More About the Project

Our Annual Report for 2009 is available in PDF format by clicking on the following link:
2009 Annual Report of the Japanese Garden Society (pdf: 139kb)

The design for Phase I of Heiwa Garden on Salt Spring Island may be viewed by clicking on the Link below:

Heiwa Garden design showing ceremonial gate, benches, trees & plants (pdf: 5MB)

To view the original site plan prepared by Peter Oro, please click on the link below:
2006 original site plan concept (pdf: 250k)

The design for our Ceremonial Gate may be viewed by clicking on the links below:

East elevation(pdf: 38kb)

West elevation(pdf: 38kb)

Cross section(pdf: 78kb)

If you would like to join the Japanese Garden Society, or make a donation, please complete and mail the form available at the Link below. Thank you.
Membership and Donation Form (pdf: 259kb)

As a non-profit organization, the Japanese Garden Society publishes occasional newsletters which members receive free of charge. A sample of a recent newsletter can be seen by clicking on the following . We hope you will want to join the Society. Membership information is available on this web-site under "Getting Involved".

March 2007 Newsletter
(page 1: pdf: 412Kb)
(page 2: pdf: 268Kb)

Summer 2008 Newsletter
Click here (3 pages: pdf: 500Kb)

A key member of the Japanese Garden Society is Rose Murakami who has written a book about her family's experiences on Salt Spring and during World War II when they were forced to re-locate to the interior of BC, leaving behind all their property. The following displays the cover of her book. If you would like to obtain a copy of her book, click on the "Store" tab at the top of this web page.
Ganbaru book cover (jpg: 304Kb)

To read Rose's speech, given at the Groundbreaking Ceremony (September 2007), please click on the link below:
Rose's speech (MS Word: 37Kb)