Category Archives: Featured Gardens

Chicago, Illinois The Osaka Japanese Garden began over a century ago with the scraping and building up of a natural oak savanna sandbar—then a peninsula—for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. On what became Wooded Island, it was constructed with a … Continue reading →

Hatley Park, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is a 565-acre Edwardian estate surrounded by preserved old growth forest. It is distinguished as “the largest historic site in Canada”. Built early in the 20th century for coal … Continue reading →

Entering the garden to the island shrine. Tatton Park Tatton Park is a thousand-acre estate in the north of England, home of the Egerton family since 1791. In the days of Britain’s global influence, the Egertons were quite cosmopolitan, once … Continue reading →

Attadale’s “River of Life” kare sansui

The Huntington Japanese Garden is one of twelve major garden areas at The Huntington in San Marino, California—an educational center comprising an internationally renowned research library, art, and plant collection. As a non-profit organization, The Huntington continues the legacy begun … Continue reading →

The first featured Garden has close ties to our own. After a stay in Japan, Linda and John R. Anderson were inspired to develop a Japanese garden on their land in Rockford, Illinois — they also found inspiration closer to … Continue reading →