Kubota Garden Foundation

About the Kubota Garden Foundation

Kubota Garden is more than a beautiful public park—it's a living story of resilience, creativity, and community. Tucked into South Seattle, this 20-acre oasis blends Japanese garden design with the natural beauty of the Northwest. It’s a place where waterfalls flow, trees whisper history, and people from every background come to connect—with nature, with culture, and with each other.

But none of this happens by accident. It happens because people like you choose to care for it.

The Kubota Garden Foundation is the nonprofit that makes this magic possible. In partnership with the City of Seattle, we preserve, enhance, and share Kubota Garden—raising funds, organizing volunteers, and championing the Garden’s future.

This work builds on a powerful legacy.

In 1927, Fujitaro Kubota—a Japanese immigrant, self-taught gardener, and visionary—purchased five acres of logged-off land in Rainier Beach. Over decades, he shaped it into a breathtaking garden that honored Japanese design while celebrating the wild beauty of the Northwest. Though he and his family were unjustly incarcerated during World War II, Kubota returned and rebuilt. Today, his garden is a public treasure and a Seattle Landmark—a place born from perseverance and shaped by love.

Every time you visit, you see the impact of our donors in the plants, ponds, and paths, all flourishing thanks to our supporters.

When you give to the Kubota Garden Foundation, you’re not just maintaining a garden—you’re growing a legacy.

You’re honoring the contributions of Japanese Americans to Seattle’s history.You’re creating a free, inclusive space for rest, celebration, and healing.You’re helping a one-of-a-kind garden thrive in the heart of the city.

Kubota Garden is open to all and free to visit, but it depends on the generosity of donors to flourish. Your support keeps the waterfalls flowing, the trees healthy, and the welcome strong.

Together, we can grow beauty. We can grow connection. We can grow community.

Be part of the story. Join us. Give today.

Recognition

4Culture

Anonymous

Robert & Allison Grayson

Jean G Hobart

King County Parks Levy

King County Waterworks

Gordon and Mary Ellen Mulder

Ellen Phillips-Angeles & Ron Angeles

TMS

Susan L Tusa

WA State Recreation & Conservation Office