Saturday, July 31, 2010

Portland takes leadership in creating a new partnership between Japanese gardens, national and international

Portland Japanese Garden makes rapid progress in bringing together leaders in the Japanese garden industry towards the formation of a partnership with the purpose of preserving the traditions of designs and techniques of this historic form of art. Japanese garden in Portland we feel strongly that responsibility and actively participate in ways that fit in our mission.

First, we are working on our own garden gardening techniques to preserve real (such as pruning, bamboo fencebuilding and raking of Zen Garden) marketing, local seminars and dissemination of information about sources of materials for private and public gardens.

Garden increases its links with amateur and professional gardeners. for example, our garden curatorship consults with other public gardens and landscape architectural services students are frequent visitors here on our site.

Classes and other information programmes are part of our mission to educate.

To enhance the cultural experience, we use our educational programming (exhibitions, events, festivals), as well as garden and provides an interactive experience of visitors to deepen their understanding of the Japanese aesthetic.

Finally, the Portland Japanese garden is taking a leadership role in establishing a consortium of Japanese garden pro-am here in North America through the integration of members of the Japanese garden area in North America to attend our workshops and lectures, we insure, conservation and development in the areas of design, construction, maintenance and equipment-all in ways that work for intellectuals, so as not to lose the traditional ways we feel very strongly about our part, while maintaining this window to another culture.

– Steve Bloom

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Friday, July 30, 2010

What is Zen Gardens?

Japanese Chaniwa GardensBlog Stats55, 166 hitsBlogrollFREE Japanese garden VideoJapanese Gardens ManualJapanese Gardens Photo GalleryUK Gardens WebsiteWilliam Corey-Japanese garden photographer WebsitePagesAboutThe Passing Of William CoreyArchivesMay 2010April 2010March 2010September 2008August 2008July 2008May 2008April 2008March 2008February 2008October 2007September 2007August 2007July 2007June 2007May 2007March 2007February 2007What are Zen Gardens, Claire? Posted on 4 April 2010 by japzen

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Happy Easter and thank you for visiting Japanese garden blog. Article am posting group for Zen gardens, often controversial subject but one that I think today, attention should be paid to Ask someone from Japan. [1] [2] and they understand the term Zen-Garden, the Japanese Gardens of the Western management.

Experts frown on the use of terms, but maybe they should be approved, that many people there and they are in the minds of the very popular!

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Be very familiar with Japanese Gardens, but what about the Zen Garden?You can understand the difference between or perhaps substantially exist are so closely related that they are substantially the same thing.

The truth is that the answer is somewhere in the middle of the although the Japanese garden experts argue strongly against this. Let me try to set out in the Zen gardens, which I think is a Japanese style garden near relative.Step back for a moment, what can know or have heard, and even add ZEN Buddhism on the back of your mind.

It is widely accepted that the concept of "Zen Garden" first appeared is called "100 Gardens Of Kyoto ' Loraine Kuck 1930 20′ s written a book, even to assimilate the concept of Japanese 1950 20′ s They use up to. both domestic and foreign tourist concept and it is almost ' fad ' strict Garden type purists.Gardens attract visitors a lot of temples, and this is referred to as the source of the religious. many years ago, it was incorrectly monk or garden but today is to see the guides with the temples, such as the gardens.

Is a popular view is not such a thing as a Zen Garden and many people believe that is not yet necessary can use either the Garden as only the entries you can enjoy in whatsoever form, on the other hand, it will take and of the Viewer is on the experts.

Is woven a modern language of the everyday term these views, which are, in fact, whilst respecting the Zen-Garden Nutshell can have Garden Temple, minimalist Garden, a spiritual Garden, stone gardens and garden spiritual feeling and meaning.

You can probably accepts these descriptions, such as Japan forms "dry" gardens, which are not just of the temple at but may be privately owned, parks, restaurants and even places, including the hotels name-maybe when there may be a likelihood of confusion is that these dry gardens can be kept up to date with some people expressions Zen philosophy.

Thus it is conundrum. Japanese I almost certain, inter alia, Garden designers and builders ever hear the term "Zen Garden" but outside a common term in accordance with the subject in different ways with the umbrella-for example, Japanese dry gardens, rock gardens and the temple is called Zen gardens.

Lazy or a lack of detailed information that is often experts, the view, but they exist and people love them in their visual beauty and spiritual feeling could say. in my view, is quite simple.

