A Brief History of The Japanese Garden and The Cherry ... · The Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival...
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ABriefHistoryofTheJapaneseGardenandTheCherryBlossomFestival
InTheBeginning...DelawareParkDelawareParkwasdesignedbyFredrickLawOlmstedandCalvertVauxin1869,aspartofournation'sfirstcity-wideparkandparkwaysystem.TheParkservedasanaturalisticescapefromurbancongestionforthecitizensofBuffalo.ACityinaPark!
Kanazawa&BuffaloBecomeSisterCities1962TheJapaneseGardenwasproposedfor6acresonthewesternendofDelawarePark,onthebanksofMirrorLakebehindtheHistoryMuseum.ThiswasthesiteofthePan-AmericanExpositionin1901.TheGardeniscompletedin1974.
Re-DesigningTheGardenIn1994TheJapaneseGardenwasredesignedbyMasterGardenersfromJapan.Afullgardenrestorationwascompletedin2010todealwitherosioncontrolbyinstallingbamboopostsonthehillsidesandislands.Athousandnewplantingswereintroduced.
TheFriendsofTheJapaneseGardenTheFriendsoftheJapaneseGardenwasorganizedtosupportthisunusualgardenbyorganizingworkdays,raisingfundsformaintenanceandimprovements,andarrangingforgardenerexchangesbetweenKanazawaandBuffalo.In2012TheJapaneseGardenbecameanHonoraryInternationalPeaceGarden.
TheBuffaloCherryBlossomFestival–AnAnnualCelebration(est.2014)ActivitiesattheJapaneseGardenofBuffalo,includingaTeaCeremony,aSakuraCocktailParty,FilmScreenings,Tours,Music,picnicsandmore.AllcelebratingSpringandthisbeautifulBuffaloTreasure.