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End of an era

February 28, 2015 By Jim 6 Comments

Last week was my last at Anderson Japanese Gardens. My eight plus years as a horticulturist there has ended. While I learned a lot and am thankful for my time there, I am very much looking forward to my new position in the design build department of a local Nursery/Landscaping company. … [Read more...]

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Japanese Garden How to Book Suggestions

May 17, 2014 By Jim 2 Comments

Over the past several months I have had several readers looking for book recommendations to help them create their own Japanese garden. I have answered these individually based upon what type of garden they were planning on creating. They have ranged from an experienced construction professional looking to create a large Japanese style garden to an experienced gardener looking to add a small Japanese inspired section to their existing garden. Most everybody wants books with clear … [Read more...]

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Small backyard Japanese garden design Part 5 adding a tsukubai

April 19, 2014 By Jim 9 Comments

Japanese garden view from entrance

Today, we will finish up our 5 part small backyard Japanese garden design. We will add a tsukubai, ornaments, and a few more plants. Finally, we will see how this design could look if built. … [Read more...]

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Small backyard Japanese garden design Part 4

March 30, 2014 By Jim 2 Comments

Japanese garden with ground cover and perennials added

Lets get back to the Japanese garden landscape design I have been working on in posts one, two and three.  Our design looked like this when we left it last time: … [Read more...]

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Small backyard Japanese garden part 3

March 16, 2014 By Jim 3 Comments

Japanese garden birds boxwood added

In the last couple of posts (part 1 and part 2) we started a Japanese garden design for a very narrow backyard. In those posts we have created enclosure, defined the ground plane, and began adding trees to our design. Today we will finish up with the trees as well as add some shrubs for the design. … [Read more...]

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Designing a small residential Japanese garden Part 2

March 8, 2014 By Jim 7 Comments

Residential Japanese garden with Japanese maple added

Today, we will continue with our design for the small residential Japanese garden that we started in the last post. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: backyard, fir, hemlock, Japanese garden, Japanese maple, landscape design

Designing a small backyard Japanese garden

March 1, 2014 By Jim 2 Comments

Informal stone for dry garden area in backyard Japanese garden

Last post, I answered a reader's question whether her small yard was large enough to create a backyard Japanese garden. Today, I would like to show an example of how one could be made from her yard. She stated that her yard was only 20 feet deep back. While this could be considered a challenge, lets give it a try. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: backyard, hedge, Japanese garden, karesansui

Japanese garden in a small yard

February 22, 2014 By Jim 2 Comments

Japanese garden basin water feature

I recently had a reader ask me the following question: I love the look of Japanese gardens and I love the one at the Missouri Botanical Garden. I think I would like to have a similar feel to my garden, but I have very narrow backyard. … [Read more...]

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Japanese garden fall color lessons you can use

September 14, 2013 By Jim 2 Comments

Last post I wrote about Japanese garden fall color. This post is about my favorite area for it. I also cover what you can learn from this Japanese garden fall color use in creating your garden sanctuary. The area is the path to the tea garden. I have never been able to completely capture it in a picture. Not only is it hard to photograph, it is also short lived.  For about one week in the midday the area glows. The tea garden meanders through plantings of sugar and red maples.  As you walk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Fall, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: acer, black maple, fall color, Japanese maple, red maple, sugar maple, tea garden

Japanese garden fall color can inspire your garden design

September 7, 2013 By Jim 1 Comment

Japanese gardens reflect the changing seasons. They do this more than other styles of gardens. Using nature as a model for a garden means a more subdued summer in terms of color.  It does however show off the beauty of spring and fall. Today, I write about Japanese Garden fall color. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: Acer japonicum, Dancing Peacock maple, fall color, Japanese garden

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