by K.T. Cannon-Eger | Oct 25, 2015 | *World Garden Database*, America Gardens
Sansho-en, AKA Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden at Chicago Botanic Garden is a 17.3 acre promenade style garden or kaiyu-shiki, a garden style developed during the 17th century. Sansho-en means “The Garden of the Three Islands” – Keiunto, Seifuto and Horajima – visible in a diagram of the garden.
by K.T. Cannon-Eger | Aug 23, 2015 | Reference, Stone Lanterns
Japanese Stone Lantern photos by K.T. Cannon-Eger and Bill Eger St Louis, Missouri, Lantern in the Japanese garden of the Missouri Botanical Garden, pieces of which date back to the 1904 World’s Fair « ‹ 1 of 33 › » Use arrows to browse images, or click...
by K.T. Cannon-Eger | Jan 1, 2015 | *World Garden Database*, America Gardens
Well-known garden designers and intense community effort have been the hallmarks of Lili`uokalani Gardens since the beginning in 1917. Some of the designers include Nagao Sakurai (1949 restoration following 1946 tsunami), Kinsaku Nakane (1968 restoration plan following 1960 tsunami), Katsuaki Nobukuni (1972 tea house garden), Kazuo Nakamura (1976 bicentennial garden), David Tamura and Fred Nonaka (1997 tea house garden), and Leonard Bisel (2000).
by K.T. Cannon-Eger | Jul 25, 2012 | *World Garden Database*, America Gardens
A modern take on the Japanese stroll garden is forming around the plaza level of the Trammell Crow Center in the art district of Dallas.