Japanese Garden

In the 1930's Mina Edison was noted by the News Press of Fort Myers for her outstanding collection of Japanese plants. Mina was inspired, as were many Americans, by the Japan Exhibit at the 1893 Expo of Chicago which she attended. The Japanese influence is visible in the pier bridge, her 'Tea Room' adjacent to the pool, and in her choices of expensive Japanese plants that she grew here in Fort Myers and at Glenmont in New Jersey. The granite Japanese Garden Lantern known as "Dai-doro" has 5 pieces, Chi (earth), Sui (water), Ka (Fire/Light), Fu (air) and Ku (Spirit/Sky).

Fort Myers, Florida · United States