Exploring private gardens in Tokyo
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 […]
Category Archives: Designs
Auspicious plants in Japanese garden design
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 […]
5 Bulbs for your Japanese garden
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 […]
The Edible Japanese Garden
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 […]
Takasho Garden & Exterior Fair 2017
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 […]
Exterior Design Studies
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 […]
Japanese exterior design
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 […]
Groundcover as substitute for moss
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 […]
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?
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 […]
Reasons for traditional Japanese gardens, in consideration of religious beliefs and recreation over time
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 […]
