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- There are 4 Japanese gardens in Minnesota: Como Ordway Memorial Japanese Garden, Carleton College, U’s Arboretum, Normandale community College
- Carleton, COMJG, Arboretum, Normandale
- A Japanese garden is not born overnight- they take shape over decades and adapt to the space
- Sustainable design includes regular contact with the designer, if possible, to make sure the garden still is meeting his vision
- We learned the hard way during construction to use local landscapers- the oiriginal pond was with a CA construction company and was cracked and not holding water after 2 winters; redone in 1980 with local assistance and Matsuda
- Reduce runoff, no pesticides used because can harm koi
- 1905 postcard of first Japanese garden at Como Park; lanterns from 1904 world’s fair
- Reused 1904 lanterns, broken lotus bud top, so the designer found a rock that worked to cap the lantern
- Borrowed scenery- looks much larger than it is, as it uses trees and shrubs that are farther away to give scale and depth
- Como composts all the plant materials from the garden to be used throughout the park
- Japanese maple cannot handle our winters so we use korean maples for he brilliant color
- Moss too hard to grown in Minnesota so we often use Irish moss
- Cherry blossoms vs redbud and crabapple blossoms
- Bamboo for fencing, bamboo grows 24 inches in a day in some locations
- Como’s rocks are from local quarries in Chaska and Rosemount
- Bloomington has close connections with their city council and Normandale College COMJG has strong sister city partnership Carleton has endowments All use volunteers extensively to do maintenance