Designer Of Garden In Golden Gate Park Japanese Garden
As golden gate park began to develop hagiwara worked the once temporary exhibit into a permanent feature.
Designer of garden in golden gate park japanese garden. Welcome to the japanese tea garden the oldest public japanese garden in the united states located inside golden gate park in san francisco california. While the majority of the golden gate park design and growth is credited to a man who is said to have planted two million trees in his lifetime john mclaren allowed another to design and groom the japanese tea garden. Japanese tea garden reopened on wednesday july 22 2020 with modifications to prevent the spread of covid 19.
It was conceived and designed by baron makoto hagiwara a wealthy landscape designer. Makoto hagiwara a japanese immigrant and gardener was then hired to manage the garden. It was built by australian born george turner marsh who hired japanese craftsmen to construct the site.
After the close of the fair marsh sold his concession to the city of san francisco for 4 500. After the expo ended golden gate park superintendent john mclaren let japanese gardener makoto hagiwara turn it into a japanese style garden.