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Momiage - Pine pruning in winter

Works in the Garden in December

Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 12, in which I talk about the works in December. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Kampo in Kyoto Gosho
Special maintenance techniques used in Kyoto Gosho

Special maintenance techniques used in Kyoto Gosho

The Kyoto Imperial Palace is a special place. A place full of tradition, elegance, beauty and national treasures. The maintenance of gardens in Kyoto is still highly rated, but even here, the Kyoto Imperial Palace is special. Today I would like to introduce two traditional techniques, which are still conducted in Kyoto Gosho today, but […]

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Works in the Garden in November

Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 11, in which I talk about the works in November. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Japanese Lawn

[New eBook] The Adachi Museum of Art

Being involved in a time-consuming publishing process on Amazon, I am very happy I finally found the time to write a new eBook for Real Japanese Gardens. In July, I wrote two articles about the Adachi Museum of Art for two web magazines, so I chose our new eBook to be about the Museum’s six […]

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Perennial Plants in Japanese Gardens

Works in the Garden in October

Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 10, in which I talk about the works in October. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Lagerstroemia indica by Real Japanese Gardens

Works in the Garden in September

Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 9, in which I talk about the works in September. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Works in the Garden in August

Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 8, in which I talk about the works in August. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Density of Plants in Japanese Garden

Works in the Garden in July

Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 7, in which I talk about the works in July. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Book: Die Lehre des Gartens

[Book review] Die Lehre des Gartens by Carola Platzek

Die Lehre des Gartens – Gespräche in Japan Carola Platzek First published in 2017 By Schlebrügge.Editor Paperback ISBN: 978-3-903172-18-0 Carola Platzek visited Japan several times to Research the Sakuteiki, Japans oldest gardening manual. As art- and cultural researcher with a university degree in history and philosophy, she is most interested in how gardens become an […]

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Midoritsumi and Momiage - Pine Pruning in May
Midoritsumi and Momiage - Pine Pruning in May

Midoritsumi and Momiage – Pruning Pines

Pines in Japanese gardens are pruned twice a year. In my company in Germany, where we hadn’t so much time, we only did all the tasks together once in early summer, which is possible too, but not desirable. Here in Japan, my first company did both, Midoritsumi in early summer, and Momiage in late autumn. The […]

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