TIM GRUNER

Garden Curator & Head of Horticulture

Driven by a lifelong love of nature to a career in horticulture, Tim graduated from

the Kishwaukee College Horticulture Program 1987, followed by a one-year horti-

culture internship at Chicago Botanic Garden. Since 1989, Tim has worked and

studied at Anderson Japanese Gardens under the direction of Mr. Hoichi Kurisu, of

Kurisu International, where he is currently Garden Curator. Tim is a frequent con-

tributor to Sukiya Living Magazine and has presented at national and regional con-

ferences for the North American Japanese Garden Association, of which he is a

past member of the board of directors.

In 2001 Tim completed the Kyoto University of Art and Design two-week intensive

garden symposium in Kyoto, Japan. In 2016 he completed an intensive tea garden

rock setting workshop at the International Japanese Garden Training Center at the

Portland Japanese Garden. Tim studies Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Ceremony, to

further understand aesthetics, Japanese gardens, the best of human relationships,

and nature.

Please contact I.I. Chicago Chapter

margot.wang@gmail.com to join the program.