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japanese garden and meditation centre

The Pureland Japanese Garden and Meditation Centre is a remarkable place. It is a uniquely beautiful garden, and also the home of Buddha Maitreya (pronounced 'My-treeya'), a spiritual teacher and creator of this wonderful space. T [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Japanese garden opens to public

The garden is part of Australia's Open Garden Scheme and is the result of years of innovation and hard work by Bob and Evelyn Marshall. 'Tani Tei En' (Japanese for 'valley garden') covers half an acre and boasts not o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Juniper from Japan

When we think of a traditional bonsai and what it should look like, we think of a "Juniper Procumbens Nana." This dwarf Juniper from Japan is the most popular evergreen in the U.S. It is very hardy, long-lived, and tolerates man [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2007 | Comments : 0

Japan Re-organizes Gardens for Plant Conservation

Japanese gardens are havens of tranquility: Japan's botanic gardens are renowned for their beauty and are appreciated by local people as havens of tranquility and pleasure gardens. But that image is already beginning to change, as BGCI's e [...]