmerton Arboretum, Roger River, Oregon, USA Pierce Arboretum, Nebraska, USA Queen Elizabeth Arboretum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA Schoepfle Arboretum, Lorain County Metroparks, Birmingham, Ohio, USA University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum, USA U University of Central Florida Arboretum, USA Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, WA, USA Wayne State College Arboretum (Wayne, Nebraska, USA) D Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium, Australia Jardines Botánicos de Colombia Parks and Gardens in Normandy, France. U = URL change, D = deleted ARBORETA, BOTANICAL GARDENS Cedar Valley Botanical Gardens (Brighton, Ontario, Canada) The Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden, Canada National Botanic Garden of Wales, Middleton, UK Shanghai Botanic Garden, Shanghai, China. The site contains information from around the world on culture, events, affiliated societies, and publications relating to Bromeliads. JOURNALS, BOOKS, LITERATURE DATABASES, PUBLISHERS Archive of Botanical Electronic News issues from Oklahoma, USA U Botanical Electronic News. The purposes of the Bromeliad Society International are to promote and maintain public and scientific interest in the research, development, preservation , and distribution of bromeliads, both natural and hybrid,throughout the world, and to promote fellowship. Illustrates the "required" families for Ray Phillip's Biology 211 class at the Department of Biology, Colby College, Maine, USA.

Title: Translating the Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/~bpL93/LAN323S96.html

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        Summary: The tradition of Japanese gardens has been an inspiration for centuries and yet it is a living tradition, influencing the creation of new gardens and landscapes, both in Japan and in the west. Kariya Park in Mississauga has been chosen as a contemporary example of a Canadian landscape that uses the principles of Japanese garden design in a new context. (see fig.1) The variety of Japanese gardens has led to the breakdown of these gardens into four types; gardens as natural landscapes; gardens as paradise; gardens as a place of enlightenment and gardens as a 'rustic path' (tea house). It was not intended that pieces of Japanese architecture, rock or planting design to be replicated exactly, rather that the intent or philosophy of Japanese garden design be used in compiling compositions using materials available in Mississauga. "The Japanese dry rock garden, where water is suggested with sand only and great mountains are indicated with a few rocks, is perhaps the ultimate ideal landscape, a garden of the mind. In the first known Japanese book about landscape design, "Sakuteiki", the opening words laid down important guidelines: (Cave, 70) In making a garden you should first understand the overall principles : 1) According to the lay of the land and depending upon the aspect of the water landscape, you should design each part of the garden tastefully, recalling your memories of how nature presented itself for each feature.

Title: The Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~worlds/fun_stuff/botgar/seiwa-enJACL.html

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Summary: " The largest traditional Japanese Garden in North America, Seiwa-en covers 14 acres, including a 4-1/2-acre lake surrounded by expansive lawns and a meandering path. Koichi Kawana, designer of Seiwa-en, said that a Japanese garden cannot be fully explained in words, but must be experienced. The garden must be seen with the mind, not just the eyes, allowing the imagination to move beyond the obvious to discover deeper spiritual meanings. The simplicity of a Japanese garden results from a willingness to expend enormous amounts of care and resources on every detail to create an atmosphere of unaffected naturalness and tranquility. The sounds of water provide music throughout Seiwa-en, from the gurgle of a brook to the drip from a bamboo spout into a stone basin. Seiwa-en was inspired in 1972 by a proposal of the Japanese American Citizen's' League to establish a Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Title: Japanese Gardens Royalty Free

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      • URL: http://www.stonebridge.com/~sbp/japgard_essex.html

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Summary: for PC; CD-ROM 100 original photographs of a Japanese garden, ready to use completely royalty free. The on-disk broswer allows you to see the photos in thumbnail size; when you find the photo you want to look at, just click to display it full-screen. All images are stored in 24-bit Taga format. Thumbnail (150x100) for easy browsing Medium (640x480) for full-screen viewing Large (1500x1000) for DTP and high-resolution work Requirements Hardware 4 mb RAM Super VGA (630x480x256) or better Software Windows 3.1 or higher Price: $10

Title: East LA Students Rebuild Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.ncl.org/anr/stories/eastla.htm

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Summary: While studying the history of their school, members of Youth Task Force L.A. (YTFLA) at Roosevelt High School learned that their school once was the site of a beautiful Japanese garden. The garden was built by the many Japanese-American students who attended Roosevelt High during the 1930s and early '40s. When the United States entered World War II, anti-Japanese sentiment ran so high that the federal government ordered Japanese-Americans on the West Coast relocated to internment camps. lt also lost its Japanese garden, which was destroyed by community members caught up in the anti-Japanese fervor of the time. But when YTFLA members learned of the garden, they decided to rebuild it as a tribute to the Japanese Americans interned during the war and to the many former Roosevelt students of Japanese ancestry who died fighting for this country. They invited former students to tell them about the garden and Roosevelt High in the 1930s. From their research, the students mapped out what the 4,000 square-foot garden looked like and made a list of plants and materials they would need. On the day it was finished, YTFLA teacher adviser Jeff Avila surveyed the garden with Gloria Antunez and Katie Barrera, two students who played major roles in the project.

Title: Japanese Garden Composition

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      • URL: http://www.csuohio.edu/history/shiga96/pages/gskl.html

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Summary: The Japanese take great care when deciding on the composition of a garden. I find it interesting how many Japanese gardens imitate other places. The garden at Hikone castle is a "wet garden," one with a pond, that imitates Lake Biwa. The detail is so great and the garden so well planned that there are even rocks in the pond to represent islands found in Lake Biwa. Generally I dislike rainy days, but I have discovered that rainy days often bring out the best in a Japanese garden. On dry, sunny days a Japanese garden often looks dull and washed out, but on a rainy day it really comes to life.

Title: Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.zoo.org.au/melbourne/mz45.htm

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Summary: The Japanese garden was built to mark the tenth anniversary in 1990 of the sister-state relationship between the State of Victoria and the Aichi Prefecture in Japan. This garden and an Australian garden in Nagoya, the capital of Aichi, were created to symbolise the strong friendship between the two states and to reflect the natural beauty of their respective landscapes. A joint project of the Victorian Government and the formerly named Zoological Board of Victoria, the garden was opened in November 1991.

Title: Japanese Garden Called by many the finest traditional Japanese garden

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      • URL: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~worlds/fun_stuff/botgar/japanese_garden.html

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Summary: Called by many the finest trditional Japanese garden outside of Japan, Seiwa-En, or "garden of pure, clear harmony and peace," brings the beauty and serenity of the Orient to St. For the Japanese every element of landscape design has a precise meaning, a purpose. The koi (fish) inhabiting the lake are symbols of strength and determination. A brochure describing the history, symbolism and philosophy of Seiwa-En is available at the Ticket Counter.

Title: NBG The Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.communitylink.org/nbg/japgar.html

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Summary: This garden was created in 1962 to honor Norfolk's sister city, Moji, Japan and was rededicated in 1962 to Kitakyushu, formerly Moji. The Japanese Garden was redesigned and refurbished in the summer of 1995. Visitors will enjoy a traditional pond and bridge and foliage native to Japan. Plants to look for in the garden will include: Japanese Black Pine, Japanese Snowbell, Hankow Willow, Flowering Cherry, Japanese Red Maple and Japanese Live Oak.

Title: Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.neca.com/~libcl/garden.htm

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Summary: In one of these courtyards we have a Japanese Garden. Clases can go out into the garden to study what types of shrubs and trees that gardens in Japan compared to gardens in America. In 1993, students received this great gift from the money they raised from the yearly fundraiser. The other courtyard has a series of trees, some of the dedicated to teachers and faculty members who have passed away. The trees dedicated to them give students and teachers a wonderful reminder of their life.

Title: The Bonsai Conservatory Home Page

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      • URL: http://www.twics.com/%7Ecasmar/service.html

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Title: Architectour Japan READINGS ON JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE SHORT VERSION

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      • URL: http://www.rahul.net/arctour/aa32s.html

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Summary: Tadao Ando Details / edited by Yukio Futagawa ; criticism by Peter Eisenman ; Tokyo, Japan : A.D.A. Edita, 1992. The new Japanese architecture / Botond Bognar ; introduction by John Morris Dixon ; essays by Hajime Yatsuka and Lynne Breslin. Contemporary Japanese landscape. Measure and construction of the Japanese house / by Heino Engel. Traditional Japanese houses / edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa ; text by Teiji Itoh ; photographic assistance: Toshiharu Kitajima ; design: Gan Hosoya ; translation: Richard L. Gage. GA Document 33: GA JAPAN '92 edited by Yukio Futagawa; featuring projects of Tadao Ando, Hiromi Fujii, Hiroshi Hara, Itsuko Hasegawa, Kunihiko Hayakawa, Osumu Ishiyama, Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Atsushi Kitagawara, Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki, Kiko Mozuna, Kazuyo Sejima, Kazuo Shinohara, Shin Takamatsu, Yoshio Taniguchi, Riken Yamamoto, Shoei Yoh.

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Title: Arboretum

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      • URL: http://www.georgian.edu/bi_arbor/bi_arb.htm

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Summary: Go to clickable image map of arboretum. Georgian Court College was formerly the winter home of George Jay Gould, millionaire son of railroad tycoon, Jay Gould. The architect Bruce Price was hired that same year to transform the land into a lavish country estate. In addition to designing the buildings of the estate, Bruce Price designed three of the four major gardens: the Classic or Italian Garden, the Sunken Garden or Lagoon, and the Formal Garden. Italian Garden (5 GIF images, 190K) Japanese Garden (4 GIF images, 160K) Sunken Garden (4 GIF images, 180K) Formal Garden (5 GIF images, 170K) Founders' Grove (1 GIF image, 40K) Students and their mentors identify and map trees, maintain arboretum records, plan accessions to the collection, and publish materials pertinent to the arboretum.

Title: Internet Directory for Botany Alphabetical List

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      • URL: http://www.biol.uregina.ca/liu/bio/bot-jo.html

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Summary: J-L James R. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, USA Jan Schlauer's World carnivorous Plant List Japan: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries WWW servers Japanese Bonsai Web by Hiroyuki Maekawa, Japan Japanese Garden in Portland Oregon, USA Japanese Irises - Ian Black's gardening pages, USA Japanese Mirror of "A Collection of Botany Related URLs" Kazuhiro Ohtani Japanese Mosses Checklist Jardí Botànic Mar i Murtra, Spain Jardín Botánico de Córdoba, Spain Jardín Botánico de Coria, Spain Jardín Botánico Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexico Jardín Botánico Francisco Xavier Clavijero, Mexico Jardín Botánico Pinya de Rosa, Spain Jardín Botanico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain Jardi Botanic de la Universitat de Valencia, Spain (gopher) Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Jardin Borda, Cuernavaca, Mexico Jardin Botanico de Leon, Mexico Jardin Botanico el Castillejo, Cadiz, Spain Jardin botanique d'Eze, France Le Jardin botanique de Genève, Switzerland (from a town guide) Jardin Botanique de Gondremer, Vosges, France Le Jardin botanique du Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada. Jardin Marisol, Quebec, Canada Jardines Botánicos de Colombia Jared Ikeda Wildflowers, California, USA Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Biodiversity Unit, India Jepson Herbaria, UC Berkeley, USA Jepson Herbarium Place Name Index Jerusalem Botanical Garden, Israel Joe & Mindy's WebGarden (many garden related links), USA Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Botanisches Institut Johannesburg Botanical Garden, South Africa John C. Gifford Arboretum, University of Miami - Florida, USA John Cheeseman's home page at Dept of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA The John Ray Herbarium, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia John's Wildflower Page (Plants pictures from western Australia) Johnny's Selected Seeds Home Page, Albion, Maine, USA Journal of Applied Ecology - An Official Journal of the British Ecological Society Journal of Applied Phycology (gopher) Journal of Biogeography Journal of Cereal Science Journal of Coastal Conservation Journal of Ecology The Journal of Experimental Botany, Oxford, UK The Journal of Plankton Research, Oxford, UK The Journal of the American Botanical Council and Herb Research Foundation Journal of Vegetation Science Home page Journey into the world of phylogenetic systematics, UCMP Berkeley, USA Jozef Motyka: Lichenes. de Barcelona Lakehead University, Plant Cell Biology (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) Lancaster University, Unit of Vegetation Science, UK Lancetilla: Un Jardin Botanico, Honduras Lankester Botanical Garden, Costa Rica Lasianthera - the scientific journal for the Orchidaceae of Papua and New Guinea Last Peyotero Cactus and Succulent pages, Italy Late Woodland Zea Mays at the Vintroux Site, Putnam County, West Virginia - an article by Charles M. Niquette and Gary D. Crites Latin American Plant Gallery (Missouri Botanical Garden, USA) The Latin American Plant Sciences Network, Chile Latin American Pollen Database (LAPD) Laurentian University's Arboretum, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Laurie Lacey's Wild World of Plants Laval University, Department of Agriculture, Canada Leelanau Grower's Almanac, Michigan, USA Legendary Ethnobotanical Resources, USA Leguminosae (Fabaceae): The Bean Bag (gopher) LEHLE Seeds Home Page "Home Page for Everything Arabidopsis", USA Lehrstuhl Spezielle Botanik und Mykologie, Universitat Tuebingen, Germany Leicester University, Department of Botany, UK Leiden, Hortus Botanicus Lepaan puutarhaoppilaitos / Lepaa Gardening School, Hattula, Finland Leptospermum namadgiensis - a new species of Tea-tree The Lewis Lab in the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico LIAS - A DELTA-based Information and Data Storage System for Lichenized and lichenicolous Ascomycetes edited by Botanische Staatssammlung München. Library catalogues of the British Museum of Natural History via telnet, login as libcat Library of the Oslo Botanical Garden and Museum, Norway Lichen Informations System, Salzburg, Austria Lichenland - Fun with Lichens from Oregon State University, USA Lichenologist (A Journal) Lichenologists in Baltic and Nordic Countries by Sampsa Lommi, University of Helsinki, Finland LICHENS-L (send mail "subscribe LICHENS-L Your Name" to listproc@hawaii.edu) The Lichens Page by Tatsuya Okamoto, Kochi University, Japan Lick Creek Park, Flora of EC Texas, USA Life Sciences, Elsevier, the Netherlands Life, the Universe and Everything: Zoology, Geology, History, Botany and Mississippi natural history by Robert B. Hole, Jr. , USA Limnanthaceae by Michael Plotkin, University of California, Davis, USA Lincoln University, Department of Plant Sciences, New Zealand Lindbergia Linköpings svampklubbs hemsida, Sweden Links to Forest Products, Wood Science, and Forest Products Marketing Related Internet Sites Linnaeus Arboretum, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota, USA The Linne Herbarium (Phanerogamic Botany), Swedish Museum of Natural History The Linnean Society of London, UK List of Biology WWW Servers maintained by US Geological Survey List of Fungi Reported from Brazil List of Herbarium holdings at CENARGEN-EMBRAPA List of lichenological societies List of Members in the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, USA List of Parks and Gardens in Bologna, Italy List of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta members A List of the Bryophytes of Kentucky, with County Distributions - Flora Online issue no. List of the Families and Species of Vascular Plants of the Kuril Islands List of Threatened Vascular Plants of Finland List of WWW Sites of Interest to Ecologists Liste des plantes protégées at Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Luxemburg.

Title: Japanese Garden Database Classic Texts

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      • URL: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~cheetham/jgarden/text/textindex.html

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Summary: Classic Texts on Garden-making Doji kudensho - Compilation of oral transmissions appended to Edo variants of Senzui narabi ni yagyo no zu. Miyako (rinsen) meisho zue (1780) - Edo period guide to Kyoto gardens. Sakuteiki (Senzai hisho) - late 11th/early 12 C.; by Tachibana Toshitsuna; Handed down through the Maeda clan. Senzui narabi ni yagyo no zu - 15th C.; compiled by Zoen; lit. Tsukiyama Niwatsukuri den (1735) - Kitamura Enkin; published 1775-1828; held by Univ. Ying zao fashi - edited c. 1100; Chinese architecture manual.

Title: History of the Japanese House

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      • URL: http://www.libertynet.org/jhg/

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        Summary: The ground on which the Japanese House now stands has had a Japanese structure and landscaping almost continuously since the 1876 Centennial Exposition, when the Japanese Bazaar and garden were in the area. From 1905 until a fire in 1955, the site was occupied by a gate from a Japanese Buddhist temple, built in the early seventeenth century. The Pine Breeze Villa was designed by Yoshimura Junzoo, built in 1953 in Nagoya, and presented by the America-Japan Society of Tokyo to the Museum of Modern Art New York for exhibition in 1954-55. It was given to the City of Philadelphia and reassembled at the current site in 1958, with a garden designed by Sano Tansai. The house and garden underwent extensive repairs, as a gift from the Japanese government and people in honor of the U.S. Bicentennial, in 1976. In 1982 the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden organized to preserve this unique facility.

Title: Gardens

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      • URL: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/seattle/parks/garden.htm

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Summary: The Japanese Garden, Kubota Garden, the Woodland Park Rose Garden, Parsons Garden, and the Volunteer Park Conservatory are some of the gems of our park system, and each offers something unique for the community. Located within the Washington Park Arboretum, this is a formal garden designed and constructed under the supervision of world-renowned Japanese garden designed Juki Iida in 1960. Chado (The Way of Tea) demonstrations are offered periodically in the traditional teahouse (call 324-1483 for more information). The Japanese Garden is open March through November. 800 North 50th Street Located adjacent to the Woodland Park Zoo, the Rose Garden is one of only two dozen certified American Rose Test Gardens in the United States. At its picturesque best from May through August, the garden displays new rose hybrids before they become available to amateur rose enthusiasts.

Title: Nerd World GARDENING

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      • URL: http://www.nerdworld.com/users/dstein/nw363.html

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        Summary: Back Porch Garden SymposiumBack Porch Garden Symposium is a resource about gardens -- herb, flower, and vegetable, and about garden history and folklore. Farmer Brown's Garden PathFarmer Brown's Garden Path is a site for gardeners interested in the Square Foot Gardening method and other agricultural information. Greenleaf Products Home PageGreenleaf Garden Supplies is pleased to sponsor a Web sight containing its newsletters, Garden Talk's weekly guest list and an area event list. Japanese Garden DatabaseThe site is a prototype for a multimedia reference work on the gardens of Japan that will provide comprehensive visual and textual information on the history, construction, materiality, people, language, patterns and processes by which these gardens Johnny's Selected Seeds Home PageJohnny's Selected Seeds is a mail order supplier of quality garden seeds and accessories. Orchids, Orchids, Orchids from Sierra Rainbow Orchids - HawaiiWe are a family-owned orchid nursery located on the Kona Coast that specializes in easy-to-grow orchids.

