The Flower Garden brings together a large selection of attractive and colorful flowers that creates an impression of an artist’s palette. The ambience of the flower garden changes throughout the seasons as do the flowers, capturing a new and vibrant atmosphere all year round. These flowers are arranged at varying heights, and are color coordinated to the changing of the four seasons, making them highly appealing to the eye.

The Water Garden is influenced by Monet’s fascination for Japanese gardens and collection of Japanese hand-prints mounted on woodblocks called ukiyo-e. The garden features a taiko bridge arched over a pond, Japanese wisteria trellis, willow tress, bamboo and a selection of water lilies. This is identical to the Japanese taiko bridge over a pond in a Japanese garden that he built in Giverny in 1883. The ponds give a sense of tranquility, when you view the reflections of the sunlight and garden plants on the water. Several replicas of Monet’s artworks surrounding the ponds and bridges can also be viewed freely. The most memorable artwork of Monet’s life, the water lilies (Les Nymphéas), is also featured in replica form around the ponds, a site not to be missed.

The period from July to October is a very special time, when you can view the lush blue water lilies, which cannot be viewed at the Monet’s Garden in France.

The Garden of Bordighera is based on Monet’s expedition to the Mediterranean Sea at the age of 43 with a fellow artist Renoir Pierre-Auguste. The aim of his expedition to the Mediterranean Sea was to create numerous artworks that capture the beautiful Mediterranean Sea and its surroundings. Utilizing the lush and diverse landscape of the Kitagawa area, palms trees, olive trees and other exotic flowers and plants were planted to give the impression of a Mediterranean style garden. You can enjoy viewing beautiful surrounding landscapes of mountains, forests and ocean from the site of the garden. This is an experience that can only be offered at Monet’s Garden in Kitagawa Village.