Japanese Garden
Tierney was a member of the San Diego Japanese Garden Reconstruction Committee, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Japanese Friendship Garden at San Diego. His participation has contributed to the preservation and maintenance of the garden. His involvement has helped introduce the beauty of the Japanese garden to those who visit the Japanese Friendship Garden at San Diego's Balboa Park.
He continues to be active at age 95, teaching Ikebana at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Bountiful, Utah (Spring 2008).
Read more about this topic: Patrick Lennox Tierney, Japanese Art
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