Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens 11/02
Delray Beach, FL


Around 1900, a group of Japanese moved to Florida hoping to establish a Japanese community and grow pineapples and other fruits and vegetables that they grew in Japan. They weren't successful and eventually gave up. Most moved back to Japan. One man, Mr. Morikami, was able to grow vegetables better suited to the soil and was very successful. He left his estate to the government to make a museum and gardens.


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


Bamboo


  


  


Tree bark


  


  


  


  


  


  


Mushroom


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


From Morikami to Origami.


  


 

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