Lennox Gardens is a formal urban park near Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. It is home to Canberra Nara Peace Park and Canberra Beijing Garden.

Canberra Nara Peace Park

Canberra Nara Peace Park featured a small Japanese-themed garden, large wooden gate and gazebo, and a number of iconic cherry blossom trees. The gardens were a gift from the people of Nara to the people of Canberra and celebrate the sister city link between Canberra, Australia’s modern capital, and Nara, Japan’s ancient capital.

It also has two large stone lanterns: a large Kasuga lantern weighing 5 tonnes and a large Yukimi lantern weighing 3 tonnes.

There are 24 cherry blossom trees in the garden. While not blooming in full by my measure — we were too early — we managed to catch a few blossoms.

Canberra Beijing Garden

Canberra Beijing Garden was designed in the imperial Chinese garden style of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) that is symbolic of luxury and refinement. It was a centennial gift from the Beijing Municipal Government to the people of Canberra to celebrate the significance of its sister city relationship with the ACT Government.

Lennox Park is located at Flynn Dr, Yarralumla ACT 2600.