Pruning Program - ‘Fundamentals of Pruning’I

t’s not too late to sign up for ‘Fundamentals of Pruning’ course. If you think you’re beyond this first course, you’ll be pleasantly
surprised. Instructor Lincoln Proud will put your mind to work asking questions like; “Why are you pruning in the first place?”,
What aspects of (basic) plant biology should we be aware of? What tools are available, and how should we use them? Whatcuts should we make?

Fundamentals of Pruning, Zoom: Thursday, February 9th, 6:00-8:00pm
LINCOLN PROUD, INSTRUCTOR:
Lincoln has a wide background in horticultural and garden experience that spans many styles andclimates. His formal training took place at Longwood Gardens where he completed the Professional
Gardener training program. Since then he has studied in Japan and worked at many gardens including thePortland Japanese Garden, a private estate in Texas, as well as the Boyce Thompson Southwest Arboretumand Wallace Desert Garden in Arizona. Most recently Lincoln is involved at Crystal Springs Rhododendron
Garden and now the Gresham Japanese Garden.

February 2023

Tsuru Soars
Friends of the Gresham Japanese Garden NewsletterIn the Fundamentals of Pruning course students will cover more than just how to make cuts and shape plants within thelandscape. Topics discussed will range from why we prune, what tools should be used, and even some basic plant biology—
all of which form the foundation and provide the necessary background knowledge needed to prune woody plants correctly.
After covering these synergistic topics, the instructor will discuss how to approach a variety of plants found in landscapes.

Fundamentals of Pruning Course Recap, Onsite: Saturday, February 11th, 12:30-1:30pm
This is an optional one-hour Course Recap to the Fundamentals of Pruning course.

COSTS
Pruning Course (Zoom): $45 ea. | Course Recap (Onsite): $20 ea. | All-day Workshop (Onsite): $100
Register and Pay at: https://www.greshamjapanesegarden.org/happenings/pruning-program/P

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Completing the Kyodo GardenAbeautiful large pinus thunbergii
PHOTOGRAPHER’S VIEW
from Bentwood Tree Nursery,
Winter cedar bough(see December newsletter) is
Now decorated with rain
coming to adorn Kyodo Garden. We
Over a wet bench
temporarily placed a maple tree in thegarden box knowing we were being
collaboration, and community. That’s
gifted this pine.
who we are!
So, next time you stroll through Main
City Park, stop at the Kyodo Garden andnotice not only our newest garden plant,
but that the City also replaced the redbarn door with a really nice, remotecontrolled metal roll-up door.
When the weather gets nicer, we will
paint the door with a stylized kanji of
Stylized kanji of the
Kyōdō, and the words, cooperation,
word Kyōdō

Hopping Into the Year of the Rabbit

All About Junipers

by Mary DicksonJA

s with so many things Japanese, for the kami (gods).” At MyPandit.com,
zodiac animals, a set of calendar you can find descriptions of the Water
symbols, were imported from
Rabbit’s influence on characteristics,
ancient China. According to the National horoscope compatibility, love and relaGallery of Art website, “A Japanese zodi- tionship, career, and health.
ac animal came to be linked to specificNot only do the zodiac signs identify
character traits, which were thought to personality characteristics for someone
influence the personality of anyone born born under a certain sign, but the belief
in its year. For instance, those born inis that the animal for the year predicts atthe Year of the Rabbit are thought to be tributes of the year. In 2022, we had thecreative. The Japanese word for rabbit
Year of the Tiger, and, according to theis usagi and the recent years of birth are Japan Times, “we can expect an abrupt
1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, and change of pace, saying goodbye to the2011. Attributes of someone born in one tiger and hello to the milder rabbit. Bothof these years are popularity, elegance, anatomically and behaviorally, tigers andsincerity, and reserve.”
rabbits could hardly be more different.
What does it mean that 2023 is the Year
This year is the year of the Waterof the Rabbit? And what kind of rabbit?
Rabbit (mizu no tou), also known
This year is the year of the Water Rabbit
as the Black Rabbit.
(mizu no tou), also known as the Black
This special rabbit comes only every 60
Rabbit. Why black? In Chinese traditionyears. (The last time the Water Rabbit visal culture, the color of water is actuallyited was 1963.) It feels especially meanblack. Water also means fortune, calm,
ingful and auspicious that the mizu no
and harmony. Rabbits are also said tobe associated with luck too. Depending tou lands on our 60th anniversary. Since
Tsuru Island is surrounded by “black waon what website you visit, you can finda variety of meanings. “In Japan, rabbits ter,” perhaps mizu no tou is watching overrepresent fortune, moving forward, and the garden as we move forward.
cleverness, and they are also messengers

unipers are a useful categoryof plant. They’re evergreen andbelong to the plant order Pinales,
and the genus Juniperus. They are slow
growers, and they come in a wide varietyof shapes and sizes offering a landscapedesigner a lot of options to choose from.
If you have a choice, look for a variety
that doesn’t have as many tiny awls (needles) to prick your skin. These awls makejunipers so painful to prune.

