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Itabashi Japanese Garden April 2019

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(Tokyo) LOCATION PLAN Itabashi NTS y a W i h s a b a t I Upper Middle Road W a l k e r ’ s L i n e

Existing Tansley Woods LOCATION PLAN NTS Community Centre Location of the Itabashi Japanese Garden y a W i h s a b a t I Shoreacres Creek Shoreacres Creek Upper Middle Road W a l k e r ’ s L i n e

Existing Tansley Woods Community Centre LOCATION PLAN NTS Japanese Garden Location of the Itabashi Upper Middle Road Itabashi Way S h o r e a c r e s C r e e k

A highly valued space by campers and counselors seeking shade and a place for lunch. the garden must be robust to withstand people in it! and particularly kids. Existing paths thread through the existing spruces.

Water Wheel Park Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan Itabashi Examples

Yakushino Izumu Garden Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan Itabashi Examples

Mount Nemo, Burlington, ON Examples of Local Rock Formations

Intent: An intimate viewing and experiential garden that incorporates the traditions of Japanese garden principles while reflecting our local landscape, honouring the mission of Mundialization. A highly valued space by people, formally dressed or more casual - it is still a space for people...for walking, strolling, viewing and finding respite as well as play in the outdoors, rain or shine Use of many layers of texture and form with various types of Japanese maples, evergreens and structures

Conceptual Garden Master Plan NTS N

CONCEPT Itabashi Japanese Garden CITY OF BURLINGTON

Itabashi An azumaya is a traditional arbour or summer pavilion found in Japanese strolling gardens

Shin Sho Garden Roth Residence, Virginia Burt Designs Rock Placement (and plantings from Japan)

Shin-Sho-Gyo (Rock Placement and Paths)

Tenryu-ji Temple Kyoto, Japan Ryotan-ji Temple, Hamamatsu, Japan from Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens Though the sound of the cascade long since has ceased, we still hear the murmur of its name. from A Hundred Verses from Old Japan Examples of Karedaki (”dry waterfall”)

Ryotan-ji Temple, Hamamatsu, Japan Shinnyo-in Temple Kyoto, Japan Kiyosumi-teien Toyko, Japan Examples of Karenagare (”dry stream”) Kare-ike (”dry pond or lake”)

Where do we start.....

Example of Japanese Sekito (stone pagoda) Placment of a Japanese Sekito (carved stone Pagoda) in prominent location of the garden

Layering and Pruning Shakkei (borrowed scenery)

INSPIRATIONS The many colours and textures of Japanese maples (at the nursery) Itabashi Japanese Garden CITY OF BURLINGTON

Acer shirasawanum ‘Autumn Moon’ Acer palmatum sp. Japanese Maple Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Crimson Queen’ Acer palmatum dissectum Cut Leaf Japanese Maple Acer palmatum sp. Japanese Maple MATERIALS Itabashi Japanese Garden CITY OF BURLINGTON

MATERIALS

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood Pinus strobus White Pine MATERIALS Itabashi Japanese Garden CITY OF BURLINGTON

MATERIALS Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsura Tree Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Itabashi Japanese Garden CITY OF BURLINGTON

Pinus parviflora ‘Fukuzumi’ Fukuzumi Japanese White Pine Pinus strobus ‘Bue Shag’ Blue Shag White Pine Buxus semp ‘Vardar Valley’ Vardar Valley Boxwood Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Stoneham’ Stoneham Hinoki Falsecypress MATERIALS Itabashi Japanese Garden CITY OF BURLINGTON

Azaleas, sp. Hakonechloa macra ‘Aurea’ Japanese Forest Grass

Thank you to all who have supported this project.