If this style of outdoor design has piqued your interest as much as it has mine, let's venture further into the art of Japanese garden design and explore the concepts that make it whole.

If you say 'Japanese garden', what comes to mind for many people is an area filled with fine, raked gravel. It's the most iconic—and photogenic—feature of these gardens.

If you say 'Japanese garden', what comes to mind for many people is an area filled with fine, raked gravel. It's the most iconic—and photogenic—feature of these gardens.

Adding Japanese garden elements to your home garden is easy. “It depends on what style one is going for,” said Kato, “But one way to do so is to incorporate the three primary elements of ...

In the garden, “the (right) look will give you that feeling.” Bourne said those who specialize in Japanese garden design often spend years apprenticing under master gardeners in Japan.

In Japanese garden design, plants are all about texture. There are evergreen trees and mounding shrubs that will create a meditative oasis to ease your soul and bring nature into your world.

Japanese garden design in this country has moved well beyond stereotypical features like lanterns and imported Japanese cherries and maples, says Sadafumi Uchiyama, chief curator of the Portland ...

“The Japanese approach a garden differently; they approach it from the inside out,” he says, explaining a principle of Japanese design that is difficult, at first, for Western thought to grasp.

The Japanese Garden, at 6100 Woodley Avenue, is open Monday-Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 10 to 4 on Sundays. Docent led morning tours are available. For more information, call 818-756 ...

Every Japanese garden needs bamboo and Paula has made a rectangular raised flower garden with these poles around it.

Portland Japanese Garden’s second campus will serve as Japan Institute’s home by: Jashayla Pettigrew Posted: Nov 25, 2023 / 07:00 AM PST Updated: Nov 22, 2023 / 05:51 PM PST ...