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Zen Garden: Accessories.
No Zen Garden is complete without accessories and ornaments that represent Chinese, or Japanese culture, faith, and architecture. A figurine of the Buddha is never very far away from the Zen Garden, as it was, and still is, traditional to have these reflective gardens places near or around a temple, where Buddhism is practised. You…
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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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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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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…
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Zen Garden: Creating.
So, how do you create a Zen Garden? Well, it’s not going to be easy, but then, nothing worth having or creating is easy. So, how do you begin? Don’t do anything in a rush, take everything slow and easy. Study your current garden well and jot down in a notebook what you like and…