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.
Designer of garden in golden gate park japanese garden. 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. San francisco s japanese tea garden was originally developed for the 1894 world s fair in san francisco.
It was built by australian born george turner marsh who hired japanese craftsmen to construct the site. It was conceived and designed by baron makoto hagiwara a wealthy landscape designer. 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.
Today the japanese tea garden is heralded as the oldest public japanese garden in all of the united states. As golden gate park began to develop hagiwara worked the once temporary exhibit into a permanent feature.

