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End of an era

February 28, 2015 By Jim 6 Comments

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Last week was my last at Anderson Japanese Gardens. My eight plus years as a horticulturist there has ended.

While I learned a lot and am thankful for my time there, I am very much looking forward to my new position in the design build department of a local Nursery/Landscaping company.

Japanese garden waterfall obscured
Spring at the big waterfall.

I thought today would be a good opportunity to look back at the posts I have done that were influenced by my work at the garden.

This included posts that were specifically about Japanese garden concepts, pruning, and of course plants I was first exposed to at the garden.

2012 posts

Back in August of 2012, I began my blog at jimanderson.net. I wrote a lot about plants that were at the garden as well the topic of designing for Fall color, which is one thing the garden is an excellent example of.

  • First step to starting your Japanese garden landscape
  • Two trees with great winter bark & fall color
  • Plants for Fall Color – Four principles
  • Plants for fall color – Part 1 of 2
  • Plants for Fall color Part 2 of 2
  • Bringing nature indoors
Fall color at the east waterfall area.
Fall color at the east waterfall area.

2013 posts

In 2013, I started to get my stride a bit and started writing about things that were directly influenced by my work at the garden or areas of the garden. It was also in late September when I moved my site to yourgardensanctuary.com in order to be more descriptive of the content I was aspiring to write. Some of these are among my personal favorites.

  • Japanese garden fall color lessons you can use
  • Japanese garden fall color can inspire your garden design
  • Aesthetic pruning goals for your garden sanctuary
  • Three aesthetic pruning cuts
  • Garden Structures for Four Season Interest
  • Green leaf Japanese maple
View out of the guesthouse in summer
View out of the guesthouse in summer

2014 posts

This year started with six posts about creating a Japanese garden in a small backyard. This started with a reader questions, and lead to a 5 part series that ended with a complete Japanese style residential backyard design. A post answering another reader’s question about practical Japanese garden books for the do it yourself homeowner came later in the year.

  • Japanese garden in a small yard
  • Small backyard Japanese garden design (5 part series)
  • Japanese Garden How to Book Suggestions
Damn that was a long time ago!
A long time ago at the big waterfall.

Don’t forget to take a look at my resource page on Japanese Garden Pruning which as of this writing is Google’s favorite webpage on the topic.

Just because I no longer work at a Japanese garden does not mean I will abandon it as a subject. Japanese gardens can teach us many things about creating garden spaces that help connect us with nature.  I look forward to exploring those in further depth with you in the coming years.

I had to end with a photo from 2008 of one of the many coworkers I will miss, the photo adverse Iain (aka groundskeeper Willie)
I had to end with a photo from 2008 of one of the many coworkers I will miss, the photo adverse Iain (aka groundskeeper Willie) from the annual Spring Koi move.
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Comments

  1. Faith says

    March 1, 2015 at 3:42 pm

    Jim, congratulations. Sounds like a welcome step forward! Will look forward to hearing from you with your excellent landscape advice from the perspective of your new position–design/build sounds perfect!

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  2. Mike Wyckoff says

    February 28, 2015 at 11:35 am

    There are times when we all have to move on to the next great thing, Jim. Congratulations on your new job, and thanks for so many great posts over the years!

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  3. Julie says

    February 28, 2015 at 11:29 am

    Jim, I so enjoy all of your posts. Will you continue with this site?

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    • Jim says

      February 28, 2015 at 2:06 pm

      Thanks Julie. Yes, I am continuing this site. Although I do expect to be posting less often, probably about one post every 2 or 3 weeks.

      Reply
  4. Valerie Edmonds says

    February 28, 2015 at 10:47 am

    Congratulations Jim and good best of luck in your new position. I Loved todays post and am going to link it to my Garden Club’s facebook page. Have fun and take care.,

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  5. Jill says

    February 28, 2015 at 9:25 am

    Best wishes to you in your new endeavors! Great post! Thanks for putting them all together. I have some rereading to look forward to! Your insights into Japanese garden design have been such a useful guide for me in designing my own sanctuary even though it is not in the Japanese style.

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