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Low Maintenance Japanese Landscape Design

Beautiful Japanese Landscape Design

Japanese landscape design includes many low maintenance plants such as evergreens and perennials. There is also lots of rock, gravel and stonework pieces to complete the garden. It should also include a pond or other water feature. The hardest part to maintain would be keeping the evergreens pruned and trimmed in the traditional Japanese method.

Try making a drawing laying out exactly what you would like to have in your Japanese garden. Draw in a strolling rock path leading past interestingly trimmed foliage, flowers and a stream. Consider a spot for a Japanese stone bench possibly near a small koi pond.

A Beautiful Japanese Garden Bridge

With a Japanese garden bridge, you would actually walk over the water features or simply stