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Japanese Garden 満開 IN BLOOM A PUBLICATION FROM WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS SPRING 2021 A LETTER FROM OUR 理事長からの PRESIDENT メッセージ An opportunity was afforded to WBG and this region Japanese Gardens were often built with tall walls or when the stars aligned exactly two years ago! We found hedges so that when you entered the garden you were out we were receiving a donation of 24 bonsai trees, the whisked away into a place of peace and tranquility, away Graeser family stepped up with a $500,000 match grant from the worries of the world. A peaceful, meditative to get the Japanese Garden going, and internationally garden space can teach us much about ourselves and renowned traditional Japanese landscape designer, our world. Shiro Nakane, visited Louisville and agreed to design a two-acre, authentic Japanese Garden for us. With the building of this authentic Japanese Garden we will learn many 花鳥風月 From the beginning, this project has been about people, new things, both during the process “Kachou Fuugetsu” serendipity, our community, and unexpected alignments. and after it is completed. We will –Japanese Proverb Mr. Nakane first visited in September 2019, three weeks enjoy peaceful, quiet times in the before the opening of the Waterfront Botanical Gardens. garden, social times, moments of Literally translates to Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon. He could sense the excitement for what was happening learning and inspiration, and moments Meaning experience on this 23-acre site in Louisville, KY. He made his of deep emotion as we witness the the beauties of nature, commitment on the spot. impact of this beautiful place on our and in doing so, learn children and grandchildren who visit about yourself. Since that time, he visited again in March 2020. We have our garden. had multiple Zoom calls with his team and have shared hundreds of emails. Working with the Nakane team has Once we raise the funds to get started with this elegant been a wonderful learning experience, as have all our addition to the landscape of our region, we will witness efforts, struggles, and successes associated with this the building of a cultural center in Louisville that will project. I have learned about Japanese culture, business remain long after we are gone. Join us in learning more practices, communication, and the importance about the Japanese Garden while it is being built by of nature in our lives. Japanese craftsmen. Enjoy a walk over the arched bridge, a visit to the amazing bonsai garden, and an authentic tea ceremony in the Tea House. I believe you and I will be changed forever. Kasey Kasey Maier, President LEFT TO RIGHT: KENJI TASHIRO, YUKIHIRO NAKANE, KURT GRAESER, KASEY MAIER, DAVID GRAESER, SHIRO NAKANE OUR VISION Planting seeds and growing minds for more sustainable cities. STAFF Shalonda Brown Wanda Peck Kat Rivers Nejma Piagentini HR Administrator Youth Education Adult Education Vice-Chair Kasey Maier Specialist Coordinator Environmental President Elizabeth Chandler Scientist Development Duncan Cherry Brett Shepherd Jeff Cummins Manager Office Manager Director of Capital David Grey Director of Finance Campaigns Secretary Allison Whitehouse Chelsea Hicks and Operations Senior Data Scientist Adult Engagement Horticulturist of Global Production, Jamie Burghardt, Manager OFFICERS OF Brown-Forman Director of Dan Cash THE BOARD Horticulture and Andrew Hagerty Facilities Coordinator Susan Howard, Education Lead Horticulturist Jon Salomon Treasurer Ryeshia Reves Chair Lesley Kinney Amy Defigueiredo Special Events Assistant Director of Tax Partner, Tachau Services, Dean Dorton Director of Staff Accountant Manager Meek PLC Development Allen Ford, PLLC 中根史郎氏 INTRODUCING SHIRO NAKANE の紹介 Shiro Nakane was born in Kyoto in 1950. He received his THE FORMATIVE BEAUTY OF ISHIGUMI first lessons in traditional Japanese Garden design as a (ROCK ARRANGEMENT): very young child from his father, noted Japanese Garden …the apparent admiration and esteem enjoyed by the Japanese designer, Kinsaku Nakane, the former President of the Garden throughout the world is presumably attributable to the Osaka University of Arts. recognition of its universal artistic merits, which transcend all racial, religious, and cultural differences. Mr. Nakane graduated from the Gakushuin University in Philosophy in 1975, and joined the staff of the Nakane Upon examining the design features and botanical cultivation Garden Research Institute that same year. of Japanese Gardens, one also notices the astonishing extent to which these have conformed to changes in the environment. Research into the classic aspects of Japanese Gardens could His career started as a first class supervision engineer conceivably shed light on the urgent challenge to modern society for landscape gardening construction. In 1985, he was