Garden Offers Taste Of Japanese Culture
5/15/05 The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the Bonsai Club of Santa Barbara are co-sponsoring a weekend of bonsai and Japanese cultural activities May 21-22 at the Botanic Garden,1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara.
Showcasing an internationally popular horticultural art form, the Club's annual bonsai show and sale runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
A one-hour bonsai demonstration will be held both days, and informal demos 3 to 4 times daily. Other activities include guided tours of the Japanese Tea Garden, an electrifying taiko drumming performance by the Togen Daiko ensemble, a demonstration of Japanese tea ceremony by a veteran tea master, and shakuhachi flute music. The Santa Barbara - Toba Japan Sister Cities Committee will exhibit materials about the sister cities program.
Bonsai, originating in China, and later brought to Japan by Zen Buddhists, is the creative shaping of plant material through specialized techniques to produce miniature trees and landscapes. Plants from any region can be trained into classical shapes. Each tree in the show will be displayed on a stand with a smaller, complementary companion plant nearby. There will also be a formal display alcove called a tokonoma, housing a tree, a companion plant, and a Japanese scroll.
Club members will be selling trained and untrained trees, bonsai pots, and other related items. The botanic garden retail nursery will offer plants suitable for bonsai, and books on bonsai will be stocked in the garden shop. Food will be available for purchase, or visitors may bring their own picnic and enjoy it on the garden terrace.
For more information, call the Botanic Garden at 682-4726 or visit their Web site at www.sbbg.org.
Showcasing an internationally popular horticultural art form, the Club's annual bonsai show and sale runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
A one-hour bonsai demonstration will be held both days, and informal demos 3 to 4 times daily. Other activities include guided tours of the Japanese Tea Garden, an electrifying taiko drumming performance by the Togen Daiko ensemble, a demonstration of Japanese tea ceremony by a veteran tea master, and shakuhachi flute music. The Santa Barbara - Toba Japan Sister Cities Committee will exhibit materials about the sister cities program.
Bonsai, originating in China, and later brought to Japan by Zen Buddhists, is the creative shaping of plant material through specialized techniques to produce miniature trees and landscapes. Plants from any region can be trained into classical shapes. Each tree in the show will be displayed on a stand with a smaller, complementary companion plant nearby. There will also be a formal display alcove called a tokonoma, housing a tree, a companion plant, and a Japanese scroll.
Club members will be selling trained and untrained trees, bonsai pots, and other related items. The botanic garden retail nursery will offer plants suitable for bonsai, and books on bonsai will be stocked in the garden shop. Food will be available for purchase, or visitors may bring their own picnic and enjoy it on the garden terrace.
For more information, call the Botanic Garden at 682-4726 or visit their Web site at www.sbbg.org.
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