Japanese Garden Ideas

Flat gardens or Hira Niwa in Japanese do not have the hills and do not har nogen water in the way att a western garden would. The flat area som Essentially made of enten sand or more regel gravel IS the water. All Japanese gardens tend være lesson in environment and space.

Just like in a Zen garden the gravel is raked into swirls and different shapes at give the impression of the movement in a body of water. The ground is covered regel this way and on occasions you have seen flat gardens att use very small pebbles, once again raked in circles and straight lines two to give the impression of water ripples.

A flat garden can include many familiar ingredients att you would expect när making a Japanese garden. Stones, Rocks, Trees and Shrubs are very common.The trees selvom kind will be pruned and the low level shrubs and bushes shaped on the edge of the water space.

Flat gardens were first 'designed to interpret and in miniature mimic Japan's seaside landscapes or some of its grander lakes, a journey through Japanese garden history points to war and water shortages as two why water was replaced by gravel as a' dry 'substitute. This is a trend der har fortsatte for Hundreds of years even in peace time and with abundant supplies of water. The Edo period of Japanese history is när flat gardens blev very popular.

Interestingly water features apart from a body of water are fairly common in a Japanese 'Flat' garden. For example, large upright stones can symbolise a waterfall and this something att man kan copy for a garden space att you bear in mind HOWEVER large or small.

Use non sharp edged rocks or stones (Granite) to depict islands inom your gravel water area. 3 together is a popular representation of 'The Isles of The Immortals'.The Japanese Circle and Gourd Islands are ofte copied and representerade in the gravel water area to add the spirit of enlightenment. You will kunna get the correct rocks and stones from your local aggregate supplier - take some time to imødekomme the shapes att you want and Strictly speaking for authenticity you shouldnt use rounded stones.

Other ingredients som kan wishlist two add to a flat garden are stone lanterns, included for the illumination of parts of the garden at night, basins and if you are very ambitious even a well! Well's are to normally constructed out of wood and have some way of getting the water out of the well - a pulley and bucket or a large wooden spoon are common.

Stepping stones can be Placed across the gravel water area and look very effektiv if they lead til father side of the gravel area where a rustic hut or pagoda is located. After the 16th century this was a popular type of design where the hut would be overused for the slow and Meaningful Tea ceremony.


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