How To Start A Small Japanese Garden
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How to start a small japanese garden. On a visual level Zen gardening. Plants are used sparingly and carefully chosen. In this post we talk you through the steps involved in creating a Japanese garden.
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Water is one of the natural element in the world. Japanese gardens are used for contemplation. For inspiration look at tea gardens and the temple gardens of Kyoto.
First pick a spot in the rock garden where you want to begin and place the rake in that area then start moving your rake toward yourself while twisting and turning the rake in order to make ripples until you are satisfied with them. Tamp down the soil. A Japanese garden should be kept simple and natural.
For this reason water is an indispensable element in Japanese garden. Intimate spaces and secluded retreats. With a shovel remove the top layer a few inches of the existing soil.
Water is also another common element of such gardens so you can also add some mini Bamboo fountain pond or flowing streams. Make your garden look more Japanese by taking things out. We begin with creating a Japanese Garden from scratch and we have been lucky to get some guidance and advice from Ramon Smit who.