New York Chinese Scholar's Garden

The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden is a classical Chinese garden at Snug Harbor on Staten Island, created as an authentic scholar's garden through years of cooperation among local institutions, Chinese design partners, donors, and a team of Suzhou artists and artisans. Conceived in 1984 and opened in 1999, it follows traditional ideals of elegance, meditation, harmony, and symbolic design. A narrow entry leads into a carefully composed landscape of ponds, waterfall, rocks, pavilions, bridges, paths, and plantings. Traditional mortise-and-tenon construction, borrowed and framed views, and paintings and calligraphy connect the garden to the literary and artistic culture of the Chinese scholar.

New York, New York · United States