The garden’s website currently says it currently is closed that could change, so call before you go. SuihoEn, Japanese for “garden of water and fragrance,” opened in 1984 as an example of how something beautiful could be created with reclaimed wastewater. Many Southlanders are unaware of this peaceful Japanese garden in the San Fernando Valley. Info: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino SuihoEn, the Japanese Garden An added bonus for a trip to the Huntington Gardens: The iconic “Blue Boy” painting by 18th century artist Thomas Gainsborough, which was off view for an 18-month restoration, will be back on the wall March 26.Īdult admission costs $25 weekdays and $29 weekends seniors, students & military $21 and $24 youth 4-11 $13 children under 11 free. It’s a quick walk from there to the Chinese garden with its serene lake, dramatic rock sculptures and waterfall. Relish vistas of the Japanese garden’s graceful moon bridge, koi-filled ponds and ceremonial tea house, and marvel at the rotating display of traditional (miniature) bonsai trees, some more than 1,000 years old. The Pink Cloud cherry trees are also blossoming. Visitors often mistake these for cherry trees, but no worries. (The gardens are closed through April 14.) Many flowering fruit trees are in bloom in the Huntington’s marvelous Japanese and Chinese gardens, including peach, Japanese crab apple and Chinese redbud.
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