Title: Como Ordway Memorial Japanese Garden

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Summary: Office) 489-1740 (Recording) 489-5378 (Weddings) The Murbach Memorial Haiku Gardens: Visit a fasinating Senryu poetry garden. GardenNet: List of Japanese Garden Sites, PLUS excellent garden rescources! Go to the home page of Jeff Carnes author of ordway.html

Title: Works Cited

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      • URL: http://nellie.pacificu.edu/as/chee/cited.html

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Summary: These are the books that were very helpful. Some of the books have alot about Japanese Gardens and some only have one or two pages. New Jersey:p Bollingen paperback printing, 1973 (58-62) All the pictures on these web pages were taken at the Portalnd Japanese Garden.

Title: Japanese Garden Database What's New

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      • URL: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~cheetham/jgarden/new.html

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Summary: Entsuji added to the database. Heian Shrine added to the database. Murinan added to the database. Shinshinan added to the database. Isuien added to the database. If you have any questions or comments, please send to cheetham@dolphin.upenn.edu ©1996-1997 Robert Cheetham

Title: Japanese Garden Calendar

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      • URL: http://www.moonbridge.com/~moonbr/calendar.html

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Summary: Fri 7 Tanabata Star Festival 7:30 PM Sat 8 Tsuboniwa Study Club (reservations required) 9 AM-4 PM Sun 9 Second Sunday Series-Haiku Readings 1-3 PM Wed 19 Educational Lecture Series 7-8:30 PM Sat 5 Writing Through Grief Workshop (reservations required) 9 AM-3 PM Wed 9 Obon Spirit Festival (members only event) 8 PM Thurs 10 Kyogen Master Performance (reservations required) 7 PM Sat 12 Tsuboniwa Study Club (reservations required) 9 AM-4 PM Sun 13 Paper Crafts Day 12-5 PM Fri/Sat 8-9 Moonviewing (reservations required) 7-10 PM Sat 9 Writing Workshop (reservations required) 9 AM-3 PM Sun 10 Second Sunday Series - Gardens of Kyoto 1-3 PM Sat 2 Writing Workshop (reservations required) 9 AM-3 PM Wed 1 Geijutsu-sai Preview Party (members only) 4-7 PM Thurs-Sun 7-10 Geijutsu-sai Artist's Festival 10 AM- 4 PM Mon 25 Christmas Day - Garden Closed

Title: Cherry Blossom Gardens & Gifts

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      • URL: http://garden-gifts.com

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Summary: Welcome to Cherry Blossom Garden's collection of beautiful garden accessories! Our original creations will add beauty and a touch of the orient to your garden. Stroll through a path of chrysanthemums, irises wisterias, peonies and bamboo crest stepping stones. Our beautiful water basin will refresh your spirit and provide soothing sounds of falling water. Please feel free to browse around - see some beautiful Kenjin Kai dancers & grab a few of my family's treasured Japanese recipes like; miso soup, curry stew and sushi. The basin is handcasted in the shape of an antique coin and the rim intriquitely inscribes the kanji symbol of "Mind-Heart-Spirit, Happiness, Peace and Power".

Title: THE JAPANESE GARDEN A LYRICAL INTRODUCTION

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      • URL: http://www.csuohio.edu/history/shiga96/pages/gpln.html

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Summary: If you've never been to a Japanese garden before, brace yourself. Instead open your mind and let the Japanese garden take you to a higher plane, for any visit can really provide a profound experience, if you allow the garden to work its magic. In encountering a Japanese garden, you not only see with your eyes, you listen, feel and live its simplicity and beauty. As with all Japanese art forms and aesthetic principles, the Japanese garden is a manifestation of Japanese values, beliefs, and principles -- in short, a reflection of the Japanese spirit. The Japanese reverence for nature, the Zen way, Shinto beliefs are all reflected in the Japanese garden. One only has to look within from the exterior and the Japanese garden will open itself up to you, showing you all the beauty contained in both life and nature while providing you a glimpse of the Japanese spirit as well.

