That's what Japanese garden design is all about ... "Traditional stone lanterns, often nestled among moss or near water features, add a spiritual and architectural presence," he explains.

My RHS Chelsea Flower Show highlights demonstrate how garden design ... Japanese garden ideas, the display was a masterful fusion of tonal Acer trees, raked gravel and incredible mounds of moss ...

‘Moss ball bonsai,’ Kokedama is the Japanese art of planting without pots. A ball of soil or clay covered with moss is used to support the plant’s roots. Considered to be cheerful, peaceful ...

who had sought to create an ideal Japanese garden. The picturesque landscape includes the Dry Landscape Garden, the Moss Garden, the White Gravel and Pine Garden and other areas, encompassing ...

Japanese have long had a fondness for moss ... did not emerge as a design element until the Muromachi period (1333–1568). Over the subsequent centuries, though, garden designers used it to ...

Take moss, for example ... Together with greenery, rocks and water make up the Japanese garden design trifecta. “Now, not all Japanese gardens have them, but those are the three most common ...

Another difference from the Japanese style is that instead of live moss, dried sheet moss is used, which you can buy packaged at craft and garden stores ... or part of your design.

Rendering by Portland Landscape Design and Japanese Garden Specialty The re ... There would be a moss garden to bring color during the winter months and a pond strolling garden to encourage ...

Before I was allowed to see the world famous Saihoji moss garden on the outskirts ... quite another to stand in a classical Japanese garden in Japan itself. My horticultural pilgrimage of ...

The Japanese philosophy of "layering," in which architecture, craftsmanship and design cross-pollinate ... area will be landscaped with a Japanese moss garden. "It's a structural system," explains ...