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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Japanese Garden: Ella Christie and Cowden

The Japanese Garden: Ella Christie and Cowden

Stewart, Lucy

Paperback

General PhotographyJapanese GardensPicture Gardens

Publisher Price: $28.95

ISBN10: 1780279957
ISBN13: 9781780279954
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: Jul 9 2026
Pages: 128
Weight: 1.49
Height: 0.40 Width: 9.40 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Ella Christie defied conventions by creating Scotland's first large Japanese garden, a trailblazing cultural bridge.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Scottish adventurer Ella Christie returned home from a trip to Japan inspired to build her own Japanese garden.

As might be expected from a woman who thought nothing of travelling to the other side of the world in search of the unusual, Ella's approach to developing the garden was trailblazing. She chose a female designer - the gifted Taki Handa - to create the seven-acre site in the grounds of Cowden Castle, near the Scottish town of Dollar. In doing so, the Japanese Garden at Cowden became the first and only garden of its size and scale to be designed by a woman. It remains a unique and utterly authentic bridge between British and Japanese culture.

This book tells the remarkable story of Ella Christie, her travels and the creation of her garden, its gradual decline and triumphant restoration.

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