David G Porter Japanese Garden - Guelph, Ontario - Japanese Gardens on Waymarking.com

This garden was dedicated in June 1995 to the memory of Dr. David G. Porter by his wife, Mrs. Bobbi Porter. Dr. Porter was a professor at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. Dr. and Mrs. Porter were enthralled with different Zen gardens during a trip to Japan in 1993.

The garden includes a salutation gateway, a stone bridge over a small fish pond, beyond the stone bridge is a sheltered bench (tea house) facing a zen garden of white raked gravel and stone islands. For more information including a diagram of the garden layout see (visit link)

There's plenty of parking at the Arboretum Centre. See the second map on this page: (visit link)

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Name: David G Porter Memorial Japanese Garden Location (specific park it is located within): University of Guelph Arboretum City: Guelph Fees: no Designer: Christopher Campbell Date of Creation: 1995 Garden Website: http://www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum/GardenNA/GardensJG.htm Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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