Basis of a modern Japanese garden
"Life begins on the day you start a garden."
Historically speaking Japanese gardens where created to represent a utopian land for the Japanese.
As gardens around the world evolve the traditional Japanese garden has become a popular style of garden for enthusiasts to emulate in their own backyards. By applying a modern twist on the traditional themes the modern Japanese garden has become a thing of great beauty combining history with modern style.
Authentic Japanese gardens seek to re-create the massive scale of nature into a more compact garden scene. Japanese gardens generally incorporate Shinto or Zen elements to create a sense of tranquillity as well as being artistic and spiritual they bring us closer to nature.
Many of the most famous Japanese gardens are “dry gardens”. A dry garden is a garden that contains rocks and stones, this combined with the western garden culture has lead to the creation of some impressive gardens throughout the world. This style of garden is becoming quite popular in countries like Australia where restrictions on the amount of water used on the garden are in place.
