Author: Joan Vine
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Zen Garden: Foliage.
To help create a calm and peaceful atmosphere in your Zen Garden you need the help of beautiful foliage, from ground cover, plants, shrubs, bushes and trees, your garden should be enveloped in greenery. Green is a beautiful and restful colour, as well as being easy on the eye. And of course, bushes and trees…
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Feng Shui: Sand.
To create a Dry-Japanese Garden you will need to use sand or gravel in order to represent flowing water. According to the compass point in your garden, whatever animal is represented near to your sand or gravel it named as the ‘peaceful tiger’ tortoise, phoenix or peaceful dragon area. I like to think that the…
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Zen Garden: Sand.
Sand in a dry Japanese garden is used in place of water, in most small gardens there isn’t enough room for a decent size water feature so, when creating your Zen Garden, it is quite acceptable and indeed very pleasing to use either sand or gravel. Sand may also be easier for the average gardener…
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Feng Shui: Yang.
All Chinese or Japanese Gardens are dominated as a rule with yang energy, therefore, one of the main sights in your garden is stone, usually a very large stone that generates in the person viewing the feelings of energy, confidence, and sanctuary. Large natural rocks or stones need to be well planned out as, for…
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Zen Garden: Yang.
Like the majority of gardens, to counteract the softness of grass, flowers and shrubs, there has to be hard areas, parts of the garden that contain paths, patios, walls, and suchlike. The same goes for the Zen Garden. All Japanese gardens contain stones, special, dynamic stones that visitors can focus on. The larger the stones…