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Over 10,000 visitors made it to the Seattle Japanese Garden for the 10-day Maple Viewing Festival this year. The garden added extra shade of colors each day during the festival as it began to prepare for winter. Arts and Crafts activities held throughout the festival were enjoyed by visitors from around the world!
Read MoreJapanese maples are truly a four-season plant… And, perhaps most notable, the brilliant display of fall. The beauty of each season is in its impermanence, the daily change and inevitable shift into the next phase.
Read MoreIn Japanese-style gardens, foreground shrubs are often pruned into the semi-spherical shape known as tamamono. Repeated, this simple form contributes mass and stability to the garden, and a sense of peacefulness & tranquility as we encounter it
Read MoreIn combination with moss, NW native ferns are an important groundcover in the mountain and woodland areas of the Seattle Japanese Garden.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered if any of the shrubs in the Seattle Japanese Garden are native to our area? Here’s a look at some iconic Pacific Northwest native shrubs. They’re planted at the south end of our garden – in the teahouse, mountain and woodland areas.
Read MoreWhen working on these wild plants, we are not trying to shape them. We are allowing them to grow “where they will” and simply making adjustments and clarifications.
Read MoreAbove the rock wall at the north end of the garden, a wave of evergreen azaleas blooms brilliant magenta-pink in late April and early May.
Read MoreOsmanthus is an under-appreciated gem of our Seattle Japanese Garden – and a favorite of mine....
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