Japanese Gardening / 日本の園芸

 

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Over 11,000 entries by enthusiasts around the world. The Japanese Garden Forum discussion boards include history, design & construction, maintenance, plants, stone, water, bamboo fences, structures, and more.

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Visit the new Japanese Gardening Marketplace for a listing of Japanese garden designers, builders, tools & supplies.


The forum hosts a calendar of Japanese gardening events such as workshops, exhibits, tours, seminars and related celebrations. Japanese Gardening Calendar.


A new section listing job openings and job seekers related to Japanese gardening is now available at Japanese Garden Employment Opportunities.

Japanese garden items for sale are listed in the For Sale section of Japanese Gardening Resources. You may also submit requests for items you are looking for.


A list of Japanese gardening books, tools, & related items recommended & reviewed by the members of the Japanese Gardening Forum. Each listing ncludes links to purchase from Amazon.com.

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Japanese Garden Web Showcase:


Japanese Gardens Online

The best Japanese Garden websites will be featured in this section; chosen for excellent technique, great gardens, and new ideas. Web Showcase Site #5 was submitted by Jake Hobson, author of "Niwaki, Training and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way."

Andrew Deane, a teacher in Tokyo, has set about compiling an 'online handbook' of Japanese Gardens - but japanesegardensonline.com is more than that. Andrew describes, through western eyes, the process of constructing his own garden: a genuine modern day, family garden in a suburb of Tokyo, built by professionals.

Find more information and link to this site here: Web Showcase #5

Featured Project:

Marc Peter Keane begins Tiger Glen Garden at the Johnson Museum of Art in Ithaca, New York. The garden is based on a painterly theme called "The Three Laughers of the Tiger Glen", an ancient Chinese parable that reflects on the idea that a narrow adherance to any one philosophy is contrary to true wisdom. From July to September, 2011, Mr. Keane will share images and comments about the process of building the garden HERE.

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What is the JGO?

The Japanese Gardening Organization (JGO) is a multi-national group organized to spread the benefits of Japanese gardening for individuals, groups, communities, and society. JGO provides educational resources to foster the exchange of culture, knowledge, appreciation and application of Japanese gardening, striving for the highest level of accurate information and resources for Japanese gardening. Find out more here.

Submissions to Japanese Gardening Organization for articles, sources, services or job openings related to Japanese gardening may be submitted HERE.

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Oribe Lantern    織部灯籠
This is a type of lantern designed specifically for garden use by Lord Furuta Oribe, a famous tea master and a practitioner of the Sukiya. It has no foundation stone, but sits on a square pedestal planted into the ground for stability. This is the characteristic of the “buried base” group of stone lanterns known as “ikekomi”.

For more info on the Oribe and other stone lanterns, see Japanese Stone Lanterns.

 

 



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Learn how to tie a knot for a bamboo fence, or which tools you should get first in the Japanese Gardening Reference pages. Some of the topics covered:

Garden/ArchitectureFencing
Garden Tools Plants & Pruning
Lanterns & Stones Garden Terms

Free e-books on Japanese gardening available in the JGO forum. starting with Guenter Nitshke!



Japanese Gardens: Notes on Perspectives, Perceptions & Synthesis - thoughts on how to "see" a Japanese Garden from Andrew R. Deane.

Ka-tei, Japanese Architecture, Japanese Garden - the essential relationship between architecture and garden.

Kennin-ji Roji

DOUBT, Learning to see the Japanese Garden - Japanese garden designer reflects on his experience as apprentice to a Master gardener in Kyoto

Chaji, A Formal Tea Ceremony - a 5-part series on the "Way of Tea"

Kumamoto En is first of the Kumamoto En Sister City Garden the first sister city garden to be profiled in JGO.

Japanese Tea Garden at Sunken Gardens - a history of this unique garden in San Antonio, Texas.

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