You have more than one person, that you visit, and I appreciate the better the Japanese Gardens and it really matter what they are called, when all user surely Garden is exactly what the name suggests … a garden!

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Japanese garden information

Claire, Japanese Chaniwa GardensBlog Stats55, 166 hitsBlogrollFREE Japanese garden VideoJapanese Gardens ManualJapanese Gardens Photo GalleryUK Gardens WebsiteWilliam Corey-Japanese garden photographer WebsitePagesAboutThe Passing Of William CoreyArchivesMay 2010April 2010March 2010September 2008August 2008July 2008May 2008April 2008March 2008February 2008October 2007September 2007August 2007July 2007June 2007May 2007March 2007February 2007Japanese Garden InformationPosted on 9 April 2010 by japzen

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Thank you for visiting Japanese garden blog. There are so many searches for information on Japanese Gardens on a daily basis over the Internet, the good news is you can see my blog and it is packaged in a lot of useful information and photos you can enjoy.

I update it regularly and always love comments might be, and as you can see a lot of people have become part of the mini Japanese garden community through this Web site.

It is important to understand at with a basic Japanese Gardens and before you try to get the "technical" stuff-level so I put together a rather nice is a free video about to enjoy.

Click on the link and enter your information, it takes seconds to do, and you can watch my video: www.japzengardens.org/freevideo.htmi privacy very seriously and never use e-mail addresses to third parties, etc. I HATE SPAM too! pull off some suprising data ' JAPANESE GARDENS ', Have a great day to find the Best wishesRuss check out.

 

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Japanese Garden News ….

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

ENJOY 100 JAPANESE GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHS … (A)

Claire, Japanese Chaniwa GardensBlog Stats55, 166 hitsBlogrollFREE Japanese garden VideoJapanese Gardens ManualJapanese Gardens Photo GalleryUK Gardens WebsiteWilliam Corey-Japanese garden photographer WebsitePagesAboutThe Passing Of William CoreyArchivesMay 2010April 2010March 2010September 2008August 2008July 2008May 2008April 2008March 2008February 2008October 2007September 2007August 2007July 2007June 2007May 2007March 2007February 2007HOW, enjoy 100 JAPANESE GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHS … ... Posted, 11 April 2010 by japzen

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Thank you for visiting the Japanese Gardens blog.

As I mentioned yesterday, I put together "One hundred Japanese Gardens From All Over The World '" Gallery "and has some great pictures and all kinds of simply Japanese Gardens and some Zen too!

It is complete, you can now view, click on the link below then follow the simple steps … once Gallery is a large file, so it may take a few seconds to load onto the screen, please be patient is its values.

www.japzengardens.org/photogallery.htmi is also Japanese Gardens, you can watch THE VIDEO at this address: www.japzengardens.org/freevideo.htmenjoy and visitng thanks!In accordance with Japanese Gardens RussFiled: «Japanese Garden News …. Add Japanese garden images for You To Enjoy …»Leave this ReplyClick to cancel reply.

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Monday, July 26, 2010

Add Japanese garden images for You To Enjoy …

Claire, Japanese Chaniwa GardensBlog Stats55, 166 hitsBlogrollFREE Japanese garden VideoJapanese Gardens ManualJapanese Gardens Photo GalleryUK Gardens WebsiteWilliam Corey-Japanese garden photographer WebsitePagesAboutThe Passing Of William CoreyArchivesMay 2010April 2010March 2010September 2008August 2008July 2008May 2008April 2008March 2008February 2008October 2007September 2007August 2007July 2007June 2007May 2007March 2007February 2007More Japanese Garden Images For You To Enjoy … Posted on 15 April 2010 by japzen

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Today posting More pictures you can take a look at the Japanese garden, I have a great selection of photos that you see and you can then save to your computer. you see it at: www.japzengardens.org/photogallery.htm



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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Would Like To Learn More about the Japanese Gardens?

Would, you Like To Learn More about the Japanese Gardens? 29. May 2010 japzen author
Hi there
Thank you for visiting the Japanese Gardens on my blog I have just made the post. Rocks Japanese Gardens, very interesting and quite complicatec subject but there is good news for a lot of free information on the blog you can read and enjoy.
Also my Japanese Gardens resource manual is interest only curious for more information, or are you involved in the design.
You can read it on the Web page at: www.japzengardens.org
Japanese Gardens Visual appreciation also check out my Gallery of more than 100 Japan and had a Zen gardens from across the world there is a link to a page in the sidebar as usual.
Enjoy and questions by typing request!
Compliments
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