Events Calendar

Questions about events?  Please contact: events@japanesegarden.com or (503) 542-0280

Winter 2012

February


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

Spring 2012

March


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

April


 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

May


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.

Summer 2012

June


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

July


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

August


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

Fall 2012

September


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

October


 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

November


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

22 Thanksgiving Day – Garden Closed

Winter 2012

December


25 Christmas Day – Garden Closed