APRIL13 2025
Schedule of tours for May 2025 - red marks unfilled shifts
Private tours
Photos of people who work in the Seattle Japanese Garden
APRIL 17, THURSDAY at 10:00: Reading group: Visionary Landscapes, Japanese Garden Design in North America: The Work of Five Contemporary Masters,
APRIL 22, TUESDAY: Prepare Koi Food from 11 until we are done, in the Tateuchi room.
APRIL 24, THURSDAY: Guide training day #2, 9:00AM
APRIL 28 10:30 Rhododendron Tour with Ray Larson
Link to main webpage of Japanese Garden Be sure to read the blogs!
Seattle Japanese Garden Community Blog. A website with a variety of things related to the Seattle Japanese Garden, somewhat out of date but there are still many interesting links and it's worth exploring.
Setting Stones and the Flow of Water
A pdf file of the introductory talk about Japanese Garden design and traditions
Map of the stone lanternsA stroll though the first 50 years of the Seattle Japanese Garden movie file, 30 min
Rock Water Plant Garden Masters' Record
Diary of Juki IidaA history of the Japanese Garden by Ken Sorrells
An article written by Juki Iida in 1974
Juki Iida Scroll (powerpoint presentation)
***Report for the Landmarks Preservation Board, 2008 This was carefully researched with many references. Mostly physical measurements until page 10. Check out the photographs!
Study of Landscape Space and Design Elements at Seattle Japanese Garden. K.Kobayashi, 2014
Legacy of the Japanese Garden of Seattle, K.Kobayashi,2003
Summer 2020 Arboretum Foundation Bulletin about 60th Anniversary
Agreement between City of Seattle and Arboretum Foundation in January 2023
Some special Maple Trees for October 2024, from the Plant Committee
Notes from the Plant committee continuing eduction class in the fall of 2024
Check out the wonderful new page by the Plant CommitteeThere are descriptions of MAPLES, FERNS, CAMELLIAS and RHODODENDRONS.
Blogs on the Garden website about plants
Materials about plants (restricted access to Unit 86 members)
Coloring outside the guide lines by Iain Robertson
A Designers Introduction by Iain Robertson
A movie of Iain Robertson's Scroll
A tour by Peter Putnicki, head gardener
Tour by Jesse Hiraoka with sketches by Louise Kikuchi
An Appreciation of the Japanese Garden, Barbara Engram, 2009
The 'classic' tour by Ellen Widmayer in 1992
Tours with children, Tai Shinohara
A tour of the garden (Youtube) Docent Peggy Garber presents her garden tour. There are 12 segments.
A summary of tour topics by Steve and Peggy Garber
SAFETY and emergencies (powerpoint)
NEW DESIGNS for the garden structure
Note that this is a large file with many images and may take a few minutes to download.
Model of the planned pavilion
Green Legacy Hiroshima(link)
Our Hibaku-jumoku trees(powerpoint)
Wildlife in the Garden, Timothy Grendon
Koi and the Pond, Karen Hemmeter
Some references provided by Anne Potter:
Reference book: Koi Varieties. Japanese Colored Card-Nishikigoi Dr. Herbert Axelrod, 1988
Links to websites about koi
Champion koi. Good pictures of varieties
Pan Intercorp, a local vendor from Kenmore, WA
A blog about koi legends
Washington Koi and Water Garden Society webpage
Ideal parameters for pond water
