The Japanese Garden
The magnificent Japanese Garden is the crown jewel of Clingendael Parc in The Hague. This garden has beautiful plants and rare trees. Because the Japanese Garden is extremely fragile it’s only open 8 weeks in the year. *History The garden was created in the beginning of the 20th century by the former owner of the country estate of Clingendael, Marguérite M. Baroness van Brienen (1871-1939), also called Lady Daisy. Lady Daisy undertook several voyages by ship to Japan. She brought back to the Netherlands a number of lanterns, a water cask, sculptures, the little bridges and possibly the pavilion. It is the …