Peter Thomas Bowyer

Designer, Builder, Aesthetic Pruner - A Gardener For All Seasons

California Landscape Contractor 712862

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NETWORKING AND PUBLIC SERVICE:

Volunteer lead designer of the Oakland Sister City Garden in Fukuoka, Japan  

Volunteer lead designer-builder of the Oakland-Fukuoka Torii landscape in Oakland, CA.

Founder & coordinator of the Japanese Gardening & Carpentry Class Series at Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, CA.  

Formerly volunteer head gardener at the Golden State Bonsai Federation Collection-North, Oakland CA.  

Merritt College Aesthetic Pruning Club project leader at 

  • Torii Landscape, Oakland CA.

  • University of California Boanical Garden Natives Section

  • Rockridge Library, Oakland CA.

  • Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, CA. 2003-2006

  • Golden State Bonsai Federation Collection-North, Oakland CA. 2003-2005

Volunteer designer and co-leader of the island reconstruction at Shinzen Garden, Fresno CA. as described in the Journal of Japanese Gardening Sep/Oct No. 41  (see Press Clips page)

Volunteer community designer for restoration of Glen Echo Creek, Alameda County Flood Control District, CA.  

Volunteer at public and non-profit Japanese gardens up & down the Pacific Coast: 

  • Hakone Gardens in Saratoga CA.

  • Shinzen Garden in Fresno CA.

  • Lotusland in Montecito CA.

  • Washington Arboretum Japanese Garden in Seattle WA.

  • Kubota Gardens in Seattle WA.

  • Green Gulch Retreat Center Tea Garden in Marin Co.

  • Golden State Bonsai Collection-north

  • Torii Landscape and the Japanese Garden in Oakland CA, 

Chair of fifth annual Aesthetic Pruning Symposium "The Intersection of Pruning and Design" at Merritt College, Oakland, CA, USA in 2004

Presentations at Aesthetic Pruning Symposiums

  • Japanese Design, California Native Plants and Pruning, 2005

  • The Intersection of Pruning and Design in a Japanese Garden, 2004

  • Pruning Mediterranean and California Native Trees, 2003

San Francisco Landscape Garden Show

  • Main stage presentation on Organic Soil Management, 1988

  • French Intensive Vegetable Gardening demonstrations, 1987  

Former volunteer and staff for the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners 1986-1989

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