Design Japanese Garden

Garden in a traditional Japanese style is usually found at private homes, parks, the Buddhist and Shinto temples and monuments in the vicinity (e.g., locks). Japanese garden is to imitate nature, not trying to conquer or destroy it. It must be nurtured so that the most carefully hidden human activities. Ideal for Japanese gardeners are resting among the wildlife. One of the texts concerning the furnishing of Japanese gardens (XI century) says: learn from nature, but do not copy it.

There are several types of Japanese gardens, but all are characterized by harmony, simplicity, asymmetry and elegance. Two basic styles are Tsukiyama gardens with small hills, stones, symbolizing mountains, ponds and lakes that mimic sea and KARESANSUI - style dry garden with gravel depicting water, boulders depicting islands and sand simulating the waves.

The necessary elements of a classic Japanese garden are: