Japanese Garden - Blog Posts
Boise Landscape Natural Stone Pavers
Modern Landscape Los Angeles An example of a mid-sized modern drought-tolerant, rock and full sun front yard gravel landscaping.
Fire Pit Portland Inspiration for a small modern partial sun backyard concrete paver landscaping with a fire pit.
Sumi Ink
I loooooove sumi ink drawings. I love the simplistic style the oriental paintings have. Then I thought - simple must be easy to do, right? Oh honey.
After taking a workshop I learned quickly it is not easy. Of course it takes people years to master it. This picture is one of my latest after a workshop, a class, and a few practices. It still could be loads better, but finally getting happy with the results instead of “let’s speak of this to no one” status.
The goal of this piece was to dilute the ink to give it atmospheric shading.
London Flower Bed Landscape Ideas for the landscaping of a sizable Asian backyard.
Landscape Portland Design suggestions for a small Asian backyard water feature.
Landscape Gravel San Francisco A picture of a sizable modern backyard gravel landscaping.
Fountain - Asian Landscape An example of a huge asian full sun water fountain landscape.
DC Metro Landscape Fountain Inspiration for a medium-sized, partially-shaded backyard with a stone water feature.
Landscape Rock Features in Los Angeles
a picture of a sizable Asian backyard landscaping
Since you are a frog, what kind of garden of your choice would you live in?
Most likely a mix of cottage/flower types of garden but also a bit like a butterfly garden cause I love those❤️. Maybe in a bit of a Japanese design with some rocks. A bit like a fantasy, but y'know who cares, live where you want
Thanks for the question, little flower!💐
image of a medium-sized zen backyard deck
The Japanese garden in Cal Poly Pomona, BroncoBound Open House
In the Rose Garden with Cheezer
April 13, 2024
Landscape Natural Stone Pavers
some cuties from Nara deer park ♪(´▽｀)
Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing his own hemlock. A man toting a sack of blood manure across his lawn is kin to Atlas letting the world spin easy on his shoulder.
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
Expo 70 Japanese Garden
While most of the pavilions of the 1970 World Expo at Osaka were demolished, a very large exhibit was preserved: the Japanese garden. Located in the North of the enormous Commemoration Park, it's designed as a stroll through the ages, with four sections inspired by different periods, Ancient, Medieval, Modern (Edo period) and Contemporary - kind of like the zones from The Crystal Maze, just without the puzzles and Richard O'Brien.
From rock gardens to ponds and rolling hills, from a bamboo grove to wisteria and maple trees, it hits the notes you'd expect from a summary of Japanese landscape styling, but allows one plenty of room to contemplate each tableau - I'm emphasised how big the overall park is, but the Japanese garden alone covers 26 hectares.
One of the few gripes I have with Koishikawa Kôrakuen, my favourite garden in Tokyo, is that some buildings are close and large enough to appear in the background. With the Expo pavilions gone however, most views in this park don't have that problem. Only the Tower of the Sun and the Osaka Wheel are able to rise above the park in this view towards the South.
