Thursday, December 25, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
Illuminated
If you've had the joy of visiting Botanica this holiday season for Illuminations, you may have noticed the Chinese Garden of Friendship was also aglow. Lighting has been installed as well as preliminary landscaping. Oh, and the dragon has feet!
Monday, December 8, 2014
A Sunny Day in December
Monday, November 17, 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Chinese Garden Featured in the Wichita Eagle
When people go to Botanica for Illuminations this holiday season, they’ll notice some imposing new structures — a wall running along the parking lot to their right as they enter, and the tell-tale curved rooflines of the Chinese Garden of Friendship that is under construction.
The Chinese garden is not expected to open until June — its opening having been delayed a couple of times — but much of the hardscape is done, Botanica director Marty Miller said earlier this week. He expects that structural part of the garden to be finished by the end of November, when the area will pretty much be left alone for winter. Come spring, plants will go in, tilework will be done, the pond and stream will be filled with water, and koi fish will call it home.
- Taken from the Wichita Eagle 11/15/2014. Read the full article by Annie Calovich with photos here.
The Chinese garden is not expected to open until June — its opening having been delayed a couple of times — but much of the hardscape is done, Botanica director Marty Miller said earlier this week. He expects that structural part of the garden to be finished by the end of November, when the area will pretty much be left alone for winter. Come spring, plants will go in, tilework will be done, the pond and stream will be filled with water, and koi fish will call it home.
- Taken from the Wichita Eagle 11/15/2014. Read the full article by Annie Calovich with photos here.
A claw of the dragon sculpture by Jennie Becker.
photo by JAIME GREEN/THE WICHITA EAGLE
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/living/home-garden/annie-calovich/article3936121.html#storylink=cpy |
Friday, November 7, 2014
Dragons and Roof Beasts, oh my!
Finished roof on the Garden's Entrance with Pick Koks on each corner. |
Work has begun on the Rose Wind Pavilion 薇風廊 roof. Can you find the roof beast waiting to be installed? |
Eave and drip tiles alternate, watched over by a roof beast. |
Roof beasts face North and South on the Rose Wind Pavilion rooftop. The Garden's Entrance is in the background. |
View from the roof facing South. |
View from the roof facing Northwest. Do you see the Dragon Wall's tail? |
The Dragon Wall and Treasured Friend Pavilion 珍友亭 (Facing North) |
The Dragon Wall and Garden's Entrance (Facing South) |
Treasured Friend Pavilion from outside the Garden |
Rocks representing the Yellow Mountains (View from inside the Treasured Friend Pavilion) |
Qingming Mural Wall |
Friday, October 24, 2014
Tails and Tiles from China
As the dragon wall takes shape, the roof tiles have finally arrived from China and are being installed.
This roof tile is called a Pik Kok. It is actually two pieces. Can you see the dragon? |
Now can you see him? |
The Dragon Wall creeps through the Garden. |
Pervious concrete is a special type of concrete with a high porosity that allows water from precipitation and other sources to pass directly through. |
Forms are set for the Qingming Mural Wall. |
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
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