Title: Bonsai Related Pages

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        Summary: netsuke, japanese garden, suiseki, usa, japanese gardens, ikebana, netsuke dealer, flowerpage, ohararyu ikebana sempo, japanese pond, styles of ikebana flower arrangement, sosho ikenobo sen'ei, musem, florida, ikenobo ikebana society of south florida, ikebana gallery, oregon, antiques, collectables, louisiana, lord jim, welcome, gardens, netsuke handbook, bonsai web ikebana page, michael spindel, portland, brought, ikebana international chapter, naples, sagemonoya gallery, banzai, mihamaen, new orleans, japenese stroll garden, bonsai related pages, bonsai web japanese gardens page, bonsai web suiseki page, gallery of sogetsu ikebana, viewing netsuke gallery, senhou home page, ikebana international chapter 97, yorozuichi, missouri botanical garden, viewing stones, sogetsu school page, dedication of japanese tea garden, fukushimaparks, japanese garden texts, bonsai web netsuke page

Title: The Japenese Stroll Garden

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Summary: About Our Garden: In 1985 groundbreaking took place for this 7.5 acre Japanese garden. " The Japanese Garden in Nathanael Greene Park is demonstrative of the "troll" variety. Movement through the garden is around ponds and islands, employing the "hide and reveal" concept in which the individual scenes in the garden are experienced separately. The Story: We have come a long way in the last few years toward the development of the Garden. With the help of the Botanical Society of Southwest Missouri (a not-for-profit group whose purpose is to assist the Spring- field Park Board in the development of the Garden) important features such as a moon bridge and a tea hut have been added. Garden Opening: The Garden opened the first week of April.

Title: Pete's Pond Page

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Summary: Check out the latest changes to the pond page! In the Fall of 1993, I started building a pond and Japanese garden in my back yard. In the Spring and Summer of 1995, I took pictures of the pond, Once my pond was established, I joined my local garden pond/koi club, and received a subscription to Koi USA, a magazine published by the AKCA.  Flow Rate  1200 US Gallons/Hour  Construction        36-mil Hypalon liner  Circulation  Pump  1/6 HP Sequence 1000 with basket strainer on inlet      Inlets   Pond bottom drain  Pond wall jet (normally closed)  Filter Type        Two-stage, upflow biofilter  Flow Rate  1200 US Gallons/Hour  Inhabitants  Koi  20 fish, from 8" to 15" in length, all siblings hatched in Spring '94  Goldfish  40-60 fish from 1" to 6" in length  Waterlilies  4 hardy

Title: Sun Garden Specialties Garden Signpost

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      • URL: http://www.alcasoft.com/sun_garden/post.html

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Summary: "Garden of Tranquility" Visit any of the world-famous gardens of Kyoto or Nara and you see signposts in Japanese at every turn. These are made of stone or wood and add a rich atmosphere to the Kyoto and Nara gardens. A replica of this item is available in wood, in two sizes, custom carved with your name and/or personal message in Japanese. Message 1 side: $130.00 Message 2 sides: $210.00 (Specify if messages are adjacent or opposite sides if order is for only 2 sides) Message 3 sides: $290.00 Message all 4 sides: $330.00 Add $20.00 shipping and handling (Alaska, Hawaii add $45). Message 1 side: $100.00 Message 2 sides: $170.00 (Specify if messages are adjacent or opposite sides if ordering a 2 message post. ) Message 3 sides: $240.00 Message all 4 sides: $270.00 Add $18.00 shipping and handling (Alaska, Hawaii add $30).

Title: Japanese Garden Database Miscellaneous

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      • URL: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~cheetham/jgarden/misc/miscindex.html

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Summary: Minakuchi suikinkutsu -- construction details for the 'water harp'. Sources of information on designing and constructing your own garden. If you have any questions or comments, please send to cheetham@dolphin.upenn.edu ©1996-1997 Robert Cheetham

Title: Japanese Garden Database Media Gallery

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      • URL: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~cheetham/jgarden/gardens/gallery.html

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        Summary: If you have any questions or comments, please send to cheetham@dolphin.upenn.edu ©1996-1997 Robert Cheetham URL: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~cheetham/jgarden/gardens/gallery.html

Title: Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.georgian.edu/bi_arbor/bi_arbjp.htm

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Summary: A birthday gift to Edith Gould from her husband George, this garden is entered through a gateway, or machiai. The garden path, or roji, passes a genuine teahouse, or sukiya, and leads to a small wooden footbridge as it continues to the back of the garden. A stately Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata) on the island in the center of the garden, is surrounded by Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata), Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata), and Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum). Wooden bridge at entrance to the Japanese Garden. Iris, Rhododendron, and Goldenchain Tree (Laburnum x watereri) are in flower. The spectacular yellow flowers of the Goldenchain Tree (Laburnum x watereri) mark the entrance to the Japanese Garden in May.

Title: Japanese Garden At CSULB

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      • URL: http://www.csulb.edu/~jgarden/

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        Summary: This web page for the Japanese Garden at CSULB (California State University at Long Beach).

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Title: Pacific University's Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.pacificu.edu/up/geninfo/rosegard.html

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        Summary: Not to be confused with Portland's own Japanese Garden, Pacific's rendition rests quietly behind the Walter Residence Hall, making for a nice view for many of its inhabitants. Send comments about this page to webmaster@pacificu.edu.

