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The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008)


Shinden Garden (Shinden Teien) (Heian Period c. 9th-12th Centuries)
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Iguana
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Tsukubai

A water basin originally placed in tea gardens to enable guests to symbolically cleanse and purify themselves.  Today tsukubai serve as focal points in many gardens; water is channeled through a bamboo pipe into the basin as if diverted from a clear mountain stream.
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Kame Shima, Turtle Island
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) c. 1975 --> In training since 1985
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Powder Puff (Calliandra haemataocephala) c. 1974 --> In training since 1975
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Brazilian Raintree (Pithecollabium tortum) c. 1974 --> In training since 1987
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Austrailian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia) c. 1925 - 1970 --> In training since 1978
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Tsukubai

A water basin originally placed in tea gardens to enable guests to symbolically cleanse and purify themselves. Today tsukubai serve as focal points in many gardens; water is channeled through a bamboo pipe into the basin as if diverted from a clear mountain stream.
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Tsukubai

A water basin originally placed in tea gardens to enable guests to symbolically cleanse and purify themselves.  Today tsukubai serve as focal points in many gardens; water is channeled through a bamboo pipe into the basin as if diverted from a clear mountain stream.
The Morikami Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach (May 31, 2008) [D]

Tsukubai

A water basin originally placed in tea gardens to enable guests to symbolically cleanse and purify themselves. Today tsukubai serve as focal points in many gardens; water is channeled through a bamboo pipe into the basin as if diverted from a clear mountain stream.
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