Articles related to "Japanese Gardens"



Japanese Karesansui-style Gardens
The Japanese karesansui-style contemplative viewing garden at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston, MA combines Japanese, New England and MFA elements and traditions.
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Morikami Japanese Gardens
The Morikami Gardens in Del Ray Beach, FL are a living textbook They demonstrate periods of Japanese garden history and design from the 8th to the 20th century.
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Designing a Japanese Zen Garden
A relaxing garden atmosphere for reflection and meditation is easy to create using some of these ancient Japanese principles in your garden landscape design.
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Japanese-style Landscape Gardens
A Japanese-style garden may be appropriate for small spaces. Consider how water, rocks and gravel, and plants influence and contribute to a Japanese-inspired landscape.
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Native Plants
Traditional Japanese gardens have a lot to teach us about designing with native plants.
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How to Design a Japanese Garden
The Japanese have developed their gardens into an art-form. Over time, westerners have borrowed these methods and expanded landscape possibilities.
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Katsura Rikyu
Take an online tour of the Katsura Imperial Villa, near Kyoto, Japan.
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Creating a Japanese Garden
What happens when an interior designer looks out the window? A whole house redo results in the creation of a Japanese inspiration garden.
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Going Japanese: A Garden Design Dilemma
How do we house three bonsai in an English cottage-style garden?
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Installing a Japanese Garden
It's planting day for the Japanese gardens and the temperature is soaring. Will the inspiration garden be inspiring?
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Japanese Garden Evergreen Plants
These lovely evergreen conifers make great additions to a Japanese reflection garden because of the interesting form and year round color they provide the landscape.
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Japanese Zen Garden Plants
These plants are authentic choices for a Japanese garden and provide color, contrast of form and a meditative beauty to a reflection garden area.
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Plants for a Japanese Garden
The homeowner said yes to a Japanese inspiration garden. Now it's time for the interior designer and landscape designer to visit the nursery and finish their plan.
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Portland’s Washington Park
Ride the train at the Oregon Zoo, hear a concert in the Rose Garden, stroll the Japanese Garden or visit the World Forestry Center at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon.
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The Roots of Japanese Gardens
The influence of Chinese gardens on early Japanese gardens, and some basic differences between traditional Japanese and Chinese gardens.
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Gardening As a Sacred Act
People garden for different reasons. Some just enjoy being outdoors, while others want a serene place that can fulfill our spiritual needs.
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How To Enjoy a Rainy Winter Vacation in Oregon
Whether under an umbrella in the Portland Japanese Garden or finding interesting indoor activities at OMSI, guests to this NW city enjoy winter vacation.
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Gardening American Style?
We have clear pictures of what English style gardens are, and French and Japanese. Ever wonder what they think when you say "American style garden"?
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Garden Design Ideas at Strybing Arboretum
Planning a vacation to San Francisco should include a trip to the Palace of Fine Arts, the Golden Gate Bridge, a tour of Alcatraz, and the San Francisco Botanic Garden.
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My Garden
Tour our Garden Design editor's garden.
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Gardens for Contemplation
Find a nook in your garden where you can free your mind to contemplate great ideas - or just find some peace and tranquillity.
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Winter in Classical Chinese Gardens
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Ideas for Visiting Portland Oregon
The city of Portland, Oregon is fun place to visit with funky & cool coffee houses, restaurants, cafes, museums, gardens, shopping, culture, nature, beauty, music, etc.
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Plant Me! I'm Irish!
Everyone on St. Patrick's Day wants to be Irish! Irish gardens evoke great memories of an ancient culture filled with leprechauns, fierce Fenians, and believable fairy tales. But what if your family is from the Mediterranean, Mexico, Japan, Africa or India? What kind of international gardening can you bring to your Florida landscape?
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The Five Best Things to Do in DFW
Some of these are standard staples of north Texas, but some are lesser known, all recommended by a lifetime resident.
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Cottonwood Falls Community Market, Nelson, BC
Cottonwood Falls Market is a fun place for tourists during a holiday in the West Kootenays, but it offers more than good food, fine craftsmanship & lively entertainment.
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How to Design a Front Yard
By re-doing the front yard with a new walkway, flagstone path and creative garden design, you'll create a landscape that will get rave reviews from the neighbors.
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How to Landscape with Boulders
Designing the formal garden is not a trend of the past, but more often landscape designers are shifting to low maintenance garden plans.
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Kohan Reflection Gardens in New Denver, BC
The Kohan Japanese Internment Memorial Reflection Gardens in Canada's West Kootenay region are designed to make travelers aware of tragic WWII event in Canadian history.
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Martha's Vineyard in the Fall
Try Martha's Vineyard for perfect autumn travel: long walks on empty beaches, biking along country lanes, bird watching on protected reservations and all without crowds.
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Rain Chains are Lovely Water Features
Rain chains or Kusari Doi are an alternative to downspouts. These metal chains funnel water to a pond, barrel, or water garden below and act as garden water art.
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Risco Bello Aquatic Gardens
Jardin Acuatico Risco Bello seems to do the impossible -- create a water garden in an almost vertical semi-tropical landscape.
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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Themed botanical gardens, manor home, rare books and manuscripts in the library, what's not to like at the Huntington
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The Well Trained Herb
Casual Fridays are becoming a thing of the past. Apparently, some employees were showing up for work in flop flops and the like. Plants can hardly be accused of fashion crimes, but nonetheless, formally trained plants are becoming increasingly popular. A number of herbs and other plants are available as topiaries and standards.
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Visit the Hidden Side of London
London offers many lesser-known visitor attractions including Ghelsea Physic and Kensington Roof Gardens, the Kyoto Garden and Westminster Abbey College Garden.
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Visiting Fredericksburg, Texas
A look at the attractions and character of an interesting old German town in the Texas Hill Country about 78 miles west of Austin and 70 miles north of San Antonio.
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Visitor Guide to Downtown Portland, Oregon
Escape the daily grind in Portland, Oregon. Mapping out routes and pre-planning restaurants and activities ensures a great Portland day visit.
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Winter in Japan, Snow and Ski
Japan offers excellent Winter Snow Sports, slopes for skiing, enthusiastic apres-snow life, wonderful scenery, and to get you there - the fabulous bullet train.
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Parkwood Estate Greenhouse
Take a tour of the historic greenhouses at Oshawa's Parkwood Estate, home to General Motors Founder Robert Samuel McLaughlin.
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Contrast - Part 2
Lack of contrast is a very common flaw in informal gardens.
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Gardening for All 5 Senses, Part V: Seeing and believing

Gardens of Moorish Spain
While much of Europe was still in the dark ages, Moorish rulers in Spain were creating gardens of breathtaking sophistication.
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Gardens of the World
A review of the video <i>Gardens of the World</i>
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Classical Chinese Gardens
An introduction to classical Chinese Gardens
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Living Poems
Gardens can be designed to be living poems.
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The Huntington Botanical Gardens
The fourteen interconnected botanical gardens of The Huntington provide outside time, culture, and some education about the plant world. Spend time here and relax.
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Big Island Scenery
Hawaii, sighteseeing
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Landscape Fabric for Projects
Landscape fabric (geotextiles) for weed and erosion control may make landscape maintenance easier. Using landscape fabric properly with projects is vital for success.
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Ohanami – A Famous Japanese Celebration
From March to May the city of Tokyo is brilliantly decorated by incomparable natural beauty. It is during this time that the sakura, or cherry blossoms, bloom.
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Shop, Dine, Drink in Tokyo
If you're looking for a stylish place to shop, try traditional Japanese or international restaurants, or have a few drinks, Tokyo's Roppongi district has it all.
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