EDUCATION
“Educational Programs That Grow with Your Student.”
Modules designed for students in grades 3 through 12 delivered through
engaging lessons, each accompanied by downloadable PDFs.
Discover the beauty of Koi fish. A unique form of carp displaying a vareity of colorful markings.
Learn about the basic design concepts of a Japanese Garden using the three key features found in these gardens.
Learn about the Japanese bonsai art of “Yamadori” – using trees gathered in nature and used as bonsai works of art.
A gift to the City of Fresno, the 1939 lantern stands 11 ft. tall in the Autumn garden, one of the four seasons in the Shinzen Garden.
Although some bonsai may be hundreds of years old, often younger bonsai trees are made to look older by applying various artistic techniques.
Bob Hilvers, Curator of the Clark Bonsai Museum, located inside the Shinzen Garden, brings historical insight to the Art of Bonsai.
The Toro Nagashi Ceremony is a Japanese “floating lantern” tradition, at the end of the Obon Festival, where visiting family spirits are guided back to the spirit world.
This bonsai grove are decendants of a surviving camphore tree from the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in WWII. They are a symbol of international peace.
