Chinese gardens outside China
Since the 1980s, craftsmen from Suzhou and other Chinese cities have built authentic gardens around the world, often as gifts between sister cities.
North America
- Astor Court, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1981): a courtyard modelled on the Master of the Nets Garden, inside the museum.
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancouver (1986): often described as the first full-scale classical garden built outside China, by craftsmen from Suzhou.
- Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon (2000): a walled garden filling a city block in the Old Town, built with Portland's sister city Suzhou.
- Liu Fang Yuan, Huntington Library, San Marino, California: the "Garden of Flowing Fragrance", one of the largest outside China, built in phases since 2008.
- Montreal Botanical Garden: a large Chinese garden built with Shanghai, famous for its autumn lantern festival.
Australia and New Zealand
- Chinese Garden of Friendship, Sydney (1988), in Darling Harbour, designed with Sydney's sister city Guangzhou.
- Dunedin Chinese Garden, New Zealand (2008), built with Shanghai and recalling the region's Chinese gold-rush settlers.
Europe and Asia
Europe has several Chinese gardens, including the Garden of the Reconquered Moon in Berlin's Gardens of the World and gardens in Zurich, Frankfurt and the Netherlands. Singapore's Chinese Garden in Jurong is one of the largest in Southeast Asia.
Visiting tips
These gardens often have teahouses, guided tours and seasonal events such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year, and they're a good introduction before a trip to China.