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The creation of a Japanese
style garden provides a number of challenges:
Design - Discovering how best to use
your available space with deference to the specific aesthetics of
Japanese design. Clearly, a creative flair helps here, to appreciate
the qualities of form, balance, space and structure.
Materials - In
the UK, obtaining appropriate materials can be a big problem. There
will be a need to improvise and seek alternatives. Obtaining a substitute
for masago, the 'white sand' used
in kare-sansui gardens, is just one
of the dilemmas.
Structures - Placing
a replica stone lantern will not make a Japanese garden. Much consideration
must be given to sculptural and 'man-made' objects.
The emphasis must be on 'natural' materials to add decking, bridges,
fences and maybe a lantern or water basin. |
| The menu pages give more detail about
these specific elements but more importantly, read books written by
Japanese authorities on the subject. |
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