Now Open!

Our Garden Center had its Grand Opening recently. It is still early for the gardening season but we felt some pressure from Mother Nature to get things going a little early. We are so happy to have such a warm response from the community so far.

Seasonal Hours:

Mon, Wed – Sat: 8:30am-8pm  (Closed Tuesdays)
Sun: 8:30am – 6:00pm

Full Lunch served from 11am-3pm

Light Meals served all throughout the day.

Located on Grand Island, 10 minutes from Buffalo and Niagara Falls, we will be Western New York’s newest, and most original Garden Center and Home Interior store.

What makes us different?

• The Japanese Arts, Culture, and Nature theme of our store extends to garden design and Japanese specialty trees, flowers and plants.
•  We specialize in Eco-Friendly, Organic, and natural products.
•  Japanese Gifts, such as original pottery, music, and incense that we import from Japan.
•  We have a small team of Japanese Garden Designers, who have trained in Japan and often return for more intensive study and experience, here to help you develop your own serene garden.
• We are a destination garden center with Japanese garden displays of the highest quality.
• Not only are we a garden center but we are a cultural events center featuring various activities such as classes on Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging and the Shakuhachi Bamboo flute.
• But most of all, we are a family run business aiming to provide you with a unique experience. We encourage you to come here and relax and enjoy the atmosphere.
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We are developing our Japanese home decor/interior and arts boutique. We recently opened the storefront to serve the Grand Island, Buffalo, Niagara (Western New York and Ontario) and surrounding areas. If you are interested in Japanese landscaping, we are here to help develop your serene garden, whether it be a traditional Japanese garden, a modern style garden, or a mix of east-west styles.

In addition to your everyday gardening needs, we wish to provide you with specialties related to the Japanese garden and other items to give you a unique experience at our place.

Our overall goal is to provide you with a fresh and relaxing atmosphere at our store as well as help you develop your own serene space.

The owners Josh and Satomi Smith have extensive experience with Japanese gardens in Japan as well as Japanese arts such as Ikebana flower arranging and Japanese music. Landscape designer, and Nursery/Garden Center Manager (and Josh’s brother) Matt Smith has also visited and studied gardens in Japan, undergone local training in landscaping, and is our Horticulture Aficionado.

The one connecting thing that we all have is that at the root of it we are a team of artists with traditional and contemporary styles.

The Garden Center will also have an event space where various classes will be taught, such as Japanese language, shakuhachi bamboo flute, Japanese Ikebana flower arrangement, and Japanese tea ceremony. In addition, the event space will be available for private parties, as well as other teachers of various arts, meditation classes, yoga classes etc.

Of course we aim to fulfill the basic needs of home gardeners as well as offer something new and unique to the Buffalo and Niagara area. We have situated ourselves in the Niagara Frontier on Grand Island, NY. It is actually very close and convenient to the cities and surrounding areas (10 minutes from Buffalo and Niagara Falls), however physically the island does have an air of separateness. Just like a Japanese garden, the area is defined and quiet, yet we hope to gather like-minded people who have an appreciation for culture, art, and the universal beauty of nature.

If you have any suggestions or comments about the store please feel free to leave us a message on our Contact Us page. We’ll be seeing you soon!