Title: To see an image of our beautiful Japanese Garden click here

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      • URL: http://www.newtech.dk/japgarden.htm

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        Summary: To see an image of our beautiful Japanese Garden click here!

Title: Japanese Garden and Tea Hut

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      • URL: http://www.smith.edu/garden/Gardens/6.html

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        Summary: On the lower slopes to the west of the Rose Garden the mid-1980s, the garden was designed by David Slawson, an American who apprenticed in Kyoto, Japan. The garden incorporates basic geologic origins from the surrounding countryside.

Title: San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden

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      • URL: http://www.niwa.org

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        Summary: The San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden.

Title: Missouri Botanical Garden

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      • URL: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~worlds/fun_stuff/botgar/garden.html

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        Summary: This virtual tour of selected scenes from the Missouri Botanical Gardens began as an assignment for Introduction to East Asian Art, taught by Prof. Since I was not taking it for credit, the due date has long passed and this project remains under construction. If you are clicking on the map to explore, you will get the whole subdirectory if you click on an unlinked spot. Send comments to worlds@artsci.wustl.edu Something new!

Title: Pine Garden Bonsai Co Japanese Garden Juniper

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      • URL: http://hamachi.pensee.com/PGB/finished/jgj.html

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        Summary: Juniperus procumbens nana The most popular tree for bonsai. Procumbens nana is slow growing and drought hardy. Miniature needles can be pinched back to create more growing tips. We offer a variety of shapes and sizes of this "beginners bonsai. Order Form or call 1-800-746-3281 Last updated 7 Jun 96 drd

Title: THE JAPANESE GARDEN SHINTO and TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE

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      • URL: http://www.csuohio.edu/history/shiga96/pages/ryu.html

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        Summary: The Japanese garden is very important both to traditional Japanese architecture and as a reflection of Japanese religious values. Traditional Japanese architecture, for instance, is very "open" and very much a part of the outside world (hence closely tied to the garden). Moreover the Japanese garden is usually placed so as to be seen from the most important part of the house (or from where one would place a tea ceremony room). From this room you can look out directly upon the garden and gaze at its beauty. My understanding of the underlying principles and assumptions behind Japanese gardens, based on How to Look at Japanese Art by Steven Addis (a textbook I read for class), is also that there is a sense throughout the garden of the presence of kami or "gods". And so, nature -- especially in the garden -- reflects the beauty and purity of the gods.

Title: Japanese Garden Tour

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      • URL: http://gopher.mobot.org/MOBOT/gardens/japanese/

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        Summary: " The largest traditional Japanese Garden in North America, Seiwa-en covers 14 acres, including a 4-1/2 acre lake surrounded by expansive lawns and a meanderin g path. Koichi Kawana, designer of Seiwa-en, said that a Japanese garden cannot be fully explained in words, but must be experienced. Every aspect of Seiwa-en has been subtly refined to encourage v isitors to slow down, to contemplate and observe.The careful observer will discover that Japanese aesthetic principles are interrelated, each reinforcing another. To allow freedom for the imagination, Japanese gardens are monochromatic compositions of greens, browns, and blacks with color used only as an accent. The simplicity of a Japanese garden results from a willingness to expend enormous amounts of care and resources on every detail to create an atmosphere of unaffected naturalness and tranquility. Seiwa-en was inspired in 1972 by a proposal of the Japanese American Citizens' League to establish a Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Title: Kurimoto Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.discoveredmonton.com/devonian/fjapan.html

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        Summary: The Kurimoto Japanese Garden, occupying five acres, is one of only a few Japanese gardens established in northern latitudes. Each element - from the grassy hills to the streams, ponds, and small waterfall - has been carefully arranged to create an area of peace and quiet for meditation. It offers visitors an opportunity to experience the different sense of space, use of shapes, and foliage basic to Japanese Garden design.The artful arrangement of an ornamental gate, stone pagoda, arched bridge, bell tower, azumaya, tumbling waterfall, streams and pond is a feast for the senses. Every rock is positioned to expose patterns of lichen and mosses to create a symbolic grouping or guide tumbling water. The Japanese-style pavilion (situated on the periphery of the Kurimoto Japanese Garden) provides a centre for cultural exchanges between Japan and Canada. The pavilion provides a spectacular view of the Kurimoto Japanese Garden and offers an outstanding setting for small workshops and retreats.

Title: Pine Garden Bonsai Co Japanese Maple Grove

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      • URL: http://hamachi.pensee.com/pgb/finished/map.html

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        Summary: Acer palmatum The "Japanese maple" is recognized as one of the finest maples for bonsai. Trunks have gentle curves; many handsomely shaped branches form. We grow ours from seedlings and shape them using the Lignan "cut and grow" method of southern China. Spring leaves are red when they form, turn green, then red again in the fall. Order Form or call 1-800-746-3281

Title: Toowoomba's Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.tiga.com.au/sunstate/Garden.htm

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        Summary: (Ju-longetivity, Raku-to enjoy, En-a place for public recreation) Australia's largest and most traditionally designed Japanese stroll garden.

