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Seattle's Kubota Garden Is On Fire This Autumn

Brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows are on display now at Kubota Garden in South Seattle - but not for much longer.

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SEATTLE, WA - Kubota Garden, a park in South Seattle, is on fire right now with brilliant foliage. Japanese maple and ginkgo trees, among many others, share space in the garden with native Pacific Northwest evergreens, making for particularly stunning foliage sights.

Kubota offers rambling trails spread across 20 acres in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood. Ponds filled with fish, waterfalls, wide grass fields, and sculptures punctuate the countless plant and tree varieties.

The Kubota Garden Foundation offers guided tours of the park on Saturday mornings (the next one is not until Nov. 25), but you can stop by during daylight hours and take a self-guided tour.

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Here are some photos from Kubota taken on a recent October afternoon:

The main entrance to Kubota is framed by brilliant maple trees and evergreens.
Benches surround the grassy fields at Kubota, perfect for lunch or quiet contemplation.
A waterfall flows from "The Mountainside" at the west side of the park down to a fish pond.
Fujitaro Kubota bought the land that would become Kubota Garden in 1927. His landscaping company created similar gardens at Seattle University and on Bainbridge Island. Seattle acquired the garden in 1987, saving it from development.
Head to Kubota Garden soon before the leaves are gone.

Images via Neal McNamara/Patch.com

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