japanese landscaping 4 by eiji morozumi (july 2006)

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To make small area to appreciate..think ZEN. You can apply Zenphilosophy which is

emptiness with artisticbalance, and Zen gardens arequite contemporary style gardens

in their own right.

I can hear someone mumbling Imnot an artist. I hear you, dontworry Ill make you into an over-night Landscape Artist if you prom-

ise me not to tell anyone.

1/3 is the vital point for focus

point to be.

See design drawing: there are bro-ken vertical & horizontal lineswhich divide the area into thirds.Where the vertical and horizontallines meet is the pointthe pointthe pointthe point to placeyour focus objects. There are 4points in the design and you canpick 1~3 points but dont place all

Volume 4

DO IT YO U R S E L F CON T EMPOR A R Y COUR T Y A R D

July 2006

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Always water the pot andgarden before applying

fertilizer, then water well

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When we have to gosomewhere, absolutelyanything you wear is

fine,.. Really.

Sure

You can do it

I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it ?

- Jean Illeley Clarke

objects at these points.

Eg: In the design I have placed a tallstone lantern on the right hand side

of the pointthe pointthe pointthe point and placed a stone ba-sin on the left hand side nearnearnearnear thethethethepointpointpointpoint. Then I placed an accent stoneon third the pointthe pointthe pointthe point. Finally I designedstepping stones to connect the ele-ments (called communicating) and

hard landscaping is complete.

I have chosen a grouping of one typeof Azalea for the back of the stonebasin and a Camellia sasanqua forthe back of stone lantern for balance.One plant next to stone lantern will

be..well..

I have a few choices and I will decide

after placing everything else.

Finally, fill the rest of the area withgravel and the job is done. Eg. youcan choose gravel, like blue metal,

pea gravel, rain-bow stone, smallriver pebbles or

ground cover likeBabys tear.

Next issue is Wa-

ter feature.

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