Japanese Garden, located in the National Botanic Gardens Wales.
The garden is number 14 on the garden map shown on this web site:
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Here you will find a miniature world with mountains, forests, lakes and oceans. It is named Sui Ou Tei, a reflection of the national flowers of Japan and Wales – the cherry tree and daffodil.
"This Real Japanese Garden was brought here piece by piece from the Chelsea 2001 Flower Show where it won a gold medal and the prestigious Best of Show Award. It consists of three traditional Japanese gardens – the Stream and Lake Garden, the Gravel Garden and the Tea Garden. Filled with symbolism and guided by Zen philosophy, this is a lovely place to sit and contemplate.
The Garden was designed by Professor Masao Fukuhara, a lecturer in design at Osaka University, and the Professor and his team came to NBGW to supervise the installation of the Japanese Garden alongside Wolfgang Bopp and his team of horticulturists and volunteers. It can be seen alongside the southern wall of the Double Walled Garden.
In building the Real Japanese Garden, Professor Fukuhara has hand-picked the natural materials he needs to recreate scaled-down Japanese scenery and areas of peace and harmony within the 568 acre Garden of Wales.
The Professor listens to the “voice” of each stone and places it precisely within the design according to its character and sexuality. Each element of the Garden is symbolic – an area of white gravel stones represents the sea, larger stones are small islands and waterfalls.
The Water Feature is an encapsulation of a Japanese landscape representing mountains, mountain stream and lake. The Tea House or ‘lori’ is also an important component." Text Source: (
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"The first national botanic garden of the new millennium, provides an unique window on the world of plants. and landscaping with a collection of some 100,000 different plants, many rare and endangered. The botanical garden’s elegant Great Glasshouse is the only place in the world you can visit the Mediterranean, South Africa, Australia, Chile and California on the same day.
Outside, Europe’s longest herbaceous border creates a colourful corridor with thousands of perennials and shrubs. And there are gardens within the Garden, from the award-winning Japanese to bog and boulder gardens, as well as enchanting water features. Exhibitions in the botanic garden of Wales include a 19th Century Apothecary, Bioverse which explores the wonders of how plants work and the 360° Theatre Botanica, a unique introduction to the plant world. There’s an award winning Seasons restaurant, two excellent cafés, and a plant sales area.
The National Botanic Garden of Wales is still evolving. In the restored three-acre Double Walled Garden, there is the recently opened Tropical House – which boasts palms and pineapples, coconuts and cardamom – and scores of orchids.
Crowned The Wonder of Wales, the garden has now matured beyond its years. It really is fun for all the family, whatever the weather. But, leave plenty of time for your visit, you might not be able to see it all in one day." Text Source: (
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See web site below for winter opening hours.
National Botanical Gardens Wales, Web Site: (
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