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Kubota Gardens

Category: Gardens

5500 Renton Ave South, Seattle, WA

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Kubota Garden
A public garden owned by the City of Seattle and maintained by the Department of Parks & ...
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Directions to Kubota Garden
Route 106 connects both downtown Seattle and Renton with the Kubota Garden. Please call Metro's 24 hour Rider Information at 206-553-3000 for the...
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Hidden in South Seattle, Kubota Gardens is a stunning 20 acre landscape that blends Japanese garden concepts with native Northwest plants. The city acquired the property, which is an historic landmark, in 1987 from the estate of master landscaper Fujitaro Kubota. Kubota was a horticultural pioneer w...
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HistoryLink Essay: Kubota Garden (Seattle)
Kubota shifted his business to garden design and construction and he used the property to grow plants for use on jobs. Stands of pine, arborvitae, yew, box, birch, cypress, spruce, and oak were started. Trained pines became the signature plant of the company. Old customers came back and business imp...
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Kubota Garden - Rainier Beach - Seattle, WA
According to their website, "Fujitaro placed over 400 tons of stone to create the Mountainside with featured waterfalls, reflection pools, carved stones and the plants that he had worked with throughout his life. In 1972 the Japanese Government awarded Fujitaro Kubota with a rare honor, the Fif...
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Kubota Garden : INCLUDED with the Go Seattle Card
The 25-acre Kubota Garden in Seattle’s southeastern Rainier Beach neighborhood was begun in 1927 by self-taught gardener Fujitaro Kubota. A 1907 immigrant from Japan, Kubota was dedicated to blending the plants of the Northwest with traditional landscape design principles of his native culture...
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Kubota Gardens - Seattle, WA, 98118 - Citysearch
The best thing about this garden is that few people seem to have discovered it. Even on a balmy Saturday afternoon, only a handful of folks are taking refuge amidst the peaceful streams, waterfalls and ponds. Begin your exploration with a leisurely stroll through the Japanese garden and Tom Kubota S...
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Mid Beacon Hill: Kubota Garden
In 1927 Fujitaro Kubota bought five acres of logged-off swampland in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle and began his garden. A 1907 emigrant from the Japanese Island of Shikoku, he established the Kubota Gardening Company in 1923. Fujitaro was a man with a dream. Entirely self-taught as a ga...
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Kubota Gardens, Seattle - IgoUgo Reviews
If one were to guess the least likely thing to appear at the corner of South 55th and Renton avenues, Japanese gardens might come to mind. Nevertheless, beating the odds are these 20 splendid acres of lush greenery, feeding ponds and footbridges painted bright red with gold accents. Fujito Kubota, a...
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JGarden - Gardens
Kubota Fujitaro passed way in 1973 at age 94, shortly after he had been awarded with the Fifth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure by the government of Japan for his contributions to Japanese gardening in the U.S. Later in the 1970's, the site Kubota had built became a target for condominium develope...
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