Events Calendar

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Winter 2012


1-29	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space	Mondays-Fridays (excluding 2/20) Noon-3 p.m.	More Info

2-23	Yoga in the Garden	Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-11:30 a.m.	More Info

7	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space: Tea and Tranquility	2-3 p.m.	More Info

9	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space: Nature and Health	2-3 p.m.	More Info

10	Open Pavilion: Wagashi: A Tasting of Japanese Sweets	Noon-3 p.m.	More Info

14	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space: A Naturopathic Approach to Good Health	2-3 p.m.	More Info

16	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space: TBA	2-3 p.m.	More Info

17	Open Pavilion: Wagashi: A Tasting of Japanese Sweets	Noon-3 p.m.	More Info

20	Free Admission Day	10 a.m.-4 p.m.	More Info

21	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space: Medicine in the Garden	2-3 p.m.	More Info

23	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space: Kado, the Way of Flowers	2-3 p.m.	More Info

24	Open Pavilion: Wagashi: A Tasting of Japanese Sweets	Noon-3 p.m.	More Info

25-Mar 3	Hina Matsuri, the Doll Festival	Garden Hours	More Info

28	Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space: The Benefits of Shiatsu	2-3 p.m.	More Info


cont.-Mar 3	Hina Matsuri, the Doll Festival	Garden Hours	More Info

3-4	Ohara Ikebana Exhibition	10 a.m.-4 p.m.	More Info

10-11	Bamboo Fence Building Workshop	9 a.m-3 p.m.	More Info

11	Remembering Tohoku: Looking Toward a Brighter Future	2-4 p.m.	Details TBA

18	Member Tea & Tour	1-3 p.m.	More Info

22	Lecture – Landscape Architect Anna Tamura Speaks on Gardens Built by Japanese-Americans at Internments Camps during WWII	5:30-7:30 p.m.	More Info

24+25	Photography Workshop: *Developing Garden Photography Skills*	8 a.m.-12 noon	More Info

29	Photography Member Hours	6:30-8 a.m.	More Info

31-Apr 1	Saga Goryu Ikebana Exhibition: Hana Matsuri, the Flower Festival Celebrating the Birth of Buddha	10 a.m.-4 p.m.	More Info


cont.-1	Saga Goryu Ikebana Exhibition: Hana Matsuri, the Flower Festival Celebrating the Birth of Buddha	10 a.m.-4 p.m.	More Info

6-29	Art in the Garden – Meditative Moments: Tea Ceramics by Richard Milgrim and Paintings by Hiroshi Senju	Garden Hours	More Info

12	Commemorative Tree Planting for Japan-U.S. Cherry Blossom Centennial		Details TBA

21	Presentations of Chado, the Way of Tea	1 p.m. & 2 p.m.	More Info

27	Photography Member Hours	6:30-8 a.m.	More Info

28	Annual Plant Sale	10 a.m.-4 p.m.	More Info


5	Kodomo no Hi, Children’s Day	1-3 p.m.	More Info

10	Annual Meeting of the Membership	6-8 p.m.	More Info

13	Mother’s Day	10 a.m.-7 p.m.	More Info

19-20	Bonsai Society Exhibition	10 a.m.-6 p.m.	More Info

19	Presentations of Chado, the Way of Tea	1 p.m. & 2 p.m.	More Info

22	Photography Member Hours	6:30-8 a.m.	More Info

28	Memorial Day (Special Hours)	10 a.m.-7 p.m.


2-3	Sogetsu Ikebana Rose Festival Exhibition	10 a.m.-6 p.m.	More Info

8-July 1	Art in the Garden – Hiroshi Saito: Art that Heals	Garden Hours	Details TBA

13	Photography Member Hours	7-9 p.m.	More Info

16	Presentations of Chado, the Way of Tea	1 p.m. & 2 p.m.	More Info


6	Extended Evening Member Hours	7-9 p.m.	More Info

7	Tanabata, the Star Festival	1-3 p.m.	More Info

11	Lecture: Healing Garden – Teresia Hazen	5:30-7:30 p.m.	Details TBA

13	Extended Evening Member Hours	7-9 p.m.	More Info

18	Photography Member Hours	7-9 p.m.	More Info

19	Twilight Hours for Supporting and Sponsor Members	7-9 p.m.	More Info

20	Extended Evening Member Hours	7-9 p.m.	More Info

21	Presentations of Chado, the Way of Tea	1 p.m. & 2 p.m.	More Info

27	Extended Evening Member Hours	7-9 p.m.	More Info

27	Behind the Shoji Members’ Opening Event	7-9 p.m.	Details TBA

28-Sep 3	Behind the Shoji Art Show and Sale	Garden Hours	Details TBA


cont.-Sep 3	Behind the Shoji Art Show and Sale	Garden Hours	Details TBA

9	Twilight Hours for Supporting and Sponsor Members	7-9 p.m.	More Info

16	O-Bon, the Spirit Festival	8-9:30 p.m.	More Info

17	Photography Member Hours	7-9 p.m.	More Info

18	Presentations of Chado, the Way of Tea	1 p.m. & 2 p.m.	More Info


cont.-3	Behind the Shoji Art Show and Sale	Garden Hours	Details TBA

3	Labor Day (Special Hours)	10 a.m.-7 p.m.

6	Twilight Hours for Supporting and Sponsor Members	7-9 p.m.	More Info

13	Photography Member Hours	6:30-8 a.m.	More Info

13	Volunteer Orientation	10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.	More Info

15	Presentations of Chado, the Way of Tea	1 p.m. & 2 p.m.	More Info

28, 29, 30	O-Tsukimi, Moonviewing	6-8 p.m.	More Info


6-7	Ryusei-ha Ikebana Exhibition	10 a.m.-4 p.m.	More Info

11	Photography Member Hours	6:30-8 a.m.	More Info

20-21	Ikebana International Chrysanthemum Exhibition: Celebrating Kiku Matsuri	10 a.m.-4 p.m.	More Info

20	Presentations of Chado, the Way of Tea	1 p.m. & 2 p.m.	More Info

25	Lecture: Gardens and the Community – Mike Houck	5:30-7:30 p.m.	Details TBA

27	Friends of the Garden Maple Sale	10 a.m.-3 p.m.	More Info


2-25	Art in the Garden – Bamboo Art: Meditation and Transformation	Garden Hours	Details TBA

22	Thanksgiving Day – Garden Closed