More About the Project

The preliminary plans for the Heiwa Peace Park on Salt Spring Island may be viewed by clicking on the Link below:
Landscape Plan Pictures (Word doc: 420Kb)

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 more information about the Salt Spring Japanese Garden Society, please click on the following which displays our Society brochure.
Brochure (pdf: 4Mb)

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: 261kb)

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)

Heiwa Peace Park in the News!
The national newspaper "The Japan Times", published in Tokyo, featured our Peace Park in an article on January 19, 2008.
A Garden of Unity and Reconciliation