NAJGA Member, Michael Sewell, visited Kanazawa last month and took beautiful photographs of Kenroku-en which is widely considered one of Japan's best gardens. Michael was a professional magazine photographer for many years so don't miss the opportunity to enjoy his...
NAJGA WEBINAR: 130 Years of Public Japanese Gardens in the U.S. - #1 Introduction featuring Dr. Kendall Brown and Dr. Makoto Suzuki 130 Years of Public Japanese Gardens in the U.S. is 14-part webinar series co-presented and funded by The Japan Foundation that seeks...
As the Covid 19 pandemic demonstrates, nature destroys. Yet, as we in the Japanese garden field know, nature also heals. Japanese gardens have been built for many reasons but fundamental to most styles is a humanized naturalism that speaks to our desire to connect...
Editor's Message from NAJGA Journal #3 by K.T. Cannon Eger.
The Second World War had begun, and Japan was experiencing material shortages of just about everything, including food. But as children we
had no awareness of these things. We grew up playing in nature. We had no commercially manufactured toys. Instead, we explored the surrounding forests and valleys.
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Of all the countries in the world, only the United States had a Potomac Park as a show garden for cherries on a scale that resembled the best of the cherry picnic places in Japan. Every spring, the Park revived, and continues to revive a nationwide awareness of the cherries.
