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Style: Courtyard garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Golden Tulip Hotel De’ Medici

Gateways Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1904
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Museum
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: Alexandre Marcel
Commissioned by: King Leopold II of Belgium

Pagoda

Established: 1992
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Takuyuki Inoue / Inoue Takuyuki; Itami Garden Association associated with stone arrangements
Commissioned by: City of Itami, in cooperation with the City of Hasselt, as part of the Hasselt–Itami sister-city relationship

Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Gate Shrine Lantern

Established: 1994
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Museum
Access: Public
Designer: Gilbert Van Landschoot
Commissioned by: Gilbert Van Landschoot / Canada-Poland War Museum / Tuinen van Adegem

River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1994
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Unknown
Designer: Marc Knaepen
Commissioned by: Jardins-Nature de Franc-Waret / private garden context

Established: 2001
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Designer: Takashi Sawano
Commissioned by: City of Ostend in cooperation with Daikin Europe

Wooden bridge House Walls Gates Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda Turtle Buddha statue

Established: 2016
Style: Dry garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: City of Kanazawa

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone