Japan Garden Path News - April 2007
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The Garden Path
A p r i l 2 0 0 7
Volume 6 Number 4
A Monthly Publication of the Portland Japanese Garden
Inside this Issue
Kokeshi Doll Exhibition
Garden Plant Sale
Portland-Chicago-DCTrip
Summer Hours Begin
Annual Meeting
Nominees for...
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The Garden Path
A p r i l 2 0 0 7
Volume 6 Number 4
A Monthly Publication of the Portland Japanese Garden
Inside this Issue
Kokeshi Doll Exhibition
Garden Plant Sale
Portland-Chicago-DCTrip
Summer Hours Begin
Annual Meeting
Nominees for JG Board of Directors
This Month in the Gift Store
Gardeners Corner
Garden Clippings
Pavilion Update
Garden Paradise: Save the Date
Coming in May
Kokeshi
Doll
Exhibition
Every part of the world has its own peculiar folk
toys--all distinctive to the place and to the people
living there.
Unique folk toys are found in every
part of Japan too, and among the most typical are
kokeshi,orwoodendolls.
Althoughkokeshiaremade
throughout the country, only in the Tohoku region
of Japan are they made according to traditional local
techniques passed down through generations.
Continued inside
The highly anticipated annual Japanese Garden
Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, April 28.
This
sale gives garden enthusiasts an ideal opportunity to
browseandpurchaseawideselectionofplantsnative
to Asia as well as plants found in Asian gardens.
More than 20 Portland-area nurseries will be selling
an outstanding selection of conifers, peonies,
orchids, camellias, hydrangea, bamboo, bonsai,
Japanese maples, azaleas, rhododendrons, and
more.
These native Asian plants can be used in
any garden, but are particularly suitable for Asianthemed gardens.
The sale will be held in the upper parking/garden
entry area of the Japanese Garden.
Members of
the Garden will enjoy a members-only preview
and sale from 9 - 10am.
The general public is
welcome from 10am - 3pm.
We look forward to
seeing you there.
Kokeshi Doll Exhibition
April 7 - 22
Lecture and Reception
With Guest Speaker
Michiko Kornhauser
April 14, 1pm - 3pm
Location: Garden Pavilion
Members Free
Non-members $12(IncludesGardenadmission)
* Sorry, no Members discount at Plant Sale.
Garden
Plant Sale
April 28
Members Only* 9am - 10am
General Public 10am - 3pm
Garden's upper parking lot
Free to members & non-members
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