The designer/creator of Kubota Gardens in Seattle
(see http://www.kubota.org ) has died at age 87.
Obituaries he

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/..._kubota17.html
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APS...D84H0AAO0.html

"Instead of flowers" one of the obits notes, "remembrances be made to
Kubota Garden Foundation, P.O. Box 78338, Seattle, WA 98178-0338, or to a
favorite charity." Obviously to the Foundation would be great.

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:08:06 -0700, paghat wrote:

The designer/creator of Kubota Gardens in Seattle (see
http://www.kubota.org ) has died at age 87. Obituaries he

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/..._kubota17.html
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APS...D84H0AAO0.html

"Instead of flowers" one of the obits notes, "remembrances be made to
Kubota Garden Foundation, P.O. Box 78338, Seattle, WA 98178-0338, or to a
favorite charity." Obviously to the Foundation would be great.

-paghat the ratgirl

This is very sad. I went there for the first time two years ago. It is a
very beautiful place... shame the neighborhood that it's in isn't the same
80(
I always wondered if the city/state would demand that he remove the
Japanese knotweed ( Polygonum cuspidatum ). Seeing that it's only a class
B noxious:
http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weed_list/weed_list.classb.html
unsure if King county really even cares about it. Here in Whatcom, it's a
huge problem with no end in sight.