Japanese Garden Ideas
Japanese
Gardening is a great activity and it's a real pleasure to
enjoy the end product. It is nice to see your garden grow over the years and
to see the result of all your creativity and hard work. A Japanese garden is
no different, you would think, but in fact it is. There is a different kind
of intrinsic beauty in Japanese garden ideas that you need to learn to
appreciate. There are few people who see a garden in a Japanese style and
know in a second this is what they love and would like their own garden to
look like. Most people will only enjoy the beauty of this type of design if
they can find the internal peace to see each little element at its own. Both
people can use some of the basic garden ideas we will take a look at in this
article.
Many different ideas for a Japanese style garden
There are of course many different ideas for these types of gardens but
there are some common grounds we call the basics. One of the basic
principals is that almost all design ideas will all point to nature as being
the most beautiful work of art of all. The Japanese garden is always
designed with nature in mind, this means the garden should always reflect
the things we see in nature. When we design a yard with this kind of design
it might look unorganized and wild but when we take a closer look it is
often perfectly in balance, a little replica of nature at its finest. And to
some that is a type of perfection we cannot find in other types of garden
design.
Rocks and Space
A well known idea for a Japanese garden is the rock garden and they are much
more orderly than other ideas. In a way the rocks represent the mountains in
nature and pebbles and other small stones can create the image of a river
bedding. Small Japanese trees and shrubs are the image of what nature
creates on a large scale.
Another special style element in our Japanese garden is empty space, it may
sound strange but this space is one of the most important style elements
that this type of garden has. It is one of the traditions you can follow
when you decide to do your own design. The empty space forms a retreat to
all the beauty of the trees, plants and other elements, it reminds you of
what you have missed and what you have found. These are just those elements
what people need to learn to understand before they can fully appreciate the
Japanese style garden.
Separate the garden from reality
There are items in the garden that have a deeper meaning such as fences and
gates, in the western countries they are used to keep strange people away
from the house and to keep pets and little children in the yard. A Japanese
garden style follows totally different traditions, here those structures are
used to separate the garden from reality and to let the people experience
the beauty and serenity of the garden.
About the Author
Hank Gordon has a passion for gardening and wants the world to know how relaxing and rewarding it can be. On his website he talks about Japanese Garden Design and Japanese garden plants
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