| This article gives us idea on how to do Japanese | | | | white sand or pebbles to symbolize the ocean. And |
| gardening that is effective and that will surely bring | | | | another one is, the borrowed view and this pertains |
| the kind of satisfaction when you do it on your own. | | | | to taking the images of ocean and forest as |
| It is essential to realize that even if you are not in | | | | background. |
| Japan, you can still make your own Japanese garden | | | | Japanese-gardening can be essentially classified into |
| that you desire. | | | | two: the Tsukiyami- pertains to a hill garden and |
| There are lots of Japanese-gardening books out | | | | basically composed of ponds and hills; the Hiraniwa- |
| there that can give you relevant idea on how to | | | | the exact opposite of the former; without hills or |
| develop your own. You can also browse the Internet | | | | pond. |
| and surely, you'll be able to get some Japanese | | | | So, what are the other secrets of Japanese |
| gardening resources that can help you for your | | | | gardening? Well, when you plan to have you own |
| gardening. | | | | Japanese garden, the prime components must be |
| Japanese-gardening is one of the most well-known | | | | present- rocks, gravel, moss,water, hedges, and |
| type of gardening all over the world. Its uniqueness, | | | | fences. You have to put in your mind that the most |
| its really pleasant look brings great satisfaction to | | | | used in Japanese-gardening are rocks because as the |
| people especially to the grower. So, what are the | | | | Shinto tradition explains, rocks embodies the nature's |
| secrets of Japanese gardening that made it more | | | | spirit. Water (in any form) is also essential in |
| popular than other form of gardening? Unlike the | | | | Japanese-gardening-- try to find Japanese gardening |
| western gardening, the Japanese gardening is more | | | | books to know more elements in Japanese gardening. |
| close to nature; that is, it is more meditational and | | | | Plants in Japanese gardening also convey its |
| really soul soothing. Those are some of the reasons | | | | uniqueness and one of these is bonsai. Bonsai requires |
| why more and more people are engaging in this kind | | | | more effort because you need to maintain this time |
| of gardening. | | | | after time. You have to maintain its size, its form by |
| In Japanese-gardening, as also found in Japanese | | | | supporting and trimming; by re-potting and wiring the |
| gardening books, you have to remember three basic | | | | branches to your desired formation. |
| methods for scenery. The first is, the reduced scale | | | | How to do Japanese gardening can be a challenging |
| and this pertains to taking the images of | | | | task if you desire to have this kind. It needs more |
| nature-trees, river,mountain, etc.- to smaller scales. | | | | effort, however, as they always say, it brings an |
| Generalization and abstraction are involved in | | | | unexplainable satisfaction of being close to nature; a |
| symbolization and one example of these is the use of | | | | kind of satisfaction that revitalizes our soul. |