presented by environmental considerations and attempts to promoted to Executive Vice President of the Nakane coexist with nature. Corporation, and became President in 1995, following in the footsteps of his father. Japanese Gardens, with their history of 1,400 years and the traditional design features that have persisted in this sphere, 1995 Director, International Federation of Landscape Architects of Japan are of profound historical interest as regards investigation of the 2000 Director, Japanese Institute of Japanese Garden Japanese classics. In addition, they provide training with respect 2012 Councilor of the Japan Garden Society to the techniques of natural and subtle balancing or harmonization in the formative arts and elucidate the challenges of ensuring harmony with nature and developing methods for their control and Excerpts from “Structure in the Japanese Garden,” application. These important aspects of the art, which transcend a The Antioch Review, Volume 64, Number 2, 2006 mere appreciation of the garden, appear to contain answers to the by Shiro Nakane: vital questions at hand. Building a garden is like painting on a three-dimensional canvas. Rocks are one of the most important elements. They are “Reproduction of natural environment” and “coexistence with arranged according to the laws of perspective, in well-balanced nature” are not so difficult. The traditional techniques and attitude compositions based upon the triangle. But the master Japanese of the Japanese were originally based on coexisting with nature, gardener learns his craft through natural observation, not saving resources, and decreasing waste materials. theoretical study. As in a painting, literalism and abstraction play a part in the Japanese Garden; we judge each in terms of both I hope the essential beauty of the Japanese Garden will give composition and technique. you an enlightened appreciation of the Japanese Garden that will enable you to incorporate its elements into your own garden designs, creating something like the best of the Japanese Gardens, something that springs from your unique sense of the natural world. COVER FLORA Front: Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume) Back: Japanese Iris (Iris ensata) BOARD OF Greg Buccola Margaret (Peggy) Grant Caroline Lussky Kenisha Thompson Managing Principal, Retired, Stites & Pharmaceutical Rep, Gray Matter Strategy DIRECTORS KPFF Consulting Harbison PLLC Ascend Therapeutics Consulting Engineers Margaret Bell Dominic Gratto Scott Neff Brian Voelker Retired, Former Karen Dahlem Senior Director Co-CEO, The Glenview Director, Care Marketing, Managing Director, Fort President, Dahlem of Construction, Trust Company Humana Washington Investment Consulting CVS Health Advisors Merry-Kay Poe Bill Wade Kevin Fennell Will Greene President, Unbridled National Program Greg Braun Senior Director of Owner, Vanguard Films LLC Director, BMW Owner & Founder, Maid Design, 21c Hotels Cleaning Solutions of CCA Foundation Chase Sanders in Louisville Louisville & Lexington Matt Gardiner Payment Integrity Gerry-Lynn Gordon Brown Owner & President, Bob Hill Analyst, The Rawlings Wichmann, MD Retired, Former Boone Gardiner Retired, Owner, Hidden Group Medical Director President & CEO, Home Landscape and Farm Hill Nursery of Substance Use, Valerie J. Smith of the Innocents Louisville Veterans Tourism Consultant, Affairs Medical Center Photographer WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDEN | 2021/03/03 R I V E R R O A D Updated Master Plan 最新のマスタープラン CONSERVATORY PALISADES GARDEN THE BEARGRASS HILLSIDE ARBORETUM CREEK CHILDREN’S THEATER GARDEN THE WELCOME WOODLANDS JAPANESE GARDEN WATER THE MEADOW GARDEN GARDEN BEARGRASS LAWN OVERLOOK FRANKFORT AVENUE THE OVAL FORMAL GARDEN GRAESER FAMILY VISITOR EDUCATION CENTER SENSORY CENTER GARDEN MARY LEE DUTHIE GARDEN THE TRELLIS HELEN HARRIGAN GARDEN ENTRY GARDEN ELLEN T. LESLIE BOTANICAL CLASSROOMS EVERGREEN TAPESTRY INTERSTATE 71 The original master plan, released in 2014 by across Frankfort Avenue. The walkway is ADA- Perkins+Will, has recently been updated. accessible, traverses a water feature in the northwest corner of the property and through the curving paths The Visitor Center remains on the western side of a hillside Welcome Garden. The path meets the of the site and still includes a green roof atop vehicle drop-off area on the south side of the Visitor an entrance lobby, exhibit space, cafe, gift shop, N Center just outside the main lobby and utilizes the 0 25 50 100 200 and administrative office. The pedestrian walkway current driveway entrance from Frankfort Avenue. connects the future parking lot farther west and WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDEN | 2021/03/03 R I V E R R O A D CONSERVATORY PALISADES GARDEN THE BEARGRASS HILLSIDE ARBORETUM CREEK CHILDREN’S THEATER GARDEN THE WELCOME
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