Japanese Tea Garden Denver
2 an introduction to the history and philosophy of tea ceremony.
Japanese tea garden denver. Each ceremony is held in the ella mullen weckbaugh tea house in shofu en the japanese garden at denver botanic gardens. In 2007 with help from the hosokawa grant kondo founded denver botanic gardens tea ceremony guild sho fu kai. The japanese garden database is intended as a repository of information on the historical gardens of japan. Opening at 12 30 p m wednesday.
The guild s mission is to expose the public and garden patrons to japanese tea ceremony and support the sho fu en. This juxtaposition is intended to bring about fresh insight to a body of discourse that. 1 guide the guests through the tea garden and teach them how to use the washbasin tsukubai. Denver botanic gardens is home to the beautiful shofu en or the garden of pine and wind a traditional japanese stroll garden.
It is a non profit educational web site that seeks to provide information on a selection of outstanding examples of garden art found in japan while juxtaposing a diversity of media related to them. It was designed by koichi kawana and built in 1979. In 2007 with help from the hosokawa grant kondo founded denver botanic gardens tea ceremony guild sho fu kai. Shofu en draws inspiration from the climate and plants of colorado s rocky mountains and features 130 character pines transplanted from the foothill region.
A newly renovated space leading to the tea house at the heart of shofu en the garden of wind and pines at the denver botanic gardens 1007 york st. A new machiai rojimon gate obote senko design uchi roji inner path and soto roji outerpath were added to. It was designed by koichi kawana and built in 1979. The guild s mission is to expose the public and garden patrons to japanese tea ceremony and support the sho fu en.
A traditional japanese stroll garden shofu en was inspired by colorado s rocky mountains and it features 130 character pines transplanted from the foothills.