Sometimes you want to change your summer cottage tounrecognizable. For example, to arrange a Japanese garden. The complexity of the project is stopping. Our experts will prove to you: a Japanese garden on a Russian site is a dream that is quite achievable Can you imagine yourself sitting on the rocks by a quiet pond surrounded by green thickets? If this is what you dream about, you simply must create a Japanese garden on your site. Schematically, it looks like this: a pond (it symbolizes the sea), along the banks of which lie moss-covered stones (mountains), and the green crown of trees and bushes completes the picture. The natural landscape is ready.
Size and relief do not matter
Don't despair if you have problems with free space on your plot. Any, even the most unsuitable piece of land, will do for Japanese. The relief is also of no importance.
Water
The pond in a Japanese garden can be very differentshape, but in no case geometric. Its banks are usually made jagged. The reservoir itself is usually shallow. Often there are stones in it so that you can cross to the other bank. Sometimes stones are replaced with slabs.
Bridges
If your pond is deep, you can cross itmake a bridge. For the Japanese, garden bridges are not the same as for Europeans. In Japan, a bridge is a symbol. Therefore, it may not be intended for walking at all. Or it is laid directly on dry ground. But more often it is a means of crossing a body of water. Make a wooden humpbacked bridge with railings - and your garden will have an oriental flavor.
Gennady Glazkov, landscape designer:— A pond in Japanese is when an island is laid out of stones in the middle of a lake or pond. The Japanese like to make such islands in the shape of a turtle or a crane — these creatures are a symbol of longevity in Japan. The island is connected to the shore by a bridge. This is a wooden structure, zigzag or arched. There are step-by-step bridges that are made exclusively of stones. If it is problematic to make a pond on your site, replace it with a mini-pond in the form of a bowl. In a Japanese garden, such are used for washing hands.
Stones
Stones are a symbol of peace.In a Japanese garden, they are placed in groups: one, the largest, in the center, with smaller stones around it. It is desirable that the stones are round, of different sizes and aged. To do this, plant moss on them. Water the stones more often - and the moss will quickly take root. Such mossy stone compositions form the basis of a Japanese garden.
Plants
European gardens are gardens with bright flower beds. This option is not suitable for Japanese gardens. Color is not dominant here. At best, it only enhances accents in certain places.
In a Japanese garden you can see sakura,ornamental plum, magnolia, rhododendron. There are also familiar peonies, irises, chrysanthemums. Also the most suitable plants are dwarf pine, fern, heather, Japanese maple, hydrangeas, hostas.
Marina Chernova, landscape designer:— A natural attribute of a Japanese garden is a small bamboo grove. In the Russian climate, this plant will not survive the winter. Therefore, it is better to find a suitable substitute: dwarf bamboo, fargesia, phyllostachys. You can bury a tub in the garden and plant real bamboo in it. For the winter, naturally, the plant moves into the house along with the tub.
Fence
Often in a Japanese garden you can see a fence.It either has a purely decorative function or separates the territory of the Japanese garden from the rest. This is a very convenient technique if you have allocated a small corner of the site for your exotic garden, which simply needs to be “hidden”.
Light
The Japanese garden is illuminated with special lanternsof different sizes. The largest, stone, are from 1.5 to 3 meters high. A little smaller - lanterns with light directed downwards, called hidden. There are also lanterns that are located exclusively near water bodies. The smallest illuminate paths.
Paths
Just like ponds, there are no ponds in a Japanese garden.should have a regular geometric shape. On the contrary, they are winding, as they symbolize our life roads that connect fragments of life into a single whole. They are laid out only from natural materials, always beautiful and comfortable.
When creating a Japanese garden, remember the main thing: it is not for walking, but for solitude and silent contemplation of the beauty of the surrounding nature. pinterest.com
