North Country Japanese Garden

The North Country Japanese Garden at St. Lawrence University, located in the inner courtyard of Sykes Residence, which opened in the fall of 2008, serves as a learning laboratory and a place for quiet reflection. It is called Kitagunitei, which means "the North Country garden," and is based on a design made by several students who visited Zen gardens in Kyoto, Japan, in the summer of 2006 as part of a class project and research grant.

The garden has four quadrants, including a traditional dry landscape garden like the type that would be found at a Zen temple; a "strolling garden"; a dry stream; and a moss garden. It is intended for use as a place for quiet meditation and as a living classroom for a variety of disciplines.