Quando rifletto al ruolo costitutivo dei pini nell'animo delle genti giapponesi e di quei giardini, ricordo un fatto accadutomi in Giappone. Un giorno di luglio mi recai in visita al Museo d'Arte di Fukuoka...
National Collection of Cyclamen at the Birmingham Botanical GardensGiulio Veronese
Giulio Veronese looks at the creation of the National Plant Collection of Cyclamen species at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and future plans for the plants
Report on Tromsø Arctic-Alpine Botanic GardenGiulio Veronese
I believe each of us has a latent prospect, an intangible yet cardinal direction where their soul could find a fulfillment. Just like plants’ cuttings, everyone ultimately maintains a polarity and needs to stick with it.
My polarity has always pointed north, and the mountains. It could be the reminiscence of childhood holidays in the Alps, the sense of clean dolomitic air, the white glaze of snow and Tyrolean bakery. Perhaps it then developed with a certain fascination for the Scandinavian countries and people, their liberal and sustainable approach to the modern world.
It is not fully explicable, yet I’ve always found myself at least content in the vastness of northerly landscapes. I think I am a privileged gardener to work with alpines in these days!
Although in Japan the national tree is sakura (Prunus serrulata, cherry blossom), the fundamental garden tree is kuro-matsu (Pinus thunbergii, Japanese black pine) and the official fruiting tree is kaki (Diospyros kaki), one could safely say that the most planted tree is sugi (Cryptomeria japonica, Japanese red-cedar)
Intervista ad adam m. jones, apprendista bonsaistaGiulio Veronese
Quanti avranno sognato di poter apprendere l'arte bonsai in un famoso vivaio giapponese? C'è chi il sogno lo sta realizzando. Giulio Veronese, architetto del verde che lavora e vive in Giappone, è stato nostro inviato d'eccezione ed è andato a intervistare un giovane americano, che ha le idee molto chiare sul suo futuro. Scopriamo insieme la storia di Adam M. Jones, apprendista bonsaista presso il vivaio Mansei-en della famiglia Kato.
La storia di aceri che seguirà ha inizio nel Galles, terra pressochè ignara di questo nobile ceppo. (Eccezion fatta per Acer campestre, l’unico nativo britannico, che da quelle parti compone - insieme ad altri rustici compari come il nocciolo, l’evonimo, il prugnolo selvatico, la rosa canina e, per la maggior parte, il biancospino - quella trama ondeggiante di siepature che narra i campi agricoli di Britannia come i bordi di Gertrude Jeckyll fanno per quei giardini.)
National Collection of Cyclamen at the Birmingham Botanical GardensGiulio Veronese
Giulio Veronese looks at the creation of the National Plant Collection of Cyclamen species at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and future plans for the plants
Report on Tromsø Arctic-Alpine Botanic GardenGiulio Veronese
I believe each of us has a latent prospect, an intangible yet cardinal direction where their soul could find a fulfillment. Just like plants’ cuttings, everyone ultimately maintains a polarity and needs to stick with it.
My polarity has always pointed north, and the mountains. It could be the reminiscence of childhood holidays in the Alps, the sense of clean dolomitic air, the white glaze of snow and Tyrolean bakery. Perhaps it then developed with a certain fascination for the Scandinavian countries and people, their liberal and sustainable approach to the modern world.
It is not fully explicable, yet I’ve always found myself at least content in the vastness of northerly landscapes. I think I am a privileged gardener to work with alpines in these days!
Although in Japan the national tree is sakura (Prunus serrulata, cherry blossom), the fundamental garden tree is kuro-matsu (Pinus thunbergii, Japanese black pine) and the official fruiting tree is kaki (Diospyros kaki), one could safely say that the most planted tree is sugi (Cryptomeria japonica, Japanese red-cedar)
Intervista ad adam m. jones, apprendista bonsaistaGiulio Veronese
Quanti avranno sognato di poter apprendere l'arte bonsai in un famoso vivaio giapponese? C'è chi il sogno lo sta realizzando. Giulio Veronese, architetto del verde che lavora e vive in Giappone, è stato nostro inviato d'eccezione ed è andato a intervistare un giovane americano, che ha le idee molto chiare sul suo futuro. Scopriamo insieme la storia di Adam M. Jones, apprendista bonsaista presso il vivaio Mansei-en della famiglia Kato.
La storia di aceri che seguirà ha inizio nel Galles, terra pressochè ignara di questo nobile ceppo. (Eccezion fatta per Acer campestre, l’unico nativo britannico, che da quelle parti compone - insieme ad altri rustici compari come il nocciolo, l’evonimo, il prugnolo selvatico, la rosa canina e, per la maggior parte, il biancospino - quella trama ondeggiante di siepature che narra i campi agricoli di Britannia come i bordi di Gertrude Jeckyll fanno per quei giardini.)
Last year, when I was packing up and getting my things together for my new job in Japan, I spent sometime in hunting for local gardeners, possibly English speaking. To my surprise, I found the contact of a Japanese nurseryman from Kyushu, with training in England (how small is the horticultural world sometimes!).
Last October I went down to Kurume, his native town and place of work, to dialogue about his job and the Japanese nursery and garden industry.
Rhododendron is a genus of widely cultivated ericaceous shrubs and trees, with the larger concentration native to Central Asia. They were introduced into western gardens mostly between the eighteen and nineteenth century and their popularity has increased progressively since, ultimately determining their status of sovereign woodland plants.
Last year, when I was packing up and getting my things together for my new job in Japan, I spent sometime in hunting for local gardeners, possibly English speaking. To my surprise, I found the contact of a Japanese nurseryman from Kyushu, with training in England (how small is the horticultural world sometimes!).
Last October I went down to Kurume, his native town and place of work, to dialogue about his job and the Japanese nursery and garden industry.
Rhododendron is a genus of widely cultivated ericaceous shrubs and trees, with the larger concentration native to Central Asia. They were introduced into western gardens mostly between the eighteen and nineteenth century and their popularity has increased progressively since, ultimately determining their status of sovereign woodland plants.