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Wooden bridge Pavilion Bamboo Fences Gateways Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda Buddha statue

Wooden bridge Walls Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Recumbent stone

Established: 2001
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Professor Masao Fukuhara
Commissioned by: Japanese government and The Daily Telegraph, through the Japan 2001 festival

Stone bridge Tea House Walls Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone

Established: 2002
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Takashi Sawano
Commissioned by: City of Edinburgh Council, with support from Kyoto Prefecture

Wooden bridge Pavilion Walls Gates Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone

Established: 2004
Style: Courtyard garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Members of the Japanese Garden Society, Midlands Region, in cooperation with Birmingham Botanical Gardens staff
Commissioned by: Birmingham Botanical Gardens / Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society

Pavilion Walls Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern

Established: 2004
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Members of the Japanese Garden Society, North West Region
Commissioned by: Friends of Walkden Gardens and Trafford Council, with financial support from Greening Greater Manchester

Pavilion Gateways Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 2010
Style: Dry garden
Context: Temple / Buddhist centre
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Graham Hardman and Robert Ketchell, Japanese Garden Society
Commissioned by: Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, at the request of Norwich Cathedral and Canon Jeremy Haselock

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 2012
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Memorial site
Access: Public
Designer: Yasuo Kitayama
Commissioned by: Motomiya City and Japanese partners, in cooperation with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Bamboo Fences Open Fences Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern

Established: 2021
Style: Dry garden
Context: Memorial site
Access: Public
Designer: Robert Ketchell, incorporating ideas developed by Coventry schoolchildren
Commissioned by: Coventry Cities of Peace Schools Projects, with Coventry City Council and the Japanese Garden Society

Walls Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone

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