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The Zen Oxherder Parable at Humes Japanese Stroll Garden |
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at the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, Long Island, New York |
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July 29, 2013 - October 27, 2013 |
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John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden |
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Dogwood Lane |
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Mill Neck, NY 11765 |
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The Zen Oxherder Parable at Humes Japanese Stroll Garden at the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, Long Island, New York. Sponsored by The Garden Conservancy.
This summer's exhibition "The Zen Oxherder Parable" features ink paintings by Long Island artist Sungsook Hong Setton and runs through October 27, 2013. The parable originated in ancient India and has been painted by Chinese, Korean, and Japanese masters for hundreds of years. It relates the search of an oxherder for his missing ox to the stages of an individual's spiritual quest for enlightenment. Ten stages are depicted in the exhibition, with commentary by Humes Garden director Stephen Morrell.
About The Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
The mission of the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is to preserve and enhance the garden and its architectural elements with sensitivity to both the garden's natural woodland setting and the Japanese aesthetic principles that guide its design.
Coinciding with a fascination with Japanese aesthetics in mid-century America, the garden's journey began in 1960 when John and Jean Humes traveled to Japan and were inspired by the beauty of its ancient gardens. When they returned, they decided to transform a corner of their Mill Neck, New York estate into a Japanese garden. They imported a teahouse as the garden's centerpiece and engaged Douglas and Joan DeFaya, a first-generation Japanese-American couple, to develop the garden. For four years, the DeFayas, working with a local landscape contractor, carved the garden's paths into the hillside, setting stones by hand and planting the forest understory with a variety of shrubs, trees and groundcovers. Remains from their original plantings—Hinoki cypress, laceleaf Japanese maple, weeping hemlock and Katsura—can still be seen in the area surrounding the tea house. The Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy. |
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516-676-4486 |
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