Subseries III.C. Normandale Japanese Garden Cherry Trees, 1981-2004

This subseries covers the request by Takao Watanabe, the Normandale Japanese Garden's (Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota) architect, for Jefferson to visit and determine if the United States National Arboretum would donate cherry trees. The papers further document the 1984 donation of two varieties from Hokkaido, Japan that would survive in the Minnesota climate and Jefferson's correspondence with the garden keepers on their progress. The papers also cover the history of the cherry trees in Normandale Community College, Jefferson's assistance, the Sargent cherry, patents, and the 1990 celebration for planting Japanese cherry trees. The subseries contains correspondence, photographs, minutes, programs, and published articles. Most of the photographs are of the cherry trees in the garden. The subseries is arranged chronologically.