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 WHERE FARIES STILL LIVE

 Ueno Farm

For a fusion of English-style gardens with Hokkaido’s plant life, head to Ueno Farm.

By Elizabeth Sok

Although it was known as a dairy farm for much of its history, Ueno Farm transformed in the early 2000s. Since then, it has become synonymous with the Hokkaido-style garden, which draws on English inspiration and northern flora.  At the turn of the millennium, Ueno Farm’s owner, Ueno Sayuki, traveled to the UK to study English-style gardening. Returning to Hokkaido, she aimed to create a version of the gardens she toured in England. Over the last 20 years, the garden at Ueno Farm has steadily developed and gained fame for the site and Ueno herself, who is recognized as a pioneer of Hokkaido-style gardens.

Ueno Farm’s Ten Zones

Photo by: PIXTA/ はーる The Gnome Garden

Ueno Farm is divided into ten separate spaces, which are connected via several paths. Mimicking English-style gardens, the farm uses stone walls, fences and plant life to distinguish one area from the next. The Gnome Garden features wildflowers and grasses surrounding a Gnome’s home. Wild in appearance, this area is meant to have a fantastical vibe. According to Ueno, gnomes come out at night to tend to the garden.

The Mirror Border has two walls of plants on either side of a stone path stretching out to a single bench. The flora here has been planted symmetrically so each wall of greenery matches the one facing it.

Another popular spot is Shateki Mountain. Once used as a shooting range by Japanese soldiers, it is now a panoramic vantage point overlooking the mountains of the Kamikawa Basin. The top of the hill is notable for its arrangement of seven colorful chairs from which to enjoy the scenery.

Seasonal Flowers

Photo by: PIXTA/ 東洋 Feel like you’re in a picture book.

Ueno Farm has flowers that bloom throughout the year. In late April, the base of Shateki Mountain has wild grasses emerging from the cold months while Christmas roses and narcissus begin to flower elsewhere. In June, temperatures begin to rise, and ornamental onions appear, especially in the Gnome’s Garden. With the gnome house in the background, the flowering plants transform this area into an even more magical setting. When the weather begins to cool off in the autumn months, visit Ueno Farm for its changing foliage, dahlias and autumn roses.

 

 

Amelia Earhart's Derry landing celebrated in art

The Amelia Earhart artwork is on the side of the North West Regional College building

A mural celebrating Londonderry’s place in aviation history has been unveiled during a four-day 

street art festival in the city.

The Amelia Earhart artwork – thought to be Northern Ireland’s tallest mural - can be seen 

on the side of the North West Regional College’s Foyle building.

It’s the work of North Carolina street artist Jeks, one of a number of artists in Derry for the 

Get Up Street Art Festival, which is featuring as part of the Foyle Maritime Festival programme.

Festival-goers have been watching the piece as it has been created over the weekend.

Almost a century ago Ms Earhart touched down in the city, becoming the first woman to fly 

solo across the Atlantic.

Artist Jeks has needed a cherry picker to work on his latest creation

Nicole McElhinney of the Amelia Earhart Legacy Association said the organisation is “absolutely delighted” with the mural.

“It’s something we have always wanted to see, we have been very excited watching 

it coming together,” she told BBC News NI.

Ms Earhart, she said, is more than befitting of the artistic honour, adding that 

the pioneering pilot had truly “broken the glass ceiling”.

She was flying planes at a time “when so very few women even drove a car,” 

Ms McElhinney said.

Amelia Earhart got a great send-off from Derry as she prepared to fly on to London after her surprise 1932 visit

In May 1932, Amelia Earhart had taken off from Newfoundland in Canada, attempting to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Hoping to land in Paris, bad weather and technical problems altered her course.

Her 14-hour journey ended abruptly when she was forced to bring her 

Lockheed Vega 5B plane down in the Gallagher family's field on the outskirts of Derry.

There she stayed the night, later writing that having landed without any money,

Mr Gallagher, "owner of the field in which I landed, assured me, however, that I had no occasion to worry about money 'as we will see you through'".

Derry City and Strabane Council say the mural is Northern Ireland's tallest

'An iconic female pioneer'

Artist Jeks started work on the mural – which the local council claim is the tallest 

in Northern Ireland - on Thursday, using a cherry picker to get to its near rooftop location.

Derry City and Strabane District Council's head of culture Aeidin McCarter said it was 

one of a number of "striking pieces" created during the festival.

She added: “It’s only fitting that we celebrate this iconic female pioneer who has such 

strong associations with the city, and what a wonderful way to do it”.

Five years after her landing in Gallagher’s field, Ms Earhart vanished during her 

attempt to fly around the globe, leaving no trace.

Artist Joe Campbell's mural was uveiled in 2022

The new mural is now among a number of homages to the aviator in Derry.

She is remembered by the street names Earhart Park and Amelia Court, while in 2019 the 

Amelia Earhart Legacy Association unveiled a plaque outside the former Northern Counties

 Hotel, where a post landing press conference was held back in 1932.

Ms Earhart's links to Derry have been remembered before in an artistic sense in the city.

A mural by artist Joe Campbell was unveiled close to her landing site during a series of events 

to mark the 90th anniversary of her Derry landing.