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.

Recall the vistas of various famous places, select what attracts you and add your own interpretation. It is best to use this as a theme to design the whole of the garden while adding just the right amount of changes.   Sakuteiki   trans. by Marc Peter Keane