Huntington’s Japanese Garden Looks Back and Forward

’s Japanese Garden is re-opening Wednesday after $6.8 million renovations that include a , new and more, but it’s had several changes over its 100-year history.

"The Huntington has changed over time, but the garden hasn't lost its mystique," James Folsom, director of the botanical gardens, told the Los Angeles Times in an article Sunday.

A teahouse donated by the Pasadena Buddhist Temple and sent back and forth to Japan for renovations is an especially anticipated addition to this incarnation of the Japanese Garden, .

Along with the teahouse is a new teahouse garden, making the Japanese Garden actually three gardens, noted Kendall Brown, a historian of Japanese gardens in North America and a professor of Asian art history at Cal State Long Beach, in the Times article.

The three gardens would be the original stroll garden with ponds and a moon bridge, the raked-gravel dry garden added in 1968, and the traditionally landscaped tea garden.

In addition to a Huntington Centennial book, the Huntington is also commemorating 100 years and the popular garden with a .

The Japanese Garden will re-open to the public Wednesday and Patch will be there for a press preview Tuesday so stay tuned for photos of the Japanese Garden at its grand re-opening on Patch.

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