John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden

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The John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is a 4-acre Japanese garden in Mill Neck, New York, providing a retreat for passive recreation and contemplation. Moving through the garden, where the views, textures and balance of elements have been planned following Japanese aesthetic principles, visitors experience a walking meditation inducing inner peace. Stepping stones are used to control the rate at which one moves through the garden, encouraging moment-to-moment reflection. The garden suggests a hillside landscape beside the sea, where gravel paths represent streams that form pools and cascades, eventually flowing into the ocean represented by a pond.

Of special interest in the garden are the tea house, tea garden, stone lanterns, mosses, waterfall, pond, and a collection of related North American and Asian plants.

The Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is operated by the Garden Conservancy through an agreement with the Humes Japanese Garden Foundation, which owns the property.

The John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden

mailing address: Post Office Box 671, Locust Valley, NY 11560

www.humesjapanesestrollgarden.org

VISITING THE GARDEN 2009 Hours: The garden is open to the public Saturdays & Sundays, April 25 through October 25, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last admission at 4 p.m.). Admission is $7/per person; members & children under 12, Humes Garden members and Garden Conservancy members are free. No reservations are required. This is a natural area & as such the terrain is uneven and hilly, traversed by paths with many steps and stepping stones. Flat walking shoes are recommended. Please walk on clearly marked paths only.

Tours: Reservations are required for all tours, call (516) 676-4486 Public guided tours followed by a demonstration of the Japanese tea ceremony lasting about 90 minutes, are given at 10 a.m. on the following Saturdays: May 3 & 17; June 7 & 28; July 19; August 23; September 13 & 27; October 11 & 25. Fee is $12/per person. Public Horticultural tours (without tea ceremony) exploring the gardens’ native & Asian plant collection, Saturday, August 9 starting at 10 a.m.. Fee is $12/per person. Private tours are conducted on Thursdays & Fridays. Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) performances: May through October, 2nd & 4th Saturdays. May through September, 3rd Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

EVENTS Annual Native and Asian Spring Plant Sale: May 9 & 10, May 16 & 17 The Garden Conservancy

OPEN DAYS: Saturday, May 16, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Educational Outreach Art Exhibit: June 6 & 7, June 13 & 14 Ikenobo/Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging): throughout the season Bonsai Society of Greater New York Exhibit: July, call for date Long Island Chrysanthemum Society: October, call for date

DIRECTIONS TO THE GARDEN The garden is located on the North Shore of Long Island about 26 miles from Manhattan and one mile from Planting Fields Arboretum, and the Long Island Railroad’s Oyster Bay Line. Taxis are available. By car from west: Take I-495/Long Island Expressway to Exit 39N/Glen Cove Road. Follow Glen Cove Road north to Route 25A/Northern Boulevard. Turn right and continue past C. W. Post University on the right, past Route 107 to the next traffic light at Wolver Hollow Road. The Old Brookville Police station is on the left. Turn left, and follow Wolver Hollow Road to the “T”. Turn right onto Chicken Valley Road. Pass Planting Fields Arboretum on right and continue straight through yellow blinking light and continue one half mile to Dogwood Lane. Turn right. Parking is immediately on right. From the east: Take I-495/Long Island Expressway to Exit 41N to Route 106N to Route 25A/Northern Boulevard. Turn left onto Route 25A and follow to the second traffic light. Turn right onto Wolver Hollow Road. Old Brookville Police State is on the right. Proceed as directed above.