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Spring Cleaning: Replacing the Paper Shoji Screen at the Shoseian Tea House

On April 6, we opened the Shoseian Tea House at the Garden for our first Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration of the 2024 season. A week prior to opening, the tea house underwent its annual spring cleaning. (Two major cleanings take place at the tea house each year: one in spring, just before the tea demonstration season starts, and the other in fall, just after the season ends.) Read more…

Chado, Garden Maintenance, Japanese CultureYukari YamanoApril 5, 2024teahouse, shoji, shojiscreen, akarishoji, seattle japanese garden, spring cleaning

New Flowering Cherries Planted in the Restored Meadow

Last month, the garden crew from Seattle Parks and Recreation completed the final phase of the meadow restoration project in the Japanese Garden. This involved the planting of 11 beautiful new flowering cherry trees in the upper section of the meadow, which overlooks the Moon Viewing Platform by the Garden’s pond.

Garden Maintenance, In the Garden, Plants and Blooms, SpringGuest UserJanuary 17, 2024cherry blossoms, Cherry, Trees

A Diary of My Japan Study Tour

In November of 2022, Pete Putnicki, Seattle Japanese Garden Senior Gardener, toured Japanese gardens across Japan. The tour was hosted by the North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA) and was joined by garden professionals from public Japanese gardens from seven states. This is a diary of the trip by Pete himself.

Garden History, Garden Maintenance, Japanese Garden Design, Japanese Culture, HistoryGuest UserNovember 29, 2022Japanese Garden, garden maintenance

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