Joshua Smith
PhD
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Japanese Garden Design and Culture Expert
Joshua Smith Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Japanese Gardening, Japanese Culture, Japanese Music
- Career Focus
- Business owner, Scholar, Garden Designer, Author, Musician
- Affiliation
- Grand Island Serene Gardens
Joshua M. Smith, PhD, is a scholar on Japanese culture, a professional Shakuhachi bamboo flute player, Japanese garden designer, and owner of Grand Island Serene Gardens (http://www.serene-gardens.com), a Japanese themed garden center, home interior and gift store. He received his PhD from Osaka University in Cultural Sociology.
After having lived in Japan for over 12 years Joshua moved mack to Grand Island, NY to start a company with his wife Satomi (who specializes in Ikebana Japanese Flower Arrangement) and his brother Mathew (who specializes in horticulture and garden design).
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Japanese Incense for Creating Your Serene Atmosphere
Japanese incense is said to relax you and help create a serene atmosphere. Some people use it as part of a ritual and others use it to add a little ambiance to their surroundings. With such a variety of fragrances, there is definitely a perfect one out there for you. It also makes the perfect unique gift for someone else.
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Christmas for Buddhists
A Buddhist Christmas may sound like a contradiction, but only if you focus on the differences and not the underlying theme. I know many Buddhist monks who celebrate the spirit of Christmas, I am one of them.
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Gardening in Western New York (WNY) Just Got Interesting at Serene Gardens
That's right, Gardening in Western New York (WNY) just got a little more interesting with the arrival of Serene Gardens. The Western New York based Japanese themed Garden Center, Interior, and Landscape company Grand Island Serene Gardens (http://www.serene-gardens.com) is pleased to announce that it has recently unveiled their new website that represents their ongoing commitment to Japanese art, culture, nature and style. The website and online webstore comes just prior to their store front’s grand opening.
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Japanese Pottery - Sophisticated Naturalness
Japanese Pottery can be both rustic and elegant, defining your style as both natural and sophisticated. Pottery from Echizen is some of the greatest quality pottery in Japan. Echizen is the old name for Fukui prefecture, which is just north of Kyoto on the Japan Sea. Fukui has established a pottery village that gathers various potters to live there and create there.
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Japanese Garden Design Options
You have a few Japanese Garden Design Options... but don’t waste your time and money with the free designs advertised. There is no such thing as a free Japanese landscaping design that is worth having! To most people this may seem like common sense, but on the other hand I have seen many advertisements for these type of plans. I recommend anyone who is seriously interested in having a Japanese garden in their backyard to avoid such schemes. Similarly, many of the Do-It-Yourself in one weekend advertisements and books are also going to be very misleading.
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Ideas For Your Meditation Garden
A meditation garden, sometimes called a contemplation garden, is a fairly new concept. Of course gardens and meditation has been around for centuries, but the combination of the two as a specific serene spot you can create yourself is more of a modern concept.
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Contacting Joshua Smith
You can contact Dr. Joshua M. Smith via his Contact Page on his website Serene Gardens (http://www.serene-gardens.com/contact-us)
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Through our Serene Gardens Website (http://www.serene-gardens.com) provide many original Japanese items such as Japanese Pottery, Japanese Incense, Japanese Music, Japanese Garden Tools, Ikebana and Bonsai Supplies etc.
Sales, Events, general Garden Supplies and Garden Tools etc. can also be found through the Garden Center (http://www.serene-gardens.com/garden-center)