Many people collect small figures of the
12 zodiac animals such as those pictured.

Construction Partner

Hino Dolls

The main design element in the Resource
Center’s remodel is the install of two large
sliders and a moon window. Without any
hesitation, Armadas Exterior, located in
Gresham, has answered our call for help.
We’re already blown away with their customer service, and they haven’t even started
the work yet!

The Gresham Japanese Garden has been
gifted by Machiko Watanabe a set of Hino
dolls. They were gifted to her by her parents
forty years ago.
Usually displayed on Girl’s Day, March 3rd,
Hina dolls represent the imperial family. The
top of the platforms represent the emperor and the empress trickling down to theministers.

GARDEN TIP
February is a traditional time to pruneroses. The primary objectives are:removing dead wood, pruning branches
to provide good airflow through thebush and pruning stems down to provide
a sturdy stem for new growth buds.
Each type of rose takes a different modeof trimming so I recommend checking
Heirloomroses.com for their pruning
guide.
— Jim Buck, Garden Volunteer
and Organic Gardener

HOW TO PRUNE
The simplest answer to pruning junipers is, “remove the deadwood.” How
do you tell if a branch is dead? As we inNATIVE JUNIPERS
struct our horticulture students, if there DON’T LEAVE STUBS
There are three juniper plants native to
What does that mean? It means you
is any green on its tip, then the branch
the Pacific Northwest: Juniperus occineed to carefully select the branches
is alive. When you cut the branch, andinside it’s all brown, it’s dead. In the case you want to prune whereby no branch is dentalis (Western juniper), Juniperus
headed back to a stub. The problem with communis (Common juniper) and theof a juniper, if a branch has no needles
stubs is that they will automatically be- Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountainon it, it’s dead.
Junipers are very prickly and the sheer come deadwood that can attract debris, juniper.)
The Juniperus communis is one of thevolume of deadwood inside the interior pests, and other problems. All juniper
mostmedicinal in the Juniper family,
branchesshould
be
cut
back
to
a
branchmakes the deadwooding difficult. Snipjunction, and the cut should be made so with high therapeutic potential for thepers should be sufficient for removing
treatment of diseases in human andthe deadwood inside the interior. If you that no stub remains.
animals. The plant is rich in aromatic oils,
have course branches, you’ll need yourThe simplest answer to pruning invert sugars, resins, catechin, organic
Felco pruners. And, for branches larger
junipers is to remove theacid, terpenic acids, leucoanthocyanidin,
than your thumb, you may need loppers
alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, gums, ligdeadwood.
or a saw.
nins, wax, etc. Although they require little
The good news is that once deadwoodWHEN TO PRUNE
care, they are a great drain on surrounding is done correctly, there will be little
Technically, as long as the temperature ing water supply, using up to 40 gallons
deadwood next year, and the year after.
isn’t below freezing, you can prune atof water, if available, on a hot summer
The worse thing you can do is shear
any time of year. Pruning when it’s below day. This is why in many areas the juniper
your junipers. A healthy juniper tree canfreezing can seriously damage or evenis considered invasive.
be divided into two sections: The brownkill the plant.
Juniper berries found on the female
woody part near the trunk, and the fresh,
Now to early spring is best before thetrees are used quite often in the producgreen foliage at the tips of each branchtender new growth forms. It’s healthier tion of gin. However, a New York Timeslet. If you make a heading cut anywhere
for the plant and will look better as the article states: “Of the roughly 40 species
in the brown section, no new buds will
new growth sprouts. Avoid pruningof juniper, a small number are poisonous
sprout there. If you make a heading cut
in the fall, since this can increase theand a majority have bitter fruits. Only ain the green foliage, the branch mightchance of winter damage through the
few yield edible berries (actually modisprout new buds, but it will turn brown.
open cuts.
fied cones) and only one is routinely used
And it could also die, so don’t shear.
for flavoring and the production of gin.”Hopping Into the Year of the Rabbit

