Shu Japanese Stroll Garden traditional teahouse, Koi, pond, stone, lanterns, steppingstones, (peace)

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Shu Japanese Stroll Garden traditional teahouse, Koi, pond, stone, lanterns, steppingstones, (peace)

The John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is a 7-acre Japanese garden in Mill Neck, New York, providing a retreat for passive recreation and contemplation. Wikipedia
Address: Dogwood Ln, Mill Neck, NY 11765

Size: 7 Acres
Location: Dogwood Lane, Mill Neck
Parking: Available on site
Open and Closing Dates: Opening Weekend: Saturday, April 30 and closing weekend: Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30
Hours: Saturdays: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm and Sundays: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This unique and historic 7-acre gem of landscape design and woodland boasts an impressive collection of North American and Asian plants that constitute a beautiful Japanese landscape and impart a meditative experience. The landscape was inspired by a mountain setting by the sea. A stunning stepping stone path is one of the defining features found on this property and was inspired by the intimacy of a mountain path. A gentle climb through the woodland part of the garden will lead you to a “mountain peak”. There you will meet the gravel path representing a stream that will guide you to an authentic pondside tea house.

History of the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden

This special garden was created by Ambassador and Mrs. John P. Humes following a visit to Japan in 1960. Inspired by their visit, Ambassador Humes purchased the Tea House that still stands in the garden and hired Japanese-American landscape designer Douglas DeFay and his wife, Joan, to design the garden on their estate in Mill Neck. Over the next four years, the DeFays transformed two acres of rolling woodland on Long Island’s North Shore into a world-class Japanese stroll garden.
In 1981, Mr. Humes hired Stephen Morrell to rehabilitate the garden with the idea of opening it to the public. Mr. Morrell added a new entrance path featuring a collection of Japanese maples and Asian and native woodland wildflowers, increasing the size of the garden area to four acres. A wisteria arbor, bamboo groves and rocky shoreline were also added.
In 1986, the garden opened to the public, but after several years of operation it became clear that more resources were needed to secure its future. The Garden Conservancy assumed management of the garden in 1993. Through a challenge grant awarded in 1997 from the Japan World Exposition Commemorative Fund the garden’s ponds and waterfall were restored and a new masonry wall to buffer road sounds was constructed.
In 2017, North Shore Land Alliance purchased the garden from the Humes family for preservation purposes. The acquisition of this parcel completes a conservation corridor that stretches over 150 contiguous acres in the middle of the Beaver Brook watershed and effectively links the Stroll Garden and Humes property to Shu Swamp Preserve, Upper Francis Pond Preserve and the two Francis Ponds.
What you’ll find there
Traditional tea house and garden, stone water basins, koi-filled pond frequented by Great Blue Herons and Painted Turtles, stone lanterns and stepping stones.

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