Wednesdays 1:30 pm, Fridays 10 am and Saturdays 10 am and 1:30 pm.
Go to the Visit link for details and schedule updates.
Experience Immortality in the Seattle Chinese Garden!
Any
tree or plant you donate to the Seattle Chinese Garden will become a
long-living testimonial to your support of the Seattle Chinese Garden.
What better way to express your love of nature and gardening than by
donating a needed plant or a cash equivalent for the Society to
purchase in your name?
We are especially interested in mature specimens, which the Society can
dig and transplant if it is in a home garden. We have a special need
for the plants listed below, but would like to talk with you regarding
any Chinese-origin plant, or its cash equivalent, you are willing to
donate.
Sunday, August 22 was a beautiful celebration day - the welcome party for the Chinese artisans was attended by several hundred people from all over Seattle. The artisan demonstrations were particularly well attended. Stories and more photos to come. West Seattle Herald covered the event and posted a wonderful article and slide show. Come back to the Garden and watch our progress!
Check out our new BLOG for additional stories and artisan updates!
Artisan Team
Feng Dacheng, lead designer from Chongqing, and Song Weizhong, chief
architect and project manager for the Changshu Ancient Style Garden
Construction Company, will guide courtyard construction. Local partners are construction firm Krekow Jennings and Jones and Jones Architecture. Yangming Chu is the Garden Society�s project director. An expert on Chinese art history and architecture, Chu oversaw the first stage of courtyard construction in 2008, the building of the New York Chinese Scholar�s Garden in 1998, and the Ming Courtyard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
There will be
many opportunities to watch this team at work during the
four-month construction period.
Volunteer! Share in the Excitement - Meet the Artisans
Would you like to help make the
artisans' visit a successful
and fun one? Host a dinner
for a small group, show artisans the sights of Seattle! Maybe you have
extra tickets to the Mariners? We also need interpreters,
tour guides, talk time/conversation exchange participants, meal-related
help, special
events, assistants, and office help. Even
3 to 4 hours a month would be great!
To learn more about all the volunteer options, please review online request.
Also, please consider donating needed items to
make their visit more comfortable. To learn
more about what supplies we still need, please scroll down to the bottom of the online request.
Come
out and see the 4.5-acre garden site, construction progress on Knowing
the Spring Courtyard, Song Mei Pavilion. This guided tour begins with a
richly illustrated slide presentation on the cultural roots and
significance of Chinese Gardens. The program does not
require registration; suggested donation $5. Bring family, friends, or out-of-town visitors.
If you have questions, or want to arrange a tour for an
organization or group of ten or more, please call the SCG office at
206-764-5219.
Garden Work Party
This year we are expecting more visitors to the Garden site than ever. In September, come help us make our Garden look beautiful for them!
For those of us who
eagerly anticipate the building of the Garden, nothing makes it seem
more tangible than grooming the garden areas already on site, and caring
for the nursery that holds hundreds of specimens waiting to be planted as the garden develops.
Aaron Skinner, the SCGS gardener, does a dedicated and skillful job
of coordinating care of the garden site, but the enthusiasm and hard
work of volunteers helps him keep it in top shape. On the third
Sunday in every month except January, July and December, we will hold
volunteer work parties on-site from noon to two p.m, or later. Volunteers under Aaron�s direction will rake, weed, transplant and
mulch. Please bring gloves, shovels, rakes, and other equipment; the
Society can provide equipment as well. Refreshments will be served.
Following the
September and October 2010 work parties, volunteers can take a "hard
hat" tour of the Knowing the Spring Courtyard; take the opportunity to
see the work of the Chinese artisans up close!
Become a Site Guide and Docent Assistant
We anticipate hundreds of visitors this fall to watch the Chinese artisans at work on Knowing the Spring Courtyard. Share in the excitement by joining our expanding core of garden guides.
To learn more about the training program and site guide duties, please contact Judy Koenig at judy@seattlechinesegarden.org or 206.764.5219
Spring 2011 Seattle Chinese Garden Tour
MYSTERIES OF CHINA
Exotic Gardens � Traditional Mountain Villages � Cultural Heritage Sites
April 1 - 18, 2011
See China in Full Bloom!
Beijing � Chengdu � Mount Emei � Dazu � Chongqing - Lijiang � Suzhou - Shanghai
A unique tour of China�s most fascinating gardens, cultural sites and natural landscapes, with a special focus on Sichuan Province � where traditional Chinese culture flourishes in a spectacular setting of mountains, rivers and lush valleys.
