meetings & events

NAJGA 2013 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS

 

Japanese Garden Principles & Design Techniques
May 2-4, 2013

Workshops include:
Japanese Garden Design Charette
The Art of Stone Setting
Pruning the Japanese Black Pine
Hosted by the Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis, TN

Downloads:

Memphis Workshop Information & Registration Form »

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Japanese Woodworking Skills & Traditional Hand Tools
Aug 13 - 16, 2013
Oakland, California

Building Traditional Skills Program:

3 days hands-on shop work, overview of tool making, tea house construction, wood restoration, and woodcraft

1) traditional tool selection, prep and use
2) safe 'best practices'
3) background on tool manufacture and technology
4) workplace set-up
5) edge tool sharpening
6) familiarization of traditional joinery forms, practices and historic cultural shifts
7) hands-on techniques, ideas and challenges
8) overview of basic joinery principles
9) developing a progressive work discipline

Site visits to:

1) San Francisco Tea Garden, CA
2) Hakone Japanese Garden, Saratoga, CA
3) San Jose Nihonmachi and new Japanese American Museum
4) Kohan-en, Oakland, CA
5) Hidetools, Berkeley, CA

Hosted by Daiku Dojo (Japanese Carpenter Hall for Training, Practicing) Oakland, California

More details and registration download available in early June.

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Constructing Japanese Garden Water Features & Selecting/Caring for Koi
Sept. 20 -21, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Workshops and Lectures On:
Design and Construction of Japanese Garden Ponds and Water Features
Boulder Selection and Placement
Koi Selection and Care

Site Visit to:
Quality Koi, Nisei Koi Farm

Hosted by the Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, Philadelphia, PA

More details and registration download available in early July.