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Japanese Garden Tranquility

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Serenity in a Japanese Garden

Since ancient times Japanese culture has valued tranquility and balance. From their architecture and spiritual practices to their world renown gardens the culture expresses rehabilitation of spirit after hard work and play. The Japanese Garden combines landscaping design that springs forth from nature and spiritual order resulting in a layered landscape which can produce a profound sense of ease and peace. Dating back before the 5th century the Japanese Gardens are found in both home and public places and ruins of gardens many centuries old are often found during excavation contributing to the sense that these quality's of serenity and tranquility are part of the Japanese DNA.

Combining the beauty inherent in simplicity with focus of the breath the Japanese Garden is treasured everywhere on our planet.

Focusing On and Around A Point

Simple beauty sprouting forth from focal points like waterfalls, stepping stones, spiritual sculpture and brightly flowering trees and shrubs can create infinite layers depending on the objective of the garden designer. Each angle of view is taken into account when crafting the simple design, with the natural and architectural features surrounding and underneath the garden creating a harmony within natures symphony. Form along with depths of colors are combined with specific viewing in mind. Even a small boxed garden space can give a school, home or busy commercial space a little place where one can exhale and then return nourished to the tumult of daily living.

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Creating a Japanese Garden

Choose a spot where opportunities abound for lots of variation and elevation of the plantings and enhancements to the garden. While tranquility and balance are the cornerstone in the creation of a Japanese garden each person has their own definition of what tranquility means. If you keep in mind that one of the main purposes of a Japanese garden is to have a place to come to for relaxation and solace from the hustle and bustle of the everyday world you will have a good direction to start from in creating your own space.

Try extracting a strong visual component when you begin your design. Use large strategically placed stones or a water fall feature as a center place to start your design process, then add shrubs with muted colors to surround your central feature. Adding terraces can help showcase the different accent pieces you want to see in your garden as well as adding to its secluded feeling.

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Visit A Japanese Garden

North America Has Hundreds of Gardens Open To The Public

25 Japanese Public Gardens

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Japanese Tea Garden

San Francisco....Welcome to the Japanese Tea Garde more...2 points

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens

7.5-acre site is actually an interwoven collection more...0 points

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Japanese Cultural Center

Saginaw Michigan...designed by Mr. Yataro Suzue,He more...0 points

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COMO ZOO - Japanese Garden

St. Paul Minnesota...For over 100 years, Como Zoo more...0 points

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Japanese Stroll Garden

Mill Neck, Long Island, NY...Created for Ambassado more...0 points

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Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion Historic Park

Canandaigua, NY..... In 1906, Mrs. Thompson had th more...0 points

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Cleveland Botanical Garden

The Japanese Garden has been a Cleveland cultural more...0 points

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Maymont Japanese Garden

Richmond, VA.....Maymont's naturalistic Japanese G more...0 points

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UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

Bel Air, California.....UCLA Hannah Carter Japanes more...0 points

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Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at CSULB

Long Beach California....The EBM Japanese Garden w more...0 points

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The Contemporary Museum - Gardens

Honolulu.....The New York Times called it a " more...0 points

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Shofuso

Philadelphia....This seventeenth-century authentic more...0 points

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Terrace Park - River Boulevard Greenway

Sioux Falls, SD.....The Terrace Park Japanese Gard more...0 points

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Jackson Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia,

During World War II, vandals severely damaged the more...0 points

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Hermann Park Conservancy

Houston, TX....With its waterfalls, bridges, and s more...0 points

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International Peace Garden United States and Canada

Salt Lake City, UT....Dedication of the Internatio more...0 points

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Asticou Azalea Garden - Northeast Harbor Maine

Mount Desert Island, ME......Asticou Azalea Garden more...0 points

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Bellevue Botanical Garden

Bellevue, WA..... A traditional Japanese gate lead more...0 points

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Montgomery Parks: Brookside Gardens

Wheaton, MD......Brookside Gardens is Montgomery C more...0 points

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Mytoi Gardens

Martha's Vineyard, MA....Nestled within Chappaquid more...0 points

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:

Tenshin-en is one of New England's few semipublic viewing more...0 points

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Rotary Botanical Gardens

Janesville, Wisconsin.....Rotary Botanical Gardens more...0 points

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Hope Friendship Garden

Hope, British Columbia....Built in the summer of 1 more...0 points

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Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada....The Nikka Yuko Japa more...0 points

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Nanaimo Campus | Vancouver Island University

2 Japanese gardens on the Nanaimo campus is locate more...0 points

Japanese Garden Examples

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  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Sep 9, 2011 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    Lovely and serene... this lens. I have loved Japanese gardens for many years. When I lived in a suburb of Chicago, one of my favorite places to visit was the Japanese Garden within the Chicago Botanic Garden. I enjoy imagining my future Japanese garden. The video and music were very peaceful. Thank you!
  • Janiece Feb 3, 2011 @ 8:27 am | delete
    I watched the first Japanese garden youtube you mentioned...and it's beautiful...
  • webnh Feb 3, 2011 @ 9:10 am | delete
    Glad you could stop by and see the video.... beautiful indeed
  • WordCustard Dec 5, 2010 @ 12:44 pm | delete
    Japanese gardens are so peaceful, I'd love to have one of my own.
  • webnh Dec 5, 2010 @ 3:25 pm | delete
    WordCustard thanks for leaving a thought... I too would love on of my own...
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