Seattle Japanese Garden Tour & Review—September 2025
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Nathan’s Garden of Eden—August 2025
Lawrence Sukashi Cascadia Style Japanese Garden Update
Hoichi Kurisu Requests to See Nathan’s Japanese Style Garden
Hoichi Kurisu, a world renowned Japanese garden designer and builder and the leading, living Japanese garden architect in the U.S., has paid us a visit!
Several days ago, Nathan gave Mr. Kurisu a tour of his own private Japanese style garden which he calls The Lawrence Cascadian Sukashi Garden. Accompanying Kurisu were Keir, his head project manager; Chino also a project manager; and Ishi, one of Kurisu’s many highly skilled garden craftsman.
Hoichi Kurisu is the builder and or designer of several of the top Japanese gardens in America including the Portland Oregon Japanese Garden, the Morikami Japanese garden in Delray, FL, the Anderson Japanese Garden in Rockford, Ill, the Frederick Meijer Japanese Garden in Grand Rapids, MI, and countless other public and private gardens in the US and in Japan.To learn more about Hoichi Kurisu, just do a web search using his name or go to https://www.kurisu.com to learn more about this amazing artist and national treasure!
In the photo below from left to right: Keir, Nathan, Chino, Ishi and Hoichi Kurisu.
My Cascadia Sukashi Garden Is Under a White Blanket
Celebrating Autumn In My Cascadian Sukashi Garden
Morikami Japanese Garden In Florida—A Tour & Critical Review
Enjoy this tour and critical review of one of America’s most renown and top tier Japanese gardens near Boca Raton, Florida. Designed and constructed by the world famous Japanese garden designer Hoichi Kurisu, Nathan Lawrence, a Certified Arborist and master aesthetic master pruner with decades of experience pruning in the sukashi style, examines the various aspects and facets of the Morikami Garden with an eye for the unique details that this Japanese garden offers.
A Cascadian Japanese Style Garden Brought Up to Par
Poetic Vignettes of My Japanese Garden
This video is a montage of my personal Japanese garden with no commentary, just natural sounds and music showing the garden awakening in early morning light, it smiling throughout the day, then its being whipped about by a surprise lightening and thunder storm, then a pastoral, peaceful calm returning to the garden as it goes to sleep with lanterns burning and crickets chirping. Please enjoy this poetic view of my garden.
Constructing a DIY Japanese Garden
Ever wonder how you can create your own private Japanese garden in your own yard whether you have a small or large area to work with, and do it without spending a boat load of money? This is a tour of my own Japanese garden and tips on how I constructed it with no help from others and very little expense. Check it out!