gardener in Japan

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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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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Lawn in Japanese garden

Works in the Garden in June

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. Here is part 6, in which I talk about the works in June. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Understanding the Wabi-sabi

Japanese people tend to state that foreigners can’t understand the concept of wabi-sabi. But is this really true? Or is it one of these myths Japanese like so much hearing and spreading about their country and culture like that one about other countries don’t have four distinctive seasons? When I came to Japan as a […]

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Weeds in Japanese Gardens

Works in the Garden in May

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 5, in which I talk about the works in May. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Lawn Maintenance in a Japanese Garden

Works in the Garden in April

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 4, in which I talk about the works in April. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]

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Yukizuri

Works in the Garden in March

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 3 about the works in March. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, […]

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Works in the garden in February

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 2 about the works in February. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Because the […]

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Works in the Japanese Garden in January

Works in the garden in January

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. However, you will find it more boring and unspecified as you might expect it ^_- Here are the following parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, […]

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