Waza to Kokoro 2026 Application

Name(Required)

First Last

Title

Organization

Name of Japanese garden (if your organization has a Japanese garden)

Website

Home Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Mobile Phone(Required)

If outside the U.S., please include your country code.

Work Phone(Required)

If outside the U.S., please include your country code.

Email(Required)

Have you taken and completed a past Waza to Kokoro Beginner or Intermediate Level Seminar?(Required)

Yes

What year did you take and complete the Waza to Kokoro Seminar?(Required)

Are you a member of North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA)?(Required)

Yes

Professional Background Summary(Required)

Please describe your relevant background. Describe both your professional training and your work experience. Please detail any training or work experiences you have had with Japanese gardens and related cultural practices as well as hands-on work with stone, bamboo or pruning (though not required).

Objectives

If applicable, please describe any upcoming projects or challenges that you see the content of this seminar being able to address.

Portfolio(Required)

Please submit 4-6 representative samples of your work—as designer or contributor—in .jpg or .pdf format. These can be drawings or finished work.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, pdf, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please indicate if this course will be in conjunction with fulfilling ASLA, APLD or OLCA continuing education hours.(Required)

Yes

Student Financial Assistance

If you need financial assistance, our student scholarship program offers up to $500 in financial aid. Please submit your resume and a 500-word essay as a single PDF document explaining the reason for applying to the Seminar, a brief description of your financial need, what you wish to gain, how the Seminar will help you in your future career, or how you wish to implement what you learn into your daily life as well as any other information you feel is pertinent to this application.

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Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 50 MB.

How did you hear about us?

Portland Japanese Garden magazine

Portland Japanese Garden emails

Portland Japanese Garden website

Personal network

Other

You indicated personal network or other, please specify.

Terms and Conditions(Required)

Physical Requirement

This workshop will involve lifting and/or moving items weighing up to 100 lbs. in small teams. Participants are occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by the training include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Change in Program Due to Weather

If weather conditions are deemed to affect the program, you will be notified as soon as possible.

Photograph & Video Usage

Photographs we take of anyone in the seminar may be used in editorial, social, advertising, collateral, internal documents and other purposes. By signing and submitting this application and participating in the seminar, you grant the Portland Japanese Garden the irrevocable and unrestricted right to use and publish photographs of you in any manner and medium, and to alter and composite the same without restriction, inspection, or approval.

Personal Property

The Portland Japanese Garden is not responsible for loss, theft or damage to any personal possessions.

Privacy Policy

The Portland Japanese Garden may use the information you provided in this form only for the purpose of processing the application within the organization. We will not share received information with any third party outside of our organization. However, the list of 2025 Training Seminar attendees will be shared within the group for purposes of establishing and maintaining a professional community.

Use of Cell Phones During the Training Seminar

While we understand that participants may need to document their work or be accessible during the workshop, we ask that for safety reasons you refrain from the use of cellphones during the hands-on workshop.

Waiver and Release of Liability

I agree to indemnify, release and forever discharge and hold harmless, and agree not to sue, the Portland Japanese Garden (PJG), its partners, owners, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, heirs, successors and assigns ("Indemnified Parties"), of and from all actions, claims, cause of action, demands, damages and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown (the "Claims"), which I may have or hereafter have against the Indemnified Parties by reason of any harm sustained by my person and/or property in the course of my participation in the Portland Japanese Garden’s training programs. I agree that if I commence, join in, or in any way seek relief through a legal action or proceeding arising out of, based upon, or related to any of the Claims, I will pay the Indemnified Parties, in addition to any damages, all attorneys' fees and costs in defending or responding to the Claims.

Cancellations

Cancellations received in writing by May 21 will receive a 50% refund. No refund can be made after May 21.

I understand and agree to the terms and conditions

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