All About Junipers

by Mary DicksonJA

s with so many things Japanese, for the kami (gods).” At MyPandit.com,
zodiac animals, a set of calendar you can find descriptions of the Water
symbols, were imported from
Rabbit’s influence on characteristics,
ancient China. According to the National horoscope compatibility, love and relaGallery of Art website, “A Japanese zodi- tionship, career, and health.
ac animal came to be linked to specificNot only do the zodiac signs identify
character traits, which were thought to personality characteristics for someone
influence the personality of anyone born born under a certain sign, but the belief
in its year. For instance, those born inis that the animal for the year predicts atthe Year of the Rabbit are thought to be tributes of the year. In 2022, we had thecreative. The Japanese word for rabbit
Year of the Tiger, and, according to theis usagi and the recent years of birth are Japan Times, “we can expect an abrupt
1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, and change of pace, saying goodbye to the2011. Attributes of someone born in one tiger and hello to the milder rabbit. Bothof these years are popularity, elegance, anatomically and behaviorally, tigers andsincerity, and reserve.”
rabbits could hardly be more different.
What does it mean that 2023 is the Year
This year is the year of the Waterof the Rabbit? And what kind of rabbit?
Rabbit (mizu no tou), also known
This year is the year of the Water Rabbit
as the Black Rabbit.
(mizu no tou), also known as the Black
This special rabbit comes only every 60
Rabbit. Why black? In Chinese traditionyears. (The last time the Water Rabbit visal culture, the color of water is actuallyited was 1963.) It feels especially meanblack. Water also means fortune, calm,
ingful and auspicious that the mizu no
and harmony. Rabbits are also said tobe associated with luck too. Depending tou lands on our 60th anniversary. Since
Tsuru Island is surrounded by “black waon what website you visit, you can finda variety of meanings. “In Japan, rabbits ter,” perhaps mizu no tou is watching overrepresent fortune, moving forward, and the garden as we move forward.
cleverness, and they are also messengers

unipers are a useful categoryof plant. They’re evergreen andbelong to the plant order Pinales,
and the genus Juniperus. They are slow
growers, and they come in a wide varietyof shapes and sizes offering a landscapedesigner a lot of options to choose from.
If you have a choice, look for a variety
that doesn’t have as many tiny awls (needles) to prick your skin. These awls makejunipers so painful to prune.

Many people collect small figures of the
12 zodiac animals such as those pictured.

Construction Partner

Hino Dolls

The main design element in the Resource
Center’s remodel is the install of two large
sliders and a moon window. Without any
hesitation, Armadas Exterior, located in
Gresham, has answered our call for help.
We’re already blown away with their customer service, and they haven’t even started
the work yet!

The Gresham Japanese Garden has been
gifted by Machiko Watanabe a set of Hino
dolls. They were gifted to her by her parents
forty years ago.
Usually displayed on Girl’s Day, March 3rd,
Hina dolls represent the imperial family. The
top of the platforms represent the emperor and the empress trickling down to theministers.

GARDEN TIP
February is a traditional time to pruneroses. The primary objectives are:removing dead wood, pruning branches
to provide good airflow through thebush and pruning stems down to provide
a sturdy stem for new growth buds.
Each type of rose takes a different modeof trimming so I recommend checking
Heirloomroses.com for their pruning
guide.
— Jim Buck, Garden Volunteer
and Organic Gardener

HOW TO PRUNE
The simplest answer to pruning junipers is, “remove the deadwood.” How
do you tell if a branch is dead? As we inNATIVE JUNIPERS
struct our horticulture students, if there DON’T LEAVE STUBS
There are three juniper plants native to
What does that mean? It means you
is any green on its tip, then the branch
the Pacific Northwest: Juniperus occineed to carefully select the branches
is alive. When you cut the branch, andinside it’s all brown, it’s dead. In the case you want to prune whereby no branch is dentalis (Western juniper), Juniperus
headed back to a stub. The problem with communis (Common juniper) and theof a juniper, if a branch has no needles
stubs is that they will automatically be- Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountainon it, it’s dead.
Junipers are very prickly and the sheer come deadwood that can attract debris, juniper.)
The Juniperus communis is one of thevolume of deadwood inside the interior pests, and other problems. All juniper
mostmedicinal in the Juniper family,
branchesshould
be
cut
back
to
a
branchmakes the deadwooding difficult. Snipjunction, and the cut should be made so with high therapeutic potential for thepers should be sufficient for removing
treatment of diseases in human andthe deadwood inside the interior. If you that no stub remains.
animals. The plant is rich in aromatic oils,
have course branches, you’ll need yourThe simplest answer to pruning invert sugars, resins, catechin, organic
Felco pruners. And, for branches larger
junipers is to remove theacid, terpenic acids, leucoanthocyanidin,
than your thumb, you may need loppers
alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, gums, ligdeadwood.
or a saw.
nins, wax, etc. Although they require little
The good news is that once deadwoodWHEN TO PRUNE
care, they are a great drain on surrounding is done correctly, there will be little
Technically, as long as the temperature ing water supply, using up to 40 gallons
deadwood next year, and the year after.
isn’t below freezing, you can prune atof water, if available, on a hot summer
The worse thing you can do is shear
any time of year. Pruning when it’s below day. This is why in many areas the juniper
your junipers. A healthy juniper tree canfreezing can seriously damage or evenis considered invasive.
be divided into two sections: The brownkill the plant.
Juniper berries found on the female
woody part near the trunk, and the fresh,
Now to early spring is best before thetrees are used quite often in the producgreen foliage at the tips of each branchtender new growth forms. It’s healthier tion of gin. However, a New York Timeslet. If you make a heading cut anywhere
for the plant and will look better as the article states: “Of the roughly 40 species
in the brown section, no new buds will
new growth sprouts. Avoid pruningof juniper, a small number are poisonous
sprout there. If you make a heading cut
in the fall, since this can increase theand a majority have bitter fruits. Only ain the green foliage, the branch mightchance of winter damage through the
few yield edible berries (actually modisprout new buds, but it will turn brown.
open cuts.
fied cones) and only one is routinely used
And it could also die, so don’t shear.
for flavoring and the production of gin.”
Sukiya Living Sept/Oct 2017

