Japanese Zen gardens or karesansui are famous for their simplicity and serenity. Designed to facilitate meditation and ...

Japanese Zen garden In preparation for my Japan garden tour, I have been spending a lot of time with a superb new book by Yoko Kawaguchi called Japanese Zen Gardens (Quayside, $55).

Traditional zen gardens use Japanese roof tiles as their border. But Grzybek said this type of tile is hard to find, so she suggested natural-looking tiles like slate, bluestone and flagstone as ...

These gardens continued to develop in the Muromachi period (1333-1573). Zen emphasised the importance of meditation, as well as a simpler, more mindful outlook.

Japanese gardens provide a peaceful refuge in busy, urban settings in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and some shade during the ...

In preparation for my Japan garden tour, I have been spending a lot of time with a superb new book by Yoko Kawaguchi called Japanese Zen Gardens (Quayside, $55).

It’s a 16-acre garden nestled in a nook in Delray Beach. When you enter, you are transported to Japan and its sprawling historic gardens including ornamental Bonsai tree displays. This morning ...

Among these, we might include Sunniva Harte, author of the beautifully illustrated “Zen Gardening” (1999), and Mira Locher, an architect and keen observer of Japanese landscaping, whose recent ...