Japanese garden Design Vision
There were a number of ideas I wanted to incorporate into my Japanese garden. Not only pure Japanese design styles but also some ideas from some of my other recent travels.
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A tea house at the top of the garden (a later project!)
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A shallow pond at the top that will be, in effect, an iris bed.
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A granite mountain below the tea house, leading to...
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A stream on two levels, connecting to...
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A pond at the bottom via a waterfall
In terms of style I wanted to achieve:
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Not a stark Zen garden based on white stones!
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Incorporate some significant trimmed trees
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Use a mixture stones, particularly black stones and slate. The imported black stones are called Kuroi Ko-Ishi
I very much wanted it to fit in with the existing style of my house and incorporate features and themes (in a small way of course!) from some of my other world trips in particular, Ascension Island's Green mountain and the Falkland Islands' granite rock runs.
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The granite rock runs |
Green Mountain on |
I already have some Japanese 'elements' within my garden:
My front gate
The granite drive built from reclaimed granite
kerb stones and multi-colour granite setts
covered in fallen beech tree leaves