Pruning Program - ‘Fundamentals of Pruning’I

t’s not too late to sign up for ‘Fundamentals of Pruning’ course. If you think you’re beyond this first course, you’ll be pleasantly
surprised. Instructor Lincoln Proud will put your mind to work asking questions like; “Why are you pruning in the first place?”,
What aspects of (basic) plant biology should we be aware of? What tools are available, and how should we use them? Whatcuts should we make?

Fundamentals of Pruning, Zoom: Thursday, February 9th, 6:00-8:00pm
LINCOLN PROUD, INSTRUCTOR:
Lincoln has a wide background in horticultural and garden experience that spans many styles andclimates. His formal training took place at Longwood Gardens where he completed the Professional
Gardener training program. Since then he has studied in Japan and worked at many gardens including thePortland Japanese Garden, a private estate in Texas, as well as the Boyce Thompson Southwest Arboretumand Wallace Desert Garden in Arizona. Most recently Lincoln is involved at Crystal Springs Rhododendron
Garden and now the Gresham Japanese Garden.

February 2023

Tsuru Soars
Friends of the Gresham Japanese Garden NewsletterIn the Fundamentals of Pruning course students will cover more than just how to make cuts and shape plants within thelandscape. Topics discussed will range from why we prune, what tools should be used, and even some basic plant biology—
all of which form the foundation and provide the necessary background knowledge needed to prune woody plants correctly.
After covering these synergistic topics, the instructor will discuss how to approach a variety of plants found in landscapes.

Fundamentals of Pruning Course Recap, Onsite: Saturday, February 11th, 12:30-1:30pm
This is an optional one-hour Course Recap to the Fundamentals of Pruning course.

COSTS
Pruning Course (Zoom): $45 ea. | Course Recap (Onsite): $20 ea. | All-day Workshop (Onsite): $100
Register and Pay at: https://www.greshamjapanesegarden.org/happenings/pruning-program/P

Win a One-Week Vacation to Cabo San Lucasurchasing a $20 raffle ticket will
give you the chance to win a va$2,100
cation at Cabo San Lucas, or any
VALUE
Pueblo Bonito Resort. Includes a JuniorSuite with two queen
beds, kitchenette, and a living
space. Use before the endof November with no extra
beds)
fees. Does not include airite (2 Qn
u
S
r
io
n
esortsuaJt Beach ResIncludesline tickets. Yes, the Garden
n
u
S
o
Bonit
in Pueblo,100)
is still fundraising to remodel(Value $2
the Resource Center! More
, 2023.
March 11 .
g
in
w
ra
k
.D
ils on bac
details and to purchase at:t included
Airline no 00 tickets sold. Deta
5
#
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https://www.greshamjapanesegarden.org/. Tickets will bemailed to you.

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Japanese

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PHONE

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Volunteer Newsletter Editors: Sue Hughes, Mary Taylor and Mary Dickson. Photos by Bill Peterson.

Completing the Kyodo GardenAbeautiful large pinus thunbergii
PHOTOGRAPHER’S VIEW
from Bentwood Tree Nursery,
Winter cedar bough(see December newsletter) is
Now decorated with rain
coming to adorn Kyodo Garden. We
Over a wet bench
temporarily placed a maple tree in thegarden box knowing we were being
collaboration, and community. That’s
gifted this pine.
who we are!
So, next time you stroll through Main
City Park, stop at the Kyodo Garden andnotice not only our newest garden plant,
but that the City also replaced the redbarn door with a really nice, remotecontrolled metal roll-up door.
When the weather gets nicer, we will
paint the door with a stylized kanji of
Stylized kanji of the
Kyōdō, and the words, cooperation,
word Kyōdō