Portland Japanese Garden

Portland, Oregon – As part of the Japanese Garden Lecture Series at the
Portland Japanese Garden, on April 1 local maple tree expert Talon Buchholz will
deliver a lecture entitled The Wonderful World of Japanese Maples.
Owner and president of Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery and the Flora
Wonder™ Arboretum, Talon is a wholesale grower of Japanese maples, dwarf
and unusual conifers, and other choice ornamental trees and shrubs. He’ll speak
about his long experience with developing new varieties of Japanese
maples—how they are selected, trialed, and introduced.

Talon’s nursery fosters an environment where the discovery, trial, and
introduction of new species and cultivars are a principal focus. Many Buchholz
introductions are grown across the United States and Canada as well as Europe
and Japan; and many choice new plants from abroad are first made available to
Americans by Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery. Mr. Buchholz and his staff enjoy
close relationships and plant sharing with some of the world’s greatest growers
of plants.

“We are proud and fortunate to be in a position to discover, introduce,
promote, and sell new plants,” said Buchholz. “Somehow we are at the ‘cutting
edge’ of horticulture and we certainly have a good time about that.”

The lecture will be on Thursday, April 1 at 5:30pm and the cost is $10 for
Garden members and $15 for non-members with reservations required: call (503)
542-0280 or email events@japanesegarden.com . This the third lecture in the 2010
Japanese Garden Lecture Series from the Portland Japanese Garden. Please visit
www.japanesegarden.com/events/lectures for information about other upcoming
lectures in the series.

The Portland Japanese Garden has been proclaimed one of the most beautiful
Japanese gardens in the world. The Garden is located above Washington Park at
611 SW Kingston Drive in SW Portland, Oregon and is open daily except on
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.

This release was published February 26, 2010. For further information please contact Kerry Cobb, Director of Marketing & Visitor Services, at kcobb @ japanesegarden.com or (503) 328-0050.