Top > Plants > Plants in the Japanese Garden Vol. 2 Plants in the Japanese Garden Vol. 2(日本庭園 植物 Vol. 2) Plants are an integral element of Japanese gardens. In this first volume, we want to introduce some of the most common plants used in gardens in Japan. Not all of them...Continue Reading
Top > Elements & Explanations Overview > Auspicious plants in Japanese Gardens Auspicious plants in Japanese Gardens（縁起の良い植物） There are various plants all over the world with special meanings. Like lily stands for purity or is a flower, that is used to honor the deceased, or daisy stands for innocence and...Continue Reading
Top > Plants > Bamboo in the Japanese garden Bamboo in the Japanese garden（竹と笹） In Japan, you can encounter bamboo everywhere – In the mountains, near rivers, in strolling gardens, tea gardens and private residences. Timber bamboo is used to build houses, roofs, scaffolding, windows, blinds, and fences. Whether it...Continue Reading
Top > Plants > Moss in the Japanese Garden Moss in the Japanese Garden（苔） Moss is one of the signature plants of Japanese gardens. Given the right conditions, it can cover large areas in a garden, it grows on stone lanterns, trees, garden stones. The Japanese climate fits perfectly to...Continue Reading
Top > Plants > Plants in the Japanese Garden Vol. 1 Plants in the Japanese Garden Vol. 1（日本庭園 植物 Vol.1） Plants are an integral element of Japanese gardens. In this first volume, we want to introduce some of the most common plants used in gardens in Japan. Not all of them find...Continue Reading
Summer is in full swing, we only want to sit somewhere doing nothing, but the garden is calling already. It’s time for planting bulbs! Today I would like to introduce what kind of bulbs or rhizome-building plants are going well with a Japanese garden. Some people think that flowers...Continue Reading
Hi there! If you follow us on Social Media, you will know that I had my Kiyosumi garden tour on June 15. And I did it in the pouring rain! And do you know? We had a lot of fun! It seems that the weather made some people not to...Continue Reading
This post was a request by one of our followers on Instagram. If you want me to cover a special topic, feel free to contact me! Moss is commonly seen as a signature plant for a Japanese garden. Although not every Japanese garden will be covered with moss, it is...Continue Reading
When study gardening, one topic will eventually cross the ambitioned student: tree shapes. Today I want to introduce the tree shapes you might learn in Japan. These are, of course varying slightly from the typical forms in Europe or America. Some of them are unique to Japan. Tree shapes Natural...Continue Reading
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...Continue Reading
