Join us for JASGA'12h, annual Community Service and Friends of Taniguchi Japanese Garden on Saturday, October 31 and/or December 5th from 10:00am to 12:00pm for our workday in Isamu Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden. We need your help to keep Austin's authentic, beautiful Japanese garden clean and lively.
Wear face mask, closed toed shoes, comfortable clothing, a sunhat and sunscreen and bring a water bottle. Small tools and disposable work gloves are available for all voluntees.
Since we are still in the COVID pandermic, there is a restriction for the number of volunteers. We can also have 10 volunteers on the 5th of December...
Please sign up for the volunteer or just send your participation to jasga-austin@jasga.org this year.. Thank you for your cooperation!
For all students, you will receive two volunteer credits from us (JASGA) and ZBG. Please bring the volunteer credit paper provided by your school.
Thank you and see you all at Taniguchi Japanese Garden on Saturday, October 31 @10:00am. We will issue the event newsletter when we are sure the Taniguchi Japanese Garden will open.
(Isamu Taniguchi and the Dancing Princess lotus plants.)
Last year, our Japan Fall Festival (Aki Matsuri) celebrated Isamu Tanuguch Japanese Garden 50 years at Zilker Botanical Garden!
"Opened to the public in 1969, the Garden was built by Isamu Taniguchi when he was seventy years old. Working without a salary or a contract, Mr. Taniguchi spent 18 months transforming 3 acres of rugged caliche hillside into a peaceful garden. As is often done in Japan, the ponds were designed in the shape of a word or ideogram. In this case, the ponds in the first half of the garden spell out the word "AUSTIN", reflecting the fact that these gardens were constructed as a gift to the city. The remains of the Mother Tree, which inspired Mr. Taniguchi to complete his building of the garden, overlooks the pond." (https://www.zilkergarden.org/gardens/japanese.html)
