LINKS www.hakone.us Hakone Estate & Gardens.  An enchanting Japanese-style former residence open to the public.  Site for the  Japanese Gardening class series that I coordinate. www.oakland-fukuoka.org 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.  Epicenter of the Aesthetic Pruning Club, a service-learning volunteer group I've been active in since 1994. 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.casfs.ucsc.edu 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.