The Garden was built as a symbol of everlasting friendship between the City of San Jose and its Sister City of Okayama, Japan in 1965 and is patter...
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The Friends of the San jose Rose Garden is a 501c3 non-profit organization working in partnership with the City of San Jose to help maintain the Ga...
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The first plantings were made in the spring of 1926. Because genetic diversity is the raw material for breeding, one of the first concerns was to a...
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The History of Charles C. JensenThe 3 1/2 Acre garden was founded in 1958 by Charles C. Jensen. After his retirement as a produce buyer. Mr. and Mr...
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Founded in 1959, our three acre botanic garden currently supports approximately 1400 different species of trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials f...
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About the Gardens:Hakone is made up of a variety of waterfalls, hillside and strolling gardens, koi ponds and other elements of Japanese civilizati...
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