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LINKS
www.fukuoka-ryokukafair.jp/test/en/outline/
International horticulture fair in Oakland's sister-city. Site of the
Oakland Garden, six other sister-city gardens, ands an innovative greenhouse
shaped like hills, with a living roof that you walk on. Multi-lingual.
www.oakland-fukuoka.com
Oakland residents participating in adult & youth exchange programs with
Fukuoka, Japan. A sponsor of Japanese cultural events in Oakland. Go
here to view a slide show about the Oakland Sister City Garden in Fukuoka.
www.rothtei.com
Publisher of Sukiya Living (The Journal ofJapanese Gardening). A
great source for
theory and practice in creating a nature-based home & garden: design,
construction, maintenance and daily living.
www.merrittlandhort.com
Superb ornamental horticulture program where I have learned many things and
received 5 different horticulture certificates.
www.gsbf-bonsai.org
Parent organization for the Golden State Bonsai Collection North at Lakeside
Park, Oakland, CA. USA. A remarkable collection of evocative trees and a
regional center for learning to style trees.
www.hakone.com
Hakone Estate & Gardens. An enchanting Japanese-style former residence
open to the public. Site for the Japanese
Gardening class series that I coordinate.
www.zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs
I learned a lot about horticulture and ecology while an apprentice and assistant
staff-person at the U.C.S.C. Farm & Garden Apprenticeship Program. It is
part of The Center for Agro-ecology & Sustainable Food Systems at the
University of California Santa Cruz
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Peter Thomas Bowyer