Noguchi Garden

Great place to take a break if you work in the area or just walk around and explore. You have to pay for parking or visit on a weekend and look for free parking. Enter the garden from the west side, between 3210 & 3200 Park Center Dr. There’s a good amount of places to sit under the shade and the architecture is interesting.

"California Scenario" is one of my favorite free little hidden gems of Orange County! Very serene, flowing water, and a variety of different plants, including cacti and redwood trees!! I can definitely see it as a good place to journal, draw, meditate, or read! And, I think it's great both during the day and at night, since the lighting highlights the different parts of the garden.

Just like I remembered it from 25 years ago... Well, the fountain was off but otherwise the same. Tress may have grown a little taller? 😂 It's a nice little hidden oasis in this part of town. Check it out if you get the chance. Just a stroll away across the bridge from South Coast Plaza.

It's small but beautiful. I came and paid to park and was a bit disappointed it wasn't larger or at least free parking. I did enjoy it though and I can see that it's more of a local/worker park. I think it is well done

One of those 7 wonders of Irvine. This place should host music events and shows. The space is transcendent. Makes you want to be at peace

This is a little slice of paradise in the middle of high rises. I walked so none of the parking issues for me. Its small but so well designed!

It's a very small "garden". It's more like a peaceful resting/lunch spot for people to take a break during work. There's a water fountain, some sculptures, and a bench with some trees around it. There are other benches around to sit on, but the popular spot was the bench with the trees around it. There is also a little coffee shop within the plaza. I didn't try, but it looked nice.

A corporate art installation tucked amongst high rise office buildings. The parking structure was confusing. Probably not worth going unless you business there.

Took the cutesttt pics for prom here. It was such a lovely area with plenty of greenery!

Very nice hidden gem. The Noguchi sculpture garden is a great cultural attraction, a relaxing park and the kids seem to enjoy it as an adventure.

This is a nice quick sculpture garden in downtown Costa Mesa. It's is very isolated and quiet, so it makes it a nice serene spot in the middle of the city. It is also part of a collection of art called the OC art walk. There is an online listening guide which is such a fun free thing to do. I would recommend to do this when the weather is nice.

I found this place after doomscrolling social media. There's plenty of post about why you should come visit. One of the biggest is that it is free, and the parking cost is pretty reasonable. That this park has a bunch of different sculptures you can take pictures with and calm yourself. Depending on the perspective you can get some pretty gnarly shots. We came on a weekend so it was pretty dead here.