Great Japanese Gardens


I have put here some references about Great Japanese Gardens in the World and will add some news progressively with my discoveries

Bowdoin Japanese Garden

The web site is dedicated to the gardens of Japan, and more specifically to the historic gardens of Kyoto and its environs. Although many of these gardens are located within Zen monasteries, this site does not explore the influence of Zen Buddhism on Japanese garden design, an influence that is often conjectural at best. Instead, the site is designed to provide the visitor with an opportunity to visit each garden, to move through or around it, to experience it through the medium of high-quality color images, and to learn something of its history. The presentation of each garden will include a plan that will help the visitor locate the various positions from which photographs were taken, Bowdoin Japanese Garden
Bowdoin Great Japanese Gardens

Portland Japanese Garden

Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden		 Portland's internationally recognized Japanese Garden beckons visitors from home and abroad to enter its unique confines. Little more than forty years old, it represents a melding of Japanese traditional garden forms with American hurry. When measured against its inspirational precursors in Japan, many of which are hundreds of years old, the Portland garden has come to a maturity with blinding swiftness.

The Japanese Garden is tucked into a cusp in Portland's West Hills, situated at about five hundred feet above sea level. It is a haven of tranquil beauty that has been proclaimed one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Japan

San Diego Japanese Garden

For many years a Japanese Garden has been the dream of San Diegans, many of whom recall our original Japanese Teahouse.

Built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition,
the Teahouse stood for more than thirty years as a symbol of the strong cultural and commercial ties
that link two of the world's leading nations

After the Exposition, strong community interest kept the Japanese Tea Pavilion open for thirty years within Balboa Park, San Diego's Culture Center. With the development of San Diego's Sister City relationship with Yokohama in 1950, forty years of gift exchanges followed, kindling feelings of shared ideals represented by the Japanese Garden

 San Diego Japanese Garden
The Koi Pond

Huntington Japanese Garden

Huntington Japanese Garden
Go to the garden		 When Mr. Huntington asked William Hertrich, his garden superintendent, to look for plants to develop a Japanese garden, Hertrich approached George Marsh, an art collector and importer of Asian art objects. Mr. Marsh had opened a tea garden in Pasadena around 1904, which was not successful commercially. He offered to sell the contents of his establishment: plants, garden ornaments, and Japanese house. In 1912, seventy men worked daily for 5 months to move the house, plants, and garden ornaments to the Huntington and establish the garden. Later, a Japanese craftsman built the moon bridge and gong tower. In 1968, the Zen court and Bonsai court were opened to the public

Csulb Japanese Garden

Following three years of planning, in cooperation with the university, Mrs. Collins selected Long Beach landscape architect Edward R. Lovell to design the garden. To prepare for the project, Mr. Lovell visited Japanese garden in Japan and in the United States. Construction on the garden began in the summer of 1980 and it was dedicated in April, 1981. The resulting garden reflects the university's ongoing interest in international education. The university's community is delighted to have you share in this educational, cultural and aesthetic resource. Since about the 15th century, the nature of the traditional Japanese garden has been molded by the religion and philosophy of Zen Buddhism. Zen had always had a special reverence for nature, inspired by the natural beauty of the Japanese landscape Csulb Japanese Garden
Csulb Japanese Garden