When I initially started my Japanese Garden project, I wasn’t sure if I was going to incorporate fencing or simply utilize plants and trees to provide something interesting to liven up the existing block wall that borders my side yard from my neighbor’s driveway. After seeing the frequent use of bamboo in the Japanese gardensContinue reading “Step 7 – Bamboo Fence”
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Step 9 – Water Basin
One of the key elements of many Japanese Gardens is the water basin. From my research, I have come to understand that the water basin has the very practical application of providing a Tea House visitor with a means of cleansing oneself prior to entering the tea house. While visiting several temples in Japan, IContinue reading “Step 9 – Water Basin”
Step 12 – Plants
Probably the most important part of my project was plant selection and placement. It was important to me to pick plants that not only provided some level of authenticity to a traditional Japanese garden but would also survive the southern California sun and summer heat. Given the planting zones falling in the 9-11 range certain “traditional” Japanese garden plants wereContinue reading “Step 12 – Plants”
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