NAJGA Regional Meeting
September 23-25, 2011
Chicago Botanic Garden
Dear NAJGA Subscribers,
Meet us at the Chicago Botanic Garden on September 23-25 for a weekend all about Japanese gardens!
Begin on Friday with a leisurely field trip to Anderson Gardens and Rosecrance Healing Garden. Hear a guided tour by Anderson Gardens Curator, Tim Gruner and enjoy a box lunch.
Saturday will feature presentations from the NAJGA leadership representatives, Mary Plunkett, Manager of Interpretive Programs at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Brent Marcus of Marcus Specimen Trees, and Sada Uchiyama, Curator at the Portland Japanese Garden .
On Saturday evening NAJGA will host a lecture by Ken Brown, Professor of Asian Art at California State University Long Beach titled: Beyond Japan: Japanese Gardens in North America through the Lens of the Midwest.
Enjoy a tour on Sunday by Senior Horticulturist Benjamin Carroll of the Sansho-En Japanese Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden.The meeting will conclude with a presentation by Tim Gruner, and a presentation and workshop by Landscape Artist and author, David Slawson.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Regional Meeting — $60
Regional Meeting + Field Trip — $110
Box lunch included with field trip. Lunch served on Saturday only.
PLEASE REGISTER BY AUGUST 20, 2011
Download the registration form and full program:
http://csulb.edu/~jgarden/najga.html
To reserve your space by phone please call:
(562) 985-2169.
By email: tteran@najga.com
By fax: (562) 985-5362
Registrants may also submit their information by mail:
The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
California State University, Long Beach
6300 State University Dr. Ste. 306
Long Beach, CA 90815
Make checks payable to the EBM Japanese Garden
PLEASE NOTE:
Program subject to change. Please direct all inquiries to (562) 985-2169.
NAJGA is made possible by generous support from:
Special thanks to the NAJGA Leadership and Host Gardens:
Anderson Garden, Rockford, IL
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, AL
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Long Beach, CA
Forth Worth Botanic Garden, Forth Worth, TX
Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, CA
Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Jardin Botanique de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR
Seattle Japanese Garden, Seattle, WA
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, Philadelphia, PA
Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden, Pasadena, CA
UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC
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