Name: Lake Merritt Japanese Garden  Lake Merritt Japanese Garden Photo: Susan Fitz   Alternate Name: Lakeside Park Show Gardens  Address: 666 Bellevue Avenue  Mailing Address: City of Oakland Lakeside Nursery, Oakland, CA 94610  City: Oakland  State: California  Postal Code: 94612  Country: UNITED STATES  Latitude/Longitude: lat=37.812328; long=-122.253748 Find Gardens Nearby Weather:   Phone: +1.415.273.3186  Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Construction Period: -   Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Mon - Fri 10:00am - 3:00pm; Sat & Sun 10:00am - 5:00pm and Nov - Apr 10:00am - 4:00pm; Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's  Admission: No charge; parking is $3 on weekends  Added to JGarden: 7/8/2000  Last Updated: 4/3/2001  JGarden Description: This 8 acre park has a whole range of gardens including herb, Japanese, a community garden, composting area, firescape, fushia, palm, citrus, rhododendron, a greenhouse, cactus, iris Located in Lakeside Park at Lake Merritt. Lakeside Park is also the home of the Garden Center, Rotary Nature Center and Wildlife Refuge, Boat Rentals Fairyland, etc.

Loneliness does not Originate in any one Particular thing: Evening in autumn over The black pines of the mountain.   Jakuren, a priest   12th century