Feb 22 2012
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park Japanese Garden is added to the collection
Grand Rapids, MI (PRWEB) 17 February 2012
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, one of the most important people Botany and sculpture experiences, announced plans for Richard and Helen DEVOS Japanese garden. One of the most revered and deeply respected international garden styles, 8 ½-acre addition will further double the organization’s mission horticulture and sculpture.
Fred and Lena Meijer
shares her love of Japanese garden design in our country many years ago, said President and CEO David Hooker. This art, but a century-style time horticultural presentation is an important contribution to this organization.
Tags: garden, located in the northeast corner of the 132-acre property, will exude the essence of simplicity and beauty of Japanese traditiontranquility. The design will re-imagine existing landwater features, elevation changes and a combination of quiet zones surroundingswith manicured and naturalistic.
Tags design capable Hoichi tivities, president and founder tivities International, Inc., this will be reflected through a variety of horticultural elements such as Zen, the Moss and bonsai gardens, bridges, scenic waterfalls and tea houses, many of our other features. Plans also include sculpture works of contemporary artists whose major international aesthetic and form will work in accordance with the space.
Tags: very unique to our Japanese garden will be the inclusion of modern sculpture, he was vice president and chief curator of horticulture and sculpture by Joseph Becherer. Some important works by international masters will be a form of Japanese aesthetics and tradition, combining its dual mission of horticulture and sculpture.
Tags first confirmed main sculpture Anish Kapoor, one of the most respected artists of our time. This is one of the few works in granite artist has created. Circular units in the first surface of the sculpture reflects the improvement of the environment, encouraging a relaxed mood of the work of meditation.
Tags: Meijer Gardens has recently started 22 million capital campaign to support the project. Frederik and Lena Meijer and Richard and Helen DEVOS make great gifts.
When Fred and Lena
invited us to participate in planning the Japanese garden, Helen and I are excited to have the opportunity to join with them to further strengthen the excellent organization they built, said Richard DEVOS . Japanese gardens are one of the oldest traditions and deep in the horticultural world and we are pleased to bring it to the Midwest this cultural gem.?
We are forever grateful for DEVOS
Meijer and families for their generosity, said Hooker. This garden is a great gift that will keep giving in our community and out of our lives.
Cornerstone will take place until the spring of 2013 and excavation work could happen this year. Progressive AE and Owen Ames Kimball will provide architectural, engineering and construction management support.
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About
Hoichi tivities
President and founder Tags tivities International, Inc., Hoichi tivities is designing and building gardens for more than forty years. From 1968 to 1972, Hoichi served as director of the Japanese Association for Landscape Garden in Portland, Oregon, Portland, and supervised the construction of Japanese gardens. He founded tivities International, Inc.. 1972 landscape company has established a reputation for gardens of the highest quality, including symbol Anderson Gardens Rockford, IL) and the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens symbol Delray Beach, FL). Their unique design interior garden Open space for inspiration and healing.
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park Tags
Tags: botany one of the world’s largest and sculpture experiences, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park serves over 550.000 visitors a year. Meijer Gardens was ranked last in the 100 top art museums worldwide with mostvisited Art Newspaper, the leading publication in the art world news. Basically we 132acre Michigans largest tropical conservatory, a kindergarten largest in the country, dry and Victorian gardens with bronze sculptures of Degas and Rodin, a carnivorous plant house, outdoor gardens, and outdoor amphitheater 1900seat, with an eclectic mix The world-renowned musicians every summer. Internationally acclaimed Sculpture Park has a permanent collection includes works of Rodin, Moore, civil and Plensa, our second. Indoor galleries host changing sculpture exhibitions with recent exhibitions of Picasso, degassing, and knows sovereignty Borofsky and Calder and Dine.
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