GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — The Japanese Garden in Sioux Falls will be the topic of Prairie Yard & Garden (PY&G) on Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. on Pioneer PBS. PY&G host Mary Holm visits with Mary Ellen Connelly who shares the history and special features of the Shoto-Teien Japanese Gardens in Sioux Falls. The program, Japanese Garden, will be rebroadcast on Saturday, April 18 at 4 p.m., Monday, April 20 at 1 p.m. and will be available for online viewing at www.pioneer.org/pyg immediately after Thursday’s broadcast.
A Japanese garden is a place of peace, harmony and tranquility that highlights the natural landscape through borrowed scenery, miniaturization and asymmetry. The Shoto-Teien Japanese Gardens located within Terrace Park in Sioux Falls, displays many of the attributes of a traditional Japanese garden. Mary Ellen Connelly, a volunteer who has worked with others for decades to restore and maintain this special place, shares the history and special features of this beautiful location. The gardens were the creation of Joe Maddox in the 1920s-30s. He studied Japanese landscape and believed the style would add to the beauty of the park, which includes Covell Lake.
PY&G is produced by the University of Minnesota, Morris in collaboration with Pioneer PBS. Production sponsorship is provided by ACIRA, Heartland Motors, Diamond Willow Advance Care Assisted Living and Shalom Hill Farm.
