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Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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Posted by bvzupstate upstatenyz5 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 25, 05 at 10:34
| I live in Clifton Park, NY (Upstate) near the Vermont border. |
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RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| Sure, there are tons of them. The Montreal Japanese garden is decent, and it might be the closest to where you live. |
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| Are there any in NYC or Boston? thanks
brett |
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| Brett --- Check out Jgarden.org --- you can search for gardens in any state, country, province, etc. |
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| Weslyan University, Middletown Conn. has both a garden and a tatami room at their East Asian Study Center. |
Here is a link that might be useful: MansfieldFreeman Center
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| The Boston Art Museum has an OK Japanese garden. When I was there the garden was closed but you could see it from a window in their gift shop. |
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| Duckski, The Wesleyan garden is a bit tore up due to construction right now. The J.P. Hume Stroll garden on Long Island is directed by Stephen Morrell, the designer for the Wesleyan garden. The Boston garden has good bones but needs some more upkeep (haven't been there since last year); it's a Kinshiro Nakane (with help of his student and current Boston design empress, Julie Moir Meservey). Hopefully the Wesleyan garden gets returned to it's fine condition shortly; I was just by there a few days ago and construction is finishing. I'm sure they'll put it back to good... |
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| Innisfree is absolutely lovely in Millbrook, NY. It's open until 10/20. http://www.innisfreegarden.com/ |
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| How about the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in NYC? I haven't been there for ages, but they have a lovely old JG (albeit small), and a bonsai collection that is outrageous. Anyone been there recently? |
RE: Are there any Japanese gardens in NorthEast?
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| Just visited the Wesleyan garden and the only damage is the fence at the west end of the garden; happy to report the rest is unscathed and as lovely as ever. Still worth a visit; the tokonoma was in fall glory with some grass, a few twigs of Harry Lauder's walking stick, and two perfect mums... |
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