More than 60 gardens...
This searchable database will help you find Japanese gardens, both large and small, all over the UK and Ireland. Some would not look out of place in Japan; and have, in fact, been designed and laid out by landscape artists from Japan. Others simply take their inspiration from Japanese themes and plants. Each can be enjoyed in its own special way.
Japanese gardens in the British Isles
Some
of the earliest Japanese gardens in Britain and Ireland — such as those at Tatton
Park, Tully and
Compton Acres — set
out to reproduce exactly what could be found in Japan. In spite of good intentions,
they didn't always succeed - often through an imperfect understanding of Japanese
garden design. Even those that did, have often lost their authenticity through
the western predilection for allowing trees and shrubs to revert to their natural
shapes. What has emerged in many cases is a fascinating hybrid of British and
Japanese styles.