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Interviewee: Steven Kikuchi
Relationship to Nikkei gardeners: His parents, Takashige and Kimiko Kikuchi, owned a retail nursery called TK Garden Supply. His father also was a full-time gardener.
Date: July 17, 2007
Location: Japanese American National Museum
Brief Description: Steven explains how he is still involved in the gardening sphere.
Transcription
Right now, I’m a landscape architect. And I think, even though I hated the gardening aspect, I think there was a subconscious influence that made me knowledgeable and interested in that profession. So I went to school, and I’m now a landscape architect.
See part 1, part 2 and part 4 of this interview.
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This interview was conducted as part of the Opening Day activities for the exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden.
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