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Page 14, Boca Exposure
Morikami Japanese Gardens And Museum

In Delray Offers An Oasis Of Beauty

And Calm After A Year Of Stress

If a year of depriving yourself by self-quarantining
for the sake of protecting yourself and loved ones has
your stress level at a fever pitch, one visit here is all
you need: 200 acres of expansive Japanese gardens with
strolling paths, resting areas, tropical bonsai collection,
small lakes teeming with koi and other wildlife, nature
trails, pine forests and picnic areas ... all surrounding
two museums: one that features exhibition galleries with
collections of more than 5,000 Japanese art objects and
artifacts, a 225-seat theater, an authentic tea house with
viewing gallery, library, classrooms, museum store café,
lakeside terrace, and a Japanese courtyard garden.

The other building is
modeled to suggest a Japanese
villa, with a ring of exhibition
rooms embracing an open-air
courtyard with a dry garden of gravel, pebbles and small and serve as an outdoor extension of the museum. Roji-en
boulders, and a permanent exhibit chronicling the history consists of the Shinden Gardens (9th to 12th centuries);
of the Yamato Colony, a Japanese farming community in Paradise Garden (13th to 14th centuries); Early Rock Garden
South Florida 100 years ago. (14th century); Late Rock Garden (15th century); Flat Garden
All of this is available at the Morikami Museum and (16th to 17th centuries), and Modern Romantic Garden (19th
Japanese Gardens, which has been one of South Florida’s to 20th centuries).
cultural treasures since 1977, and has now been following Activities are planned throughout the summer for visitor
CDC guidelines since its reopening, which, depending participation. Among the most interesting are the beginners’
on CDC policy at the time, may include masking, proper and intermediate classes in the art of the Traditional Japanese
distancing in its dining area, handwashing and frequent Tea Ceremony, taught by instructor Yoshiko Hardick – the
sanitizer use. beginners’ on Thursdays and the intermediates’ on Sundays.
Among the highlights that await visitors is the major Information about these and other activities for both adults and
garden expansion, the first phase of which was completed in children – as well as hours and admission prices – is available
2001. The new gardens, Roji-en – the George D. and Harriett on the Morikami website or by calling (561) 495-0233.
W. Cornell Gardens – reflect six major historical periods of
Japanese garden design, from the ninth to the 20th century, Morikami Japanese Gardens And Museum on page 15

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