For a serene outdoor retreat, draw inspiration from Japanese garden design, which celebrates lush foliage, serene ponds, and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — If you’ve visited Portland Japanese Garden, you know all about its beauty, but there’s more than meets the eye. “I love just the feeling I get as soon as I walk through the gate into ...

“Blue Moon,” shown here in a provided photo, is one of Naoko Fukumaru’s kintsugi artworks, based on a Persian earthenware plate from the 10th-12th century CE. Kintsugi is the 500-year-old Japanese art ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — There was more noise than usual outside the peaceful Portland Japanese Garden on Tuesday. A huge, 2,000 pound ceramic statue was unpacked from its giant wooden crate in front of the ...

One of the extraordinary things about Japanese garden design is how immediately identifiable it is to the western eye, yet how thoroughly it defies description. Even when earnest instructors try very ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Just in time for Spring, Harry P. Leu Gardens introduces Origami in the Garden through September, adding a bit of magic during a casual strolling experience. “We are excited to bring ...

Mary W. Favro gives her BYU Education Week presentation titled 'The Art of Living Well: What the Humanities Teach Us About Flourishing' on Aug. 22. Favro gave examples of different types of ...

The Portland Japanese Garden opened in 1967 with the goal of helping the United States and Japan continue rebuilding a relationship scarred by World War II. Now, the garden is growing again. The ...

Discover a hidden 16-acre Japanese garden in Florida with koi ponds, waterfalls, and peaceful paths that feel worlds away ...

From the column: "Before traveling to Japan, I did not think I would ponder the concept of goodness so much. I believe ...

Ever since the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens reopened in June 2020 after the pandemic forced it to close for a few months, the garden’s curator Heather Grzybek said the number of visitors it ...