Title: HAIKU

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      • URL: http://glwarner.samford.edu/haiku.htm(link broken) 

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        Summary: Or, to FTP back issues of DB, try our UK Haiku archive To subscribe to Dogwood Blossoms, or to submit haiku, essays, book reviews or articles, you can use our new Feedback Form Shiki International Haiku Salon -- Matsuyama University has a wonderful and very active mailing list for haiku discussion. Dhugal Lindsay's Haiku Universe -- with news and magazines from Japanese haiku groups Rodrigo de Siquiera has a Wonderful haiku page, and is the creator of the WWW-based Renga. Paul Mena is a very active subscriber of SHIKI-L and has quite a bit of his, and SHIKI's, haiku available here. Haiku for People -- Kei Grieg Toyomasu has set up a very informative page.

Title: Shofuso The Pine Breeze Villa

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      • URL: http://www.libertynet.org/area/attractions/jhg/shofuso.html

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        Summary: Shofuso (Pine Breeze Villa) is one of the most notable and unusual attractions in Philadelphia. This authentic re-creation of a 16th to 17th century shoin-zukuri (desk style) house is located on the grounds of theHorticultural Center in the West Philadelphia section of Fairmount Park. The perfectly proportioned architecture of the main structure and adjoining tea house is enhanced by an ornamental garden and picturesque pond. The Japanese House, as it is informally know to Philadelphians, is in a style which would have been appropriate for an educated member of the upper class, such as a government official, high-ranking priest, or wealthy scholar. Take a guided tour of Pine Breeze Villa Photo Gallery of tour images Hours, admission, location, and directions The Friends of the Japanese House and Garden were organized to preserve and present the Pine Breeze Villa to the public.

Title: THE JAPANESE GARDEN

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      • URL: http://www.interaxis.com/carter/ccl_jap.html

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        Summary: Imitating the landscape of deep mountains and secluded valleys, the Japanese Garden with its two waterfalls is rich in symbolic meaning for the Carter Center. According to the designer, the large waterfall, magnificent and dignified,symbolizes President Carter, a man of grace, compassion, and integrity. The small waterfall is a cascade symbolizing the beautiful Mrs. Carter, a lady known for her intelligence and continuing contributions to the president's great achievements. The clear, pure, swift large fall dashes against the rocks and, merging with the small fall, flows into the lower pond. The two stone lanterns placed in the heart of the garden symbolize the hope that the activities of the Carter Center, led by President Carter, will bring the glorious light of peace and happiness to shine in every corner of the world. The Japanese Garden was contributed by Tadao Yoshida, founder and president of Yoshida Kogyo K.K. (YKK), as an expression of his long personal friendship with President Carter.

Title: Japanese Garden-Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

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      • URL: http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/JapanGard.html

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        Summary: The Japanese garden is walled from view by the visitor, opening only through the entrance, where lion-dogs (male on the left, female on the right) stand guard. This garden can inspire a tranquil and contemplative state of mind for the visitor who is not in a rush. Some features of the Japanese garden are the temple bell, the moon bridge and reflecting ponds, the canyons with spring-flowering trees, stone lanterns and pagodas, and the Japanese house on the hillside across the lake. The Japanese house exhibits elements of traditional Japanese life. From the bonsai court the path winds downhill among plants in a woodland setting. Of particular interest are Japanese cedars, groves of bamboo, plants in the tea family, and shrubs native to Asia.

Title: The Japanese Garden

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      • URL: http://www.nr.cc.mn.us/garden.htm

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Summary: The Normandale Japanese Garden is a community-supported project located on the southwestern corner of the campus by 98th and France Avenue South in Bloomington. It is a 2-acre, beautiful strolling garden, featuring a pond and lagoon, bridges, hand-carved lanterns, islands, a waterfall, shrine, two shelters and carefully manicured trees and shrubs - all maintained in the authentic Japanese tradition. Dedicated in 1976, the Garden has been built by the donation of both time and money from countless volunteers. The Garden is open officially in the summer months from sunrise to sunset, June 1 thru September 30. You need no reservation to visit the Garden. From time to time, however, the Garden may be reserved for a wedding.

Title: Yashiro Japanese Garden Photo

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      • URL: http://www.travel-in-wa.com/DISTINCTLY/yashiro_photo.html

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Summary: In Seattle, WA, only recently opened to the public.

Title: Kurisu International

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      • URL: http://www.kurisu.com/

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Summary: Commercial site. Source for plants and trees.

Please let me know if you have any additional links to add to this list.

Timothy S. Hillebrand, Ph.D.

Email: chief@synergetics.org

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