The next step: a first place you can walk into, where Persian culture, gardens and community come to life on a smaller scale.
Register your interestPardis is growing in stages. Virtual Pardis is the first: an online home for Persian poetry, language, art and gatherings, open to everyone.
Mini Pardis is the next goal. It is a first physical place, smaller than the full town, where people can gather in a Persian garden, bring their children to learn Farsi and calligraphy, and celebrate Nowruz and Yalda together. It would show, in practice, what Pardis can be.
Where things stand: Mini Pardis is at the concept stage. There is no site yet, and the ideas below describe the vision, not a final plan.The details will depend on the site, the community and its supporters. These are the elements at the heart of the idea.
Concept imageA garden in the tradition of the chahar bagh: water channels, shade trees, roses and places to sit and talk.
Concept imageA home for poetry nights, music, exhibitions and talks, and classes in Farsi and calligraphy for children and adults.
Inspiration: Fin GardenPersian tea, food and hospitality: the everyday heart of any gathering place.
Inspiration: Eram GardenSpace for Nowruz, Chaharshanbe Suri, Mehregan and Yalda, and for weddings, readings and family gatherings.
Inspiration: YazdCourtyards, shade, natural ventilation and careful use of water: Persian solutions to climate, built with modern methods.
Concept imageOpen to Iranian-American families and to neighbours of every background who want to discover Persian culture.
Concept images from the Pardis plans, showing the architecture, gardens and town plan the project is built around. Designs specific to Mini Pardis will be developed once a site is chosen.
A smaller first place lets Pardis learn in practice: which programs bring families back, how people use the garden, which design ideas work in the local climate. Each stage stands on its own and makes the next one possible.
Turning the idea into a place needs four things. Each is a way to help.
Concept site planOneThe right site, within reach of Persian communities and with room for a garden.
Concept imageTwoArchitects, landscape designers and planners to shape the place and guide it through approvals.
Inspiration: Eram GardenThreePeople and organisations willing to back the first phase and help it get started.
InspirationFourTeachers, artists, hosts and volunteers to bring the place to life once it opens.
Whether you would like to support Mini Pardis, invest when the time comes, or help in another way, we would love to hear from you.
Send a short note with your name, where you live and how you would like to be involved. We will keep you updated as Mini Pardis takes shape. Registering interest does not commit you to anything.
Meanwhile, join the community online at Virtual Pardis.
Concept images: Pardis Developers. Inspiration photos from Wikimedia Commons: Fin Garden, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0; Fin Garden pavilion, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0; Eram Garden at night, Hamidhassas, CC BY-SA 4.0; Dowlatabad Garden, Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0; Eram Garden, Amin Dehdarian, CC BY-SA 4.0; reading Hafez on Yalda night, PersianDutchNetwork, CC BY-SA 3.0.
This page describes an early-stage concept for information only. It is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or other investment, and nothing on it is financial or investment advice. Any future investment opportunity would be offered only through formal documents and in line with applicable securities laws.