How to make a zen garden? Zen garden design is not very complex. At first we should know that quality gardens are not cheap, especially Japanese Zen gardens, so you should spend a good amount of time studying your space and your project. Make sure you understand your site by identifying existing physical and climatic conditions, know your planting zone, etc. Japanese gardens typically require a great deal of maintenance and it is therefore better to keep them on the smaller side.
There are several types of Zen gardens, A traditional Zen Japanese garden is based on simplicity allowing your imagation and personal experiences to complete the picture. Every element of the garden is the whole, including you, and that the garden is the whole. A small mass of sculpted shrubs is a lush forest and a carefully selected and placed stone isn’t just representing a mountain peek, it is a mountain. Only later to come full circle and find yourself believing that you are not truly one of the whole and yet while leaving the garden you don’t truly believe you are just a visitor.
When creating a garden there is a responsibility to meet the needs of its users and at your home you are the primary user, so your garden should be about you. Whether it is a place from your childhood, a scenic view from a trip or a fictional place from a book… look inward and draw from your life’s experience to create your own personalized meditation, or Zen, Garden.
