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Japanese & Chinese Garden Style

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Some places to view Japanese gardens in Queensland:

Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha: While you're there, be sure to visit the Bonsai House (check with the Gardens for opening hours) and the bamboo collection nearby. Search for information: Brisbane City Council

Nerima Gardens, Ipswich: With help from Ipswich's sister city Nerima (Japan), the Gardens have been designed to portray the landscape of the Ipswich region, but in the style of a traditional Japanese garden. Search for information: Ipswich City Council

Toowoomba: The site is jointly owned by The University of Southern Queensland and the Toowoomba City Council. More information here: The Japanese Garden: Ju Raku En

Rockhampton: Japanese gardens at Rockhampton Botanic Gardens. Search for information: Rockhampton City Council

Gladstone: Japanese Tea House & Gardens

More links related to Japanese and Chinese landscape and architecture at the bottom of the page.
On other pages:

If you know of other Japanese or Chinese style gardens open to the public in Qld, please get in touch.

Nurseries & services for Japanese/Chinese gardens in Qld

BONSAI NURSERY (BRISBANE)

www.bonsainursery.com.au

Bonsai Image - Bonsai Nursery (Brisbane)
If you want to learn bonsai, we can teach you. We have been conducting bonsai courses longer than any other current teachers in Australia, and our Teachers are nationally and internationally registered Bonsai Instructors. Please check our WEBSITE for details of upcoming courses.

We are also suppliers of bonsai pots, tools, books, wire, magazines and accessories at prices far less than you can access anywhere else. We also provide a bonsai repotting service at the Mt. Gravatt Showground. See our WEBSITE for details of these things.

We were formally located at Musgrave Road, Coopers Plains and a prior Moorooka site for a total of 30 Years.

BONSAI WORLD

28 Tyalgum Street,
Mudgeeraba, QLD 4213
Ph: (07) 5530 5425
Fax: (07) 5530 5425
Mob: 0412 135 030
bonsaiworld@optusnet.com.au
www.bonsai-world.com.au
We stock a huge range of bonsai for sale from starter plants to mature bonsai, plus a full range of supplies and accessories including tools, pots, ornaments, rocks, books and larger ornaments suitable for a Japanese or Chinese landscape.

Bonsai classes from beginner to advanced are available at the nursery. Also repotting, rootpruning, shaping and trimming services for your existing bonsai.

A visit to Bonsai World is a great day out, but we can also take orders by phone. For more information, visit the Bonsai World WEBSITE

Do you operate a Queensland nursery which specialises in plants suitable for Japanese or Chinese gardens? Do you sell or construct garden accessories (e.g. lanterns, statues, bridges, pagodas, moon gates etc) to compliment these garden styles? Are you a designer of Japanese or Chinese gardens in Queensland? Advertise here. As well as Queensland businesses, Australian mail-order and online suppliers to this state may be listed here. For more information, please click here.

More Links

The following links are for general information, research and ideas. Some species or varieties referred to in links may be unavailable in Australia, or unsuitable for the warmer parts of Queensland.

Queensland
Tamborine Mountain Garden Club Inc. Read about the Cherry Tree Walk established in the Tamborine Mountain Botanic Gardens in conjunction with the Gifu Cherry Blossoms Group from Japan
Atherton Chinatown and Hou Wang Temple

Australia
The Japanese Garden, Botanic Gardens Trust (NSW)

International
JGarden.org educational web site about Japanese gardens
Publications by Gert J. van Tonder (Dept of Architecture and Design, Kyoto Institute of Technology) and associates. Many articles on theory of Japanese garden design available online
The Japanese Garden for the Mind: The 'Bliss' of Paradise Transcended Camelia Nakagawara, The University of Chicago (from Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs) (PDF)
Cherry Blossom Viewing at Japan Mint Includes photographs and horticultural notes on the 121 varieties of cherry blossom (Sakura) growing there.
Plants & Japan A fascinating range of information and pictures about plants, gardens and gardening in Japan, traditional and modern
Isamu Taniguchi Oriental Garden Zilker Botanical Garden, Texas USA
Kumamoto-En Japanese Garden and Kumamoto En Garden Elements at San Antonio Botanical Garden. Texas, USA
Seiwa-en The Japanese garden at Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
Shofuso The Japanese House and Garden, Fairfield, Philadelphia USA
Hakone Gardens Saratoga, California USA
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden California State University
Azaleas with a Difference Illustrated post about "cloud pruning" of azaleas at the GardenDesignOnline blog
Accent Plants for Japanese-styled Gardens Arid-Southwestern Gardening Information, University of Arizona
Sakaki: Sacred Tree of Shinto (Cleyera japonica) Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, California
Legends of the Chrysanthemum University of Vermont
Beijing Botanical Garden, China (English version). Many photographs of the gardens
Liu Fang Yuan Chinese garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, California

Looking for suppliers? If you can't find a suitable Qld supplier on these pages yet, the webmaster might be able to help if you get in touch. (Sorry, personal gardening advice can't be given.) For questions about products or services already advertised above, contact the business concerned.
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