Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

The garden is located in a residential neighborhood at 10619 Bellagio Road in Bel Air, Los Angeles. ==History==

The site was originally developed in 1927 by oilman Gordon G. Guiberson as a Hawaiian garden on the Harry Calandar estate by landscape architect A.E. Hanson (1893–1986). In 1965, it was purchased by Edward W. Carter (1911–1996). Carter named it after his second wife, Hannah Carter. However, the prospective sale was opposed by the American Public Gardens Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Bel Air Garden Club, the California Garden and Landscape History Society, the California Preservation Foundation, the Cultural Landscape Foundation, The Garden Conservancy, the Los Angeles Conservancy, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the North American Japanese Garden Association, etc. A trial date was scheduled beginning July 20, 2015 at the Santa Monica Courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court. In October 2015, the heirs agreed to let UCLA sell the garden as long as the new owners kept the garden intact for the next 30 years. The new owner is not required to open the garden to the public. ==Overview==

It features winding paths, a waterfall, and a stone pagoda. Moreover, the main gate, garden houses, bridges and family shrines were built in Japan and reassembled in California. The garden includes only plants that grow in Japan. For example, it includes the following trees: pine trees, redwood trees, apricot, magnolia, maple and plum trees, California Live Oak trees, pittosporum, and purple beech trees. ==References==