Preserving Legacy workshop and gallery talk
Ron Henderson was invited by the US National Arboretum and the Embassy of Japan / Japan Information and Culture Center to host a public workshop on his research and collaboration with Master Gardener Kurato Fujimoto to conserve legacy cherry trees. The event included a gallery talk by Henderson at the exhibition of his cherry blossom sketchbooks, Sakura Orihon, at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the arboretum. March 2025.
Join us at the U.S. National Arboretum for an on-the-ground workshop on Japanese tree conservation practices. This event will be led by Master Gardener FUJIMOTO Kurato and assistant Hans Friedl. Participants will have the unique opportunity to engage with traditional tools and learn specialized techniques used to preserve legacy cherry blossom trees.
Following the workshop, guests will be guided to the Exhibits Gallery within the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum for a curated tour of Sakura Orihon: Diary of a Cherry Blossom Journey. This annual exhibition features works by landscape architect and Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission award-winning artist Ron Henderson.
Fujimoto and Henderson have long collaborated on legacy tree conservation projects using hoozue, an indigenous Japanese horticultural technique. Their work has received honor awards from the Providence Preservation Society and the American Society of Landscape Architects for conservation efforts at Roger Williams Park (Providence, RI), the U.S. National Arboretum (Washington, DC), and Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC).