Shades of Green .. Hatley Castle Japanese Gardens
Hatley castle .. Japanese Gardens . my favourite
I used an Orton effect to add softness
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The sound of moving water allows the transition into the solitude of the garden to be more complete. The maturity of the plants in the garden has created hidden vistas that initially were only anticipated in the imagination of the garden's designer, Isaburo Kishida.
Japanese Gardens were a fascination to Edwardian society. The construction of a Japanese Teahouse along the Gorge waterway would prove instrumental in the inclusion of a Japanese Garden at Hatley Park.
One of the partners in the Teahouse venture was Yoshitaro Kishida. His father, Isaburo Kishida, a Ko-en (park) designer in Yokohama traveled to Victoria in 1907 to create and install the gardens to accompany the Teahouse. Following this commercial endeavor, he completed three private commissions. Only the gardens completed for James and Laura Dunsmuir at Hatley Park and Robert and Jennie Butchart at Butchart Gardens remain.
Work on the Hatley Park garden is believed to have begun in approximately 1909 with completion the following year. Isaburo Kishida secured the authenticity of the first garden by importing plants and structural elements from Yokohama. The garden he created was a stroll garden. Arranged along the paths and beside the wooden structures were plantings of: Sciadopitys, Deciduous Azaleas, Prunus.
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