Garden research | Japanese Gardens in Europe

Established: 1910
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Alan de Tatton Egerton; Japanese workmen / craftsmen
Commissioned by: Alan de Tatton Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton of Tatton

Stone bridge Tea House Bamboo Fences Open Fences Hedges Gates Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Shrine Lantern Pagoda Crane

Established: 1911
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Harold Ainsworth Peto
Commissioned by: Hon. Louis Greville

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Tea House River Vertical Stone Lantern

Established: 1912
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Harry W. Smith; G. W. Alderson for the 1929 cascade and pagoda
Commissioned by: Scarborough Borough Council

Wooden bridge Pagoda Lake Waterfall Lantern

Established: 1919
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Lionel de Rothschild; later Rothschild family and Exbury Gardens horticultural team
Commissioned by: Lionel Nathan de Rothschild

Wooden bridge River

Established: 1920
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Thomas William Simpson; Mr A. E. Middleton; Japanese craftsmen and horticulturists associated
Commissioned by: Thomas William Simpson

Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Gate Lantern Pagoda Crane

Established: 1922
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Thomas H. Mawson; James Pulham & Son associated with Pulhamite work
Commissioned by: William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

Stone bridge Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1930
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown for the original 1930s garden; Graham Hardman for the 2016–2018 restoration / redesign
Commissioned by: Harrogate Council

Wooden bridge Gateways River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1964
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Private
Designer: Robin Dale; with associated input from architects Stout and Litchfield for the house-garden relationship
Commissioned by: Sir Michael and Lady Audley

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Lake River Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1969
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Liverpool Parks Department apprentices / municipal parks staff
Commissioned by: Liverpool City Council / Liverpool Parks Department

Pavilion Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone

Established: 1980
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Temple / Buddhist centre
Access: Public
Designer: Buddha Maitreya / Koji Takeuchi
Commissioned by: Buddha Maitreya / Koji Takeuchi

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Gateways Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda Buddha statue

Established: 1980
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Lt Colonel Miller
Commissioned by: Lt Colonel Miller / Torosay Castle estate

Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1982
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Robert Dudley-Cooke; Maria-Antoinette Dudley-Cooke associated
Commissioned by: Robert and Maria-Antoinette Dudley-Cooke

River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1984
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Executive Committee of Japanese Garden Exhibition; supported by Akira Ohhira / Hakone Ueki Landscape Construction Co., Ltd.
Commissioned by: Urban Green Space Development Foundation, commissioned by the Japanese Government

Stone bridge Pavilion Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1987
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Public

Wooden bridge Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1987
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Takashi Sawano
Commissioned by: Aberdeen City Council / Duthie Park and Winter Gardens

Gateways Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1987
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Leeds City Council / municipal park authority

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Walls Bamboo Fences Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1991
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Public
Designer: unknown

Stone bridge Pavilion Tea House Gateways Gates Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1991
Style: Dry garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: unknown

Pavilion Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Buddha statue

Established: 1991
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Kyoto garden specialists / Kyoto landscape-garden industry; Shoji Nakahara attributed by secondary sources
Commissioned by: Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with support from Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City and local business sponsors; donated to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Stone bridge Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Turtle

Established: 1991
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: unknown

Gateways Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1993
Style: Dry garden
Context: Museum
Access: Public
Designer: Yasutaro Tanaka
Commissioned by: Glasgow City Council / Glasgow Museums

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1993
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Nick Bailey
Commissioned by: Strilli Oppenheimer / Waltham Place estate

Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1995
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: London Borough of Southwark / Burgess Park community and heritage project context

Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1996
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Cemetery
Access: Public
Designer: Peter Bridge
Commissioned by: Wolverhampton City Council

Stone bridge Walls Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Pagoda Turtle

Established: 1996
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Masao Fukuhara
Commissioned by: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Stone bridge Pagoda Gateways Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

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