History of a Japanese Garden 日本庭園
What is a Japanese Garden‌. Japanese gardens originated from a profound relationship between people and nature, and have developed through the ages as culture expressing this relation. Poetry, music, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, painting, and other arts have found a stage for expression in the Japanese garden.
What is a Japanese Garden‌. The Japanese garden is a miniature and idealized view of nature. Smaller gardens are often designed to incorporate the view of features outside the garden, such as hills, trees or temples, as part of the view.
At the heart of the Japanese garden is the principle that a garden is a work of art.
瞎襓
A Japanese Garden in the city To have a relaxed place and to do a relaxing activity. To make citizens aware of the importance of taking care and maintaining common spaces
To watch at something beautiful and different
To regain abandoned areas and make them accessible to citizens
A Japanese Garden in Europe To inform about the practice and the historical evolution of the Japanese gardens with a practical approach, to create Japanese gardens on a reduced-scale.
To present and to spread the ancient Japanese culture of gardening
Competences and knowledge Knowledge about the history and the evolution of Japanese gardens, the best way is to attend a course in Japan and to visit Japanese gardens Knowledge on botanic, cultivation and pruning of trees and shrubs.
Step by step 0 How to create your japanese garden It wuold be better to look for experts of the matter.
The art of the japanese garden and its value, meanings and techniques should be followed
Step by step 1 Identify and make accessible and visible a degraded area with water access.
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Step by step 2 To delimitate the land and to design the garden follow a Japanese model
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Step by step 3 Clean and delimitate the area
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Step by step 4 Tips - If the surface is not flat, for the perimeter use some mortar Apply the mortar following the design you chosen. In that case we used it only for the external square and the diagonal
Experiment the position of the rocks
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Step by step 5 Install the slab track of travertine, height 15cm, around the garden and its diagonal Make some deep hole for the trees you will plant
Under the slab track of travertine make some holes for the water flowing, in case of abundant rains.
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Step by step 6 Take into account the climate of your city for chosing the plants and the trees
Olive’s tree
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Step by step 7 Prepare the bottom of the area..
You can use a simple overshadow cloth
Leave the rocks as you decided and be sure that plants and trees are in the right position (the one you want)
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Step by step 8 Apply the clastic sedimentary rocks We used 2 colors, black and white as the colour of the yin and yang
Mop up the little rocks with rakes
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Step by step - tips The rakes..better if they are self made The rake is designed according to the average dimension of the pebble and to the wished drawing pattern
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Step by step - tips The garden is raked at least once per month
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Step by step - 9 Protect the garden with a light fence
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Enjoy it!
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The Japanese garden captures the attention of the neighborhood and the area can become a place where people have a break, stop and relax.
Thanks to: Antonio Viglietto – Garbatella Urban Gardens for the supervision, the materials and the passion. For more information on Japanese garden techniques you can contact: antonio.viglietto@fastwebnet.it
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