Name: Arbigland Gardens    Alternate Name:   Address: Kirkbean, off A710  Mailing Address:   City: near Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway  State: Scotland  Postal Code:   Country: UNITED KINGDOM  Latitude/Longitude: lat=54.91667; long=-3.61667 Find Gardens Nearby Phone: (0)1387.880283  Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Construction Period: -   Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: May-Sept (closed Mondays)  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 10/18/2001  Last Updated: 5/1/2004  JGarden Description: This Japanese garden includes a woodland and water garden organized around a small stream. An interesting trivia about the site is that John Paul Jones, the founder of the US Navy, worked in the gardens as a boy. The cottage where he was born is nearby (also open to visitors).

In the distance, Neither flowers nor maple leaves Are to be see Only a thatched hut beside the bay In autumn's twilight. Miwataseba Hana mo momiji mo Makari keri Ura no tomaya no Aki no yugure.   Fujiwara no Sadaie   trans. by Uehara Yukuo