How Tea in a garden changed Japan
The Japanese Tea Ceremony is one of the most elegant and exacting traditions of Japan. It is no wonder that a style of Japanese gardens has been devoted to this cherished ritual.
Orchids and Japanese Gardening
Combining the Traditional Japanese Garden with Tropical Plants creates a beautiful retreat. Japanese gardens are elegant, deceivingly simplistic and aesthetically pleasing. The subtle shifts in colour and form tend to calm the spirit, taking us away from the busy pace of the modern world. This can even be at a subliminal level. Your mind’s eye [...]
Japanese Gardens, Tranquility Personified
Japanese Gardens have been a treasured art form in Japan for centuries, and are very much influenced by the ancient and intricate garden designs of China.
Zen Gardens, Imagination in the Making
By their very nature Zen gardens encourage you to use your imagination. Using carefully placed rocks and stones and open spaces filled with sand or gravel these gardens tend to capture the eye and the mind and hold both. Soon one can see the waves undulating in the sand ponds as they push around the [...]
Kaiyu-shiki, a place to be…
In the heart of London amidst the fast paced lifestyle that just goes with living in a major city, a haven of tranquillity sits on the roof of a house of healing. The Great Ormond Street Hospital in the Bloomsbury district of London offers patients and others who happen to discover this contemplation garden the [...]
