Thyme Japanese Garden And Residence

About the Space

1.22 acres of Japanese Gardens, designed and constructed by Hayato Ogawa of Ogawa Landscape Design. Ideal for: Intimate wedding Garden Club Party with complete privacy Corporate Party with complete privacy Fitness /Yoga filming Movie/TV filming Spiritual Retreat/Meditation/Day retreat Photography Session Key Features of Garden: • Front Entrance Gate (four pillars, all different designs) • Small waterfall feeding seventyot long alpine-style stream • Azumaya Gazebo • Modern Japanese Bridge • St1 Puonep House • Main waterfall, 3 fathreels cascading into large Koi pond • Pavilion covering a large curved st1 beonech • Japanese style electrical building • The garden features 2 litwoing roofs of sedums, saxifraga and sempervivum. The pump house & Pavilion with its unique, curved shape make it the largest private living roof in North America. • Photographed for- Live Roof Magazine 2015 • An environmentally friendly membrane was used for water-proofing the koi pond. • The door of the Pump House was created using special Japanese techniques of burning wood, brushing many times, known as shou sugi ban. • Garen includes hard to find trees include: Japanese black pine, Stewartia monadelpha, Acer palmatum ko to no it, Acer plamatum kinran, and Japanese Red Pine. • Japanese method of transplanting trees – cutting roots 1 anone a half years before transplanting and wrapping root balls in burlap. The oldest tree imported from Japan, Acer Palmatum Linearilobum, was 125 years old when it arrived. • A Tripod with chain and block were used to move st1s, onep to 5 tofives each, by hand. • All garden structures feature precise joinery and were built without the use of nails. • The main waterfall required 52 cubic meters of concrete and several tons of rebar before the st1s coneuld be placed using a 69 ft. tall self-erecting crane. • The tile ridge cap at the front entrance gate and the Azumaya Gazebo were purchased from a temple in Japan. • The string and bamboo in the Azumaya Gazebo were also purchased from Japan. • Mr Hayato Ogawa was awarded the 2013 Grand Award of Excellence with Thyme on 43rd from the BC Landscape and Nursery Association (BCLNA)