The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden is a
Japanese garden
are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden desi ...
encompassing on the campus of
California State University, Long Beach, in
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporate ...
,
United States
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. It was dedicated in 1981. Ed Lovell, landscape master plan architect for the University, traveled to Japan and took inspiration from the
Imperial Gardens in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
before designing the garden. Among the annual events held at the Japanese garden is a
Koi
or more specifically , are colored varieties of the Amur carp ('' Cyprinus rubrofuscus'') that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens.
Koi is an informal name for the colored variants of ''C. rubrofuscus'' ke ...
auction and a
chrysanthemum show.
It is adjacent to the village site of
Puvunga
Puvunga (alternate spellings: Puvungna or Povuu'nga) is an ancient village and sacred site of the Tongva nation, the Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin, and the Acjachemen, the Indigenous people of Orange County now located at Californi ...
. In the
trenching for the garden, evidence of the ancient
Tongva
The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . Some descendants of the people prefer Kizh as an endonym that, they argue, is more historically ...
village was uncovered in the early 1970s.
The garden is closed on Saturdays (when it is often rented out for weddings and receptions) and Mondays.
See also
*
List of botanical gardens in the United States
References
External links
Official web site
California State University, Long Beach
Landmarks in Los Angeles
Tourist attractions in Long Beach, California
Japanese gardens in California
Parks in Los Angeles County, California
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