EDUCATION
WELCOME!
The goal of these, “Shinzen Friendship Garden and Clark Bonsai Collection Education Modules” is to make it possible for 3rd-12th grade students to continue to benefit from our programs. The modules are video and audio formats with supporting PDF e-documents. While our program will be geared towards 3rd-12th grade teachers and students, we have designed them so that the general public can also access this media.
DESIGN CONCEPTS
Shinzen Friendship Garden’s main organizing theme is of the Four Seasons, where each season is represented by a seasonal garden, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
Link to PDF
1939 LANTERN
The granite lantern was given to the City of Fresno by the Japanese Young Men’s Association League in 1939. It was hand-carved, originally 11 feet high and weighed 3 tons.
Link to PDF
THE KOI POND
The koi are a significant part of our garden’s representation of a living museum. The fancy coloration of koi carp appeared when rice farmers first began breeding them for their colors and patterns.
Link to PDF
UME GROVE BLOSSOMS
Join us in the Ume Grove at the Shinzen Garden to see the Spring bloom. The Ume trees are the first to bloom out of Winter, usually 1-2 months ahead of the Cherry trees.
Link to PDF
AN OUTDOOR MUSEUM
Bonsai, the art of creating and maintaining miniature trees in pots has an aura of mystery surrounding it
Link to PDF
THE PEACE TREE BONSAI
This “Peace Tree” bonsai was created from saplings that were grown from seeds collected from trees that had survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Link to PDF
YAMADORI
Yamadori is a Japanese term that is literally translated as mountain dug bonsai. As it is applied to the art of bonsai it means native plants that have been collected from the wild and used to create a bonsai.
Link to PDF
HOW OLD IS IT?
Out of the many interesting aspects regarding the art of bonsai, the subject of age seems to attract the most attention.