We are delighted to announce that the Japanese Garden Society National conference 2024 is now open for booking to non members.

If you could please distribute this email to anyone you think may be interested in joining us we would be most grateful. 

Booking is open till the end of March at £40 per person to include entry, refreshments and Japanese style lunch.

To book places for the conference: Click here

Further details:

Saturday April 13th 2024, (10am - 4pm) Japan House, London

The conference will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the JGS, with all our past achievements, and look at how we can take the society into the future.

The conference theme is ‘Adaptation’ covering the challenges including climate change, new pests and diseases, and how we need to change to cope with these challenges.

Our keynote speaker is: Christian Tagsold
Associate Professor at the Institute for Modern Japanese Studies, University of Dusseldorf and author of ‘Spaces in Translation, Japanese Gardens and the West’.

In our afternoon session we have a panel discussion with a Q&A addressing:

• Climate change 
• Plant pests and diseases
• Changing work conditions, fewer staff and greater reliance on volunteers. 

Panel members: 

• Kevin Martin, Head of Tree Collections, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Dr Hayley Jones, Senior Entomologist, RHS Wisley  
• Dan Ryan, Head Gardener, Gatton Park
  

We do hope that you will be able to join us. 

Admisstion: £40 per person

Kindly sponsored by the Sasakawa Foundation