Wood said he’s currently trying to get a grant to build a 30-foot-long arched Japanese bridge that includes a boardwalk. “I think it’s really going to add to the garden,” Wood said.

Less is more here and, unlike in a Western garden, flowers are never the focal point in a Japanese garden. You’ll find them as accents dotted here and there, but not densely planted in flower beds.

OPEN LATE NEXT YEAR. THE WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS ARE HELPING BEAUTIFY DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE WITH A $22 MILLION JAPANESE GARDEN. AS ADDIE MINORS TELLS US, THE PROJECT WILL BE LIKE TAKING A WALK ...

Today's Japanese Tea Garden started as a "Japanese Village," a main attraction in the 1894 California Midwinter Exposition, whose exhibits attempted to represent world cultures — in reality, it ...