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Exploring private gardens in Tokyo

November 15, 2019by Anika Leave a comment

When I first came to Japan, I had very little money and always tried to save some by walking long distances within the city. This was when I found all […]

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Designs, Explanations

Auspicious plants in Japanese garden design

October 25, 2019by Anika Leave a comment

A lot of gardening companies have their signature style, may it be the use of a special plant combination or the use of special materials. My company is using a […]

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Designs, Plants, Technique

5 Bulbs for your Japanese garden

September 1, 2019by Anika Leave a comment

  Summer is in full swing, we only want to sit somewhere doing nothing, but the garden is calling already. It’s time for planting bulbs! Today I would like to […]

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Designs, Plants

The Edible Japanese Garden

August 18, 2019by Anika Leave a comment

On my way to work, I found this tiny little garden. Some usual green in front of an apartment house was what I thought. But then I came closer and […]

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Designs, Plants

Takasho Garden & Exterior Fair 2017

August 2, 2017by Anika Leave a comment

I got the opportunity to visit this fair of one of Japan’s biggest suppliers for garden and exterior “stuff”. On Friday July 28 I just stopped at the office for […]

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Exterior Design Studies

April 27, 2017by Anika 2 Comments

In my neighborhood used to be a wonderful huge field full of Japanese “kuri” trees (Castanea crenata – Japanese chestnut). One day, some works began around the field and my […]

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Designs, Explanations

Japanese exterior design

May 16, 2016by Aliya_Almukhametova Leave a comment

Last week Anika and Aliya participated in Japanese exterior design lesson. The lesson was hold by Furuhashi Norimasa – very talented designer and exterior architect. He is a teacher of Japanese […]

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Designs, Explanations

Groundcover as substitute for moss

March 22, 2016by Anika 21 Comments

Almost every Japanese garden in Kyoto hosts one part which is covered in nice, fluffy moss. When building a Japanese garden outside of Japan or even in another area in […]

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Designs, Technique

On the relationship of traditional Japanese gardens to nature, is a balance between the gardener and nature important and is equilibrium sought within their creation?

February 15, 2016by jasmineblack90 Leave a comment

Through the act of creating a garden, there is an inherent manipulation of nature. However, in the early forms of Japanese gardening, this was undertaken in order to serve nature […]

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Designs, Gardens

Reasons for traditional Japanese gardens, in consideration of religious beliefs and recreation over time

February 8, 2016by jasmineblack90 1 Comment

The first thing that must be appreciated when referring to the ‘traditional Japanese garden’ is that this spans a great history of many different eras, possibly to the origins of […]

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