Patti Hirahara was Miss Suburban Optimist OC Nisei Queen in 1974.

while the camellia would be designated the ‘official historic flower and shrub of Manhattan Beach.It was a great opportunity to show the film to New Yorkers in the Times Square AMC[!] It is now available for viewing on YouTube: www.

com/news/descanso-gardens-honors-japanese-americans-during-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage-month)Part of the Uyematsu exhibit is a five-minute version of the documentary Grandpa Cherry Blossom by Maddox Chen.Photo by Shu-ching Cheng (Wendys mother)Descanso Gardens is seeking to better reflect the complexity of the origins of its camellia collection.For AAPI History Month in 2021.

to contribute stories of our grandfathers nursery businesses and their sale of camellias to E.said that the motion would be a way to recognize the importance of the camellia to the history of Manhattan Beach and Uyematsu’s contributions to the field of horticulture.

Boddy was quick to scoop up Uyematsu and Yoshimura camellias just days after Franklin D.

Manchester Boddy acquired the gardens famed camellia collections was told something like this: Boddy acquired the plants from local Japanese growers before the families were sent to incarceration camps during World War II.11 at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.

there was no longer any place for them to return to as almost all the housing was leveled.and Japan entering World War II.

grandchildren and family friends — continue to educate others on their legacy and wont let that spirit fade away.Fishing was the main industry there; the men went out to sea on fishing boats while the women worked at the large fish canneries.