Related Links
General Japanese-style gardens resources
Japanese Garden Design Principles
Article by The Helpful Gardener presenting Japanese garden design principles. Includes descriptions of components.
JGarden.org
JGarden includes a wide range of information, including garden locations, organizations, historical biographies, and an index of the Journal of Japanese Gardening (JOJG).
Japanese garden plants
Part of the JGarden.org site. Lists Japanese name, English name, Latin name, and native habitat.
"Flora and Fauna of Japan"
Gives a brief overview of the animals and plants in Japan.
Journal of Japanese Gardening
Information about the bi-monthly journal published by ROTH Tei-en in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania that discusses all aspects of Japanese Garden design, construction and maintenance.
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
An online dictionary of Japanese architectural and art history terminology, including gardens.
Historic Japanese American gardening and gardeners
WRA photograph by Dorothea Lange
George J. Yokomizo, hybridizer for the guayule rubber experiment project. Manzanar, California. 6/29/42
Manzanar mess hall, block 34 garden photo
Contemporary photograph.
Confinement and Ethnicity site
Describes representative ponds and gardens at Manzanar.
California Horticulture Oral History Series - Toichi Domoto
A Japanese-American nurseryman's life in California: floriculture and family, 1883-1992
With Introductions by Julius Nuccio and Ernest Wertheim. Interviews Conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1992. The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
DiscoverNikkei.org's "Landscaping & Gardening" resource page
Nikkei landscaping and gardening related links.
Japanese-style garden projects & related sites
"Gardens Telling Stories: The Japanese Gardens and Gardeners of West Los Angeles"
Exhibition curated by Margaret Nieto Ph.D. that was shown at several venues. The Web site includes photographs from some neighborhood gardens and images from Stoner Park.
Tim's Japanese Garden
Chronicles the development (with photos and text) of Tim's backyard Japanese garden project.
Collecting Junipers with Harry Hirao
2003 Juniper Dig with Harry Hirao
Photos and story by Jim Peerson
Collecting California Junipers with Harry Hirao
Photos and story by Al "Dude" Keppler
North American Bonsai Federation (NABF) Newsletter #8>
Feature #13, California Juniper - About Harry Hirao
By Jerry McNey
General gardening & miscellaneous sites
The American Garden Museum
A working archive that celebrates American gardens and their gardeners.
KoiVet.com article
Article by Doc Johnson about koi in Southern California.
Eric Nakamura's blog
Giant Robot publisher and editor. Here are some gardening-related selections from his blog:
George's Hardware
Your Yard From Boom to Bust #5
