Miniature Zen gardens offer a way to achieve inner calm. These gardens have been part of Japanese culture since the Muromachi Period (1336-1573). “Zen” comes from “Chan,” which translates ...

Choose Your Location The first step to creating your Zen garden starts with deciding on where to build it. The best location depends on your surroundings. The Garden Design website recommends using a ...

Whether you’re looking to create a rock garden, incorporate a few elements of Japanese design to your ... Notable features include a bamboo garden, a Zen garden, tea houses, and the Cultural ...

Traditionally, a Japanese garden has a gate. Boundaries, in general, are very important in a Japanese garden, to symbolize ...

Mini-Zen gardens, inspired by ancient Zen Buddhism, offer a meditative and relaxing experience through sand manipulation and design creation. The author, a cancer survivor, uses a Zen garden to manage ...

Zen rock gardens ... "While there are other similar gardens of great beauty," says James Ulak, curator of Japanese art at Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler galleries, "Ryoan-ji remains the ur ...