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Oriental influences on English garden making can be traced from the Rococo period through to the present day. The emergence of Chinosierie, as initially evidence in ceramics, furniture and interior design, also found its place in the garden or landscape though the layout, plants and ornamentation. This talk considers this fashion, using Brighton Pavilion, Kew Gardens and many other examples as illustration, and touches on the wonderful plant introductions from the Far East, with special consideration to Camellia sinensis and the subsequent love of tea drinking, so much suited to elegant Georgian tastes. The talk also looks at how Chinese paintings and landscapes were absorbed into Japanese culture, and how by the twentieth century, we saw a developing interest in the culture of Japan expressed in the fashion for the Japonaise in many forms of arts including garden design. Western designers embraced, and took inspiration from the sensitive use of materials, and minimalistic expression of Japan’s temple and stroll gardens, and sought to emulate something of their spirit – a style still popular today.