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Established: 1935
Style: Tea garden
Context: Museum
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown for the 1935 tea house; present tea house built in Japan, specific architect / carpenter not confirmed in accessible sources
Commissioned by: Ida Trotzig associated with the original initiative; Museum of Ethnography / Swedish-Japanese Society associated with the 1990 rebuilding

Tea House Bamboo Fences Open Fences Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1952
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Gothenburg Botanical Garden horticultural team; Bertil Lindquist and Tor Nitzelius associated with the Japanese plant collection
Commissioned by: Gothenburg Botanical Garden / City of Gothenburg

Lake River Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1987
Designer: Sven-Ingvar Andersson; Akira Mochizuki
Commissioned by: Ronneby Municipality / Ronneby Brunnspark

Wooden bridge Pavilion Gateways Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone

Established: 1988
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Public park
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: John Taylor
Commissioned by: Slottsträdgårdens vänner / City of Malmö

Established: 1989
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Museum
Access: Public
Designer: Ulla Molin
Commissioned by: Landskrona konsthall / City of Landskrona

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1991
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Ingalill Nahringbauer; Yoji Kasajima associated
Commissioned by: Bergius Botanic Garden / Bergius Foundation, for the bicentennial of the Bergius Foundation

Wooden bridge Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 2005
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: NOD, Nature-oriented Design, in collaboration with Gunilla Bandolin
Commissioned by: Yasuragi Hasseludden

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Gate

Established: 2012
Style: Tea garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Pål Bergström

Stone bridge Gateways Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone