Michael T.
11/11/2025
Shinzen Friendship Garden offers a chance to find a bit of inner peace in the tumultuous world that surrounds it. Hidden away in an already beautiful larger park, the grounds are simply gorgeous....
Shinzen Friendship Garden
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114 W Audubon Dr
Fresno, CA 93711
The Shinzen Friendship Garden is a traditional northwestern American Japanese Garden. The Garden was constructed to honor Fresno’s Sister City, Kochi, Japan, celebrating the spirit of understanding and promoting educational and cultural awareness. The beauty, grace and serenity of Japanese design is present in the use of varied plant material, rocks and stones, and water throughout the five acre garden. The garden is designed around the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter; granite markers identify each section. In the Fall of 2015 we were proud to be chosen to house and display the world-class Clark Bonsai Collection, which is now on permanent display in the garden, offering a seasonal rotation of some of the finest Bonsai in the United States.
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Lam B.
11/21/2025
A tranquil garden within a larger park. We paid a fee to park out front and then additional fees to enter the garden. Admission was cheaper for children and families, and the space tends to...
Marlette C.
7/5/2025
This is such a beautiful, small section of Woodward Park. It's very serene with the sound of the stream and small waterfalls heard throughout. There are also a couple of seating areas along side...
Betty Q.
11/17/2025
The garden was very peaceful. Viewing the water pond where the koi swam, the cute little bridge we can walk over, and peacocks roaming free. There is also a lake where one can sit on the stone...
Joan W.
6/11/2025
One of the bigger Japanese gardens I've been to, it sits at 5 acres but with the view of the lake it makes it look massive but the lake is part of Woodward Park and the garden sits at the base of...
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