Gude Garden

Gude Garden (HM23AV)

Location: Silver Spring, MD 20902 Montgomery County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 3.431', W 77° 2.215'

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1973

The Gude Garden (dedicated by Congressman Gilbert Gude to his father and nurseryman, Adolph Gude) has a calming, Asian feel to it — though it was not designed to be a Japanese garden in the strict sense. Its emphasis on forms (land, water, and specimen trees) and how they relate to one another is unlike other parts of the Gardens.

Hans Hanses, the M-NCPPC landscape architect who designed all of the original garden areas of Brookside Gardens, tells this story about the Gude Gardens' design, "I got a letter from a Japanese professor and researched the garden to determine what period in Japanese history the design came from. And there was no such thing. I had just looked through some Japanese garden books, and I saw certain elements. What we did, the carpenter and I, was to get some kind of Oriental flair. I had to disappoint the poor guy. It was not from any authentic Japanese period. The professor thought it was fantastic. It shows proper balance. It shows simplicity. It shows harmony."
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HM NumberHM23AV
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Placed ByMontgomery Parks
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Date Added Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 at 10:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 323754 N 4325096
Decimal Degrees39.05718333, -77.03691667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 3.431', W 77° 2.215'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 3' 25.86" N, 77° 2' 12.9" W
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Area Code(s)301, 240, 410
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1500 Glenallan Ave, Silver Spring MD 20902, US
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