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 […]
Category Archives: Designs
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 […]
A brief look into the history and concept of a traditional Japanese garden
I would like to leave with the following short series of posts about the history of traditional Japanese gardens. During my time at RJG, I delved into their realms to […]
Gardens above…
Recently I ventured around Tokyo in search of a relatively new style of garden. I wanted to explore the differences that have taken place between the creation of traditional Japanese […]
A Garden Play of Colors
Today I want to show you a reformed garden of one of the customers of our partner-page Niwashyu. The customers wanted to have a bright, colourful garden with Japanese and […]
