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A Project Under Development in West Seattle
The Garden is currently a construction site and is only opened for guided docent tours; the free guided tours are offered at 10:00 AM March-October on the second Saturday of the month, no reservations needed.
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2008 Annual Tour and Tea June 5th - South Seattle Community College Arboretum
On Thursday June 5th, enjoy the annual Tour and
Tea sponsored by our neighbor, the South Seattle Community College Arboretum.
The Arboretum is located on the SSCC campus just south of the Seattle Chinese
Garden site; it displays many mature specimens of the Chinese plants that will
be planted in the Seattle Chinese Garden, as well as a notable collection of
dwarf conifers, a sensory garden, and a new rose garden. The hours of the Tour and
Tea are 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Docent-led tours of the Arboretum begin at I pm; a program
of speakers begins at 2. This year tea will be served for the first time in the
new Chan Education Center, a set of classrooms and meeting rooms built jointly
by South Seattle Community College and the Seattle Chinese Garden Society that
adjoins the Arboretum. After enjoying
the refreshments, take an opportunity to view the antique-filled Seattle
Chinese Garden reception room in the same building.
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June 7, 2008 - "Imperial Masquerade" at
the Garden site in the Chan Center - 6000 16th Ave. SW in West Seattle - a presentation & reading with artifacts featuring
the new book on legendary Princess Der Ling by the author, Grant Hayter-Menzies.
A free admission event.
2:00 to 4:00 PM, with optional docent tour of the Chinese garden afterward. There will be a book sale and signing following the presentation.
Click Here to view more information on the book and author.For reservations: Melanie (206) 282-8040 or <melanie@seattlechinesegarden.org>
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COSCO Container Arrives in Seattle
April 4, 2008
China Ocean Shipping Company
has generously donated up to 40-40 foot containers to transport China-fabricated materials for our Garden. The first of these arrived in Seattle carrying stone foundations for the wooden columns that will hold up the roof of Knowing the Spring Courtyard.
 Greeting this first shipment are:
Tim Banks-COSCO Seattle, Mike Craig-SCGS Executive Director, Jon Geiger-SCGS President, Yangming Chu-SCGS Chief Curator.
Chongqing Gives $1.2 Million for the First Courtyard
We have received a gift valued at 1.2 million US dollars
from our sister city of Chongqing. Chongqing has donated all materials, labor
and associated in-China costs for “Knowing the Spring Courtyard,” the second traditional
structure in the Garden. We anticipate opening this first courtyard in the fall
of 2008, which is the 25th anniversary of the Seattle-Chongqing sister city relationship. Artisans from Chongqing will arrive in May this
year to assemble the components using traditional tools and construction methods. Special educational programs will be offered at the site while the artisans are here.
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