August 28 - 30, 2004, Seattle, Washington Program Host: Puget Sound Japanese Garden Society & International Association of Japanese Gardens, Inc. Today Japanese Gardens face many critical issues: the foremost being how to preserve and maintain historical gardens. The second is how to adapt the spirit of the Japanese Garden to the pressures of modernization: its space for gardens is diminishing and people's beliefs, thoughts and tastes on the Japanese Garden have changed and continue to change. Opportunities for engaging discussions will be enhanced by the following questions: Do Japanese Gardens abroad have comparable issues? Do persons brought up outside of Japan have the same appreciation and understanding of the Japanese Garden as those brought up in Japan? How does one try to adapt the spirit of the Japanese Gardens to gardens in foreign countries? Symposium speakers will present their current thinking and aspirations on the theme through both oral and visual exhibitions. Current conditions and issues of Japanese Gardens abroad will be presented by participating gardens. There will be opportunities to hear from and interact with world know experts. A hands on workshops on garden development and maintenance will be a part of this symposium. Symposium Schedule Day 1. (Saturday) August 28, 2004 9:00 am    Registration at the Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington 10:00 am    Declaration and welcome 10:30 am    Keynote address: Makoto Nakamura 11:30 am    Presentation - No. 1 Koichi Kobayashi / Jim Thomas: Seattle Japanese Garden 12:30 am    Presentation - No. 2 Makoto Suzuki 3:00 pm    Round table presentations / Discussion: State of Japanese Gardens in                  the World and North America 5:30 pm    Announcements & Workshop orientation Day 2. (Sunday) August 29, 2004 9:00 am    Registration: Kubota Garden, Seattle 9:30 am    Workshop 11:30 am    Lunch 1:00 pm    Workshop 3:00 pm    Coffee break 3:30 pm    Workshop 5:30 pm    Business Meeting: Board of Directors Day 3. (Monday) August 30, 2004 9:00 am    Registration: Center for Urban Horticulture 9:30 am    Presentation - No. 3 Tatsunosuke Tatsui, No. 4 Ronald Herman 10:45 am    Presentation - No. 5 Takeo Uesugi, No. 6 Marc Keane 12:30 am    Lunch 2:00 pm    Presentation - No. 7 Kendall Brown, Presentation No. 8 Hiro Okusa 3:45 pm    Coffee break 4:15 pm    Round table presentations / Discussion (Herman, Uesugi, Kean, Brown, Kobayashi et al) 6:45 pm    Closing remarks: Takenosuke Tatsui, Vice President, IAJG, Inc. Optional Tours Day 4 (Tuesday) August 31, 2004 Optional Garden Tour A: Seattle Japanese Garden, Kubota Garden, Bloedel Reserve, Yashiro Garden, Waterfall Garden, City of Seattle (Fee for bus, admission and box lunch included) Day 5 - 6 (Wed. - Thursday) September 1-2, 2004 Buchart Garden in Victoria, Nitobe Garden and other parks in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Tour will end in Vancouver. (Fee for all transportation, lodging, admission and box lunch for two days included.) For more information, including registration, please contact Ken Lamb, (director of The International Association of Japanese Gardens for the Australia - Oceania region): Imperial Gardens Landscapes PO Box 200 Terrey Hills, NSW, 2085 Australia Ph: (02) 9450 2455 Fax: (02) 9450 2714 Email: enquiries@imperialgardens.com.au