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New Priority Mail stamp a first for Hilo
The new United States Postal Service Priority Mail postage stamp is a centennial project of Friends of Lili`uokalani Gardens four years in the making. Lili`uokalani Gardens joins a select group of...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s centennial Japanese Garden
a viewing platform with cherry tree along the path to the main entry gate informational sign at main entry gate second sign at main entry gate window in the main viewing deck strolling path around the...
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Entry deadline nears for Waza To Kokoro in Portland
The Center View this email in your browser Application Deadline: April 15 “The course was brilliant. I met some amazing people and learnt a lot, and it will leave a lasting impact on what I do in the...
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Congratulations to Chicago Botanic Garden
map of the three islands of Sansho-en (Elizabeth Hubert Malott Garden) courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden The United States Postal Service announced a set of 10 gardens to be issued on stamps in 2020....
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Maymont in Richmond, Virginia
Continuing tales of travel to Japanese-style gardens outside of Japan. Maymont House in Richmond Virginia, an American country estate of the Gilded Age Down path, through a gate and into a century-old...
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Hillwood – Marjorie Merriweather Post’s estate in Washington DC
well-appointed gift shop at Hillwood Purchased by Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1955, following divorce from her third husband, Hillwood is located at 4155 Linnean Avenue in NW Washington, D.C. During...
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Coming soon: hands-on learning in Arizona
Promoting the Art, Craft and Heart of Japanese gardens in the USA and Canada. SOUTHWEST REGIONAL at the Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Register for NAJGA’s next Regional workshop and enjoy...
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Enjoy gardens (from a distance) during stay-home order
Stay Home orders have been issued by several states in addition to the closure of even more public places such as museums and public parks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. During “stay...
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Giverny
Catching up on gardens visited some time ago but not yet posted: in late summer-early fall of 2014, two family members joined me for a trip to Paris and Giverny. Chez Marie et Gilbert Therin B&B in...
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Paris in the Fall several years ago
In the fall of 2014, I was fortunate to have our son and daughter-in-law as traveling companions for a trip to Paris. Being unfamiliar with the City of Light, for the first day we hired a car and...
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