zen garden design & planning for high school horticulture and home garden

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Zen Garden Designs

Horticulture class Project by Annie Cloutier

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Shakkei is Japanese for “borrowed landscape”

Zen Buddhist monks created Zen gardens to aid them in contemplation and meditation

Incorporate the surrounding scenery to make the garden appear to extend beyond its boundaries

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The use of rocks and crushed gravel are used to represent mountains and water in abstract form called “shakkei”

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Dry landscape style is called “karesansui” meaning “not using water”

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A Zen garden is a calm blending of natural spaces and manmade space

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Everything is interrelated and essential to the overall design of the Zen garden Rocks Sand Gravel Moss Conifers Boundary

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Small scale boxed Zen Garden is fun to change patterns of waves and rocks

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Less is more…do not over crowd space

Select a level area suitable for garden

Poor soil is not a problem

10’ x 16’ or 20 ‘ x 32’ Use a carpenters level Edging stone , like

beach cobbles is great to make a boarder or flat rectangular pavers

Dig holes 6 inches deep to “plant” large stones

After placing rocks and lantern or bench, pour gravel or pea stone or sands spreading with a hoe

Rake ripple marks or sandy waves with rake

Prune any plants to scale of garden compact

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/build-outside-zen-garden-46644.html

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Horticulture class is designing one for our campus and everyone to enjoy

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Steps in designing an interactive garden Location

Materials – natural & organic

Visual quality

Composition with nature

Planning

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Zen Gardens were invented by Samurai soldiers Meditating -Sitting quietly puts the mind at ease before battle and after