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From Japan to Minnesota: Q. and A. With John Powell

From Japan to Minnesota: Q. and A. With John Powell

by NAJGA Manager | Jul 10, 2015 | Garden Wisdom, Gardens, Member News & Profiles, News

Japanese garden expert and NAJGA board member John Powell recently shared his thoughts about the experience of training in Japan and applying his knowledge in the North American context, particularly in Minnesota and other areas in the central part of the United...
Finding A Place For Moss In the Japanese Gardens of North America

Finding A Place For Moss In the Japanese Gardens of North America

by NAJGA Manager | Apr 16, 2015 | Garden Wisdom, Member News & Profiles

The North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA) recently talked moss with  Al Benner, a NAJGA member and owner of Moss Acres, a company that specializes in the use of moss for gardening.    NAJGA: What are your general observations about moss gardening interest...
Manzanar’s Japanese Gardens – Excerpts from the 2014-2015 NAJGA Journal

Manzanar’s Japanese Gardens – Excerpts from the 2014-2015 NAJGA Journal

by NAJGA Manager | Mar 26, 2015 | Garden Wisdom, Gardens, NAJGA News & Events, News

Creating Beauty Behind Barbed Wire by Jeff Burton and Mary Farrell “A desolate prison camp in the high desert seems an unlikely place for a Japanese garden contest, let alone an outstanding collection of Japanese gardens. World War II would seem an unlikely time...
“Cherry Diplomacy” in US-Japan Relations

“Cherry Diplomacy” in US-Japan Relations

by NAJGA Manager | Mar 12, 2015 | Garden Wisdom, Gardens, News

(The following passages are excerpts from the book “Japanese Flowering Cherries” by Wybe Kuitert)  American garden lovers were given a first-hand look at the art of Japanese gardening at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, where Japan...
“Centennial Gardens”: Excerpts from the 2014-2015 NAJGA Journal

“Centennial Gardens”: Excerpts from the 2014-2015 NAJGA Journal

by NAJGA Manager | Mar 5, 2015 | Garden Wisdom, Gardens, NAJGA News & Events, News

Japanese gardens outside of Japan number more than 450, of which approximately 300 are in North America. Of that substantial number, fewer than 20 have reached the centennial mark. In this issue, six gardens across the continental United States and out into the...

David Slawson: Finding Universal Truth in the Landscape

by NAJGA Manager | Feb 10, 2015 | Garden Wisdom, NAJGA News & Events, News

[youtube=http://youtu.be/9J7Gd4qjgJE] A rare peek at the life of Dr. David A. Slawson, one of America’s premier landscape artists working in the Japanese garden tradition. Narrated by David De Lyser. David Slawson was the first to truly open up the secret world...
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