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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.

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