Kizuna: West Meets East

Celebrate art, culture, and garden tradition through marvelous bamboo displays, the Japanese Garden complex and other standing focal points for Kizuna: West Meets East. Kizuna, meaning “the bonds between people” in Japanese, celebrates the profound influence Japan has had on the West by presenting large site-specific art installations in bamboo by internationally-known artists Tetsunori Kawana and Stephen Talasnik.

Explore bamboo’s power and versatility in a variety of forms, including living plant displays.

Kizuna: West Meets East Tours

Gardens Docents will take you on guided tours through our grounds to discover western and eastern bonds between people, art, and plants.

Drop-in tours are available on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Free with admission, dependent on guide availability.

Tours can be scheduled for groups of 10 or more with three weeks advance notice.