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 [...]
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 [...]
Sculpting a Japanese Garden
There is something extraordinary about Japanese gardening, in part because of the tranquil and healing environment that it provides. It’s a place for deep thought, a peace offering in its own respect. Experience in gardening of a different culture will bring your creativity to another level. It must be understood from the beginning that [...]
Japanese Gardens, Poetry in Motion
The Japanese people have always been in tune with nature and accepting of the concepts of change and the passage of time. This harmony is expressed through many artistic mediums, but none so evident, nor so pleasing, as the Japanese Garden. Just as Japan’s delicately crafted poetry demands structure, Japanese Gardens have their own Aesthetic [...]
Japanese water gardens, choosing your plants
Having carefully planned and constructed your Japanese water garden, it’s time to bring it to life with plants.
A Japanese water gardener’s goal is to echo nature with rocks, water, and plants. Landscaping may include carefully planted lilies with softly waving grasses and bamboos.
The arrangement of flowers and shrubs are more dynamic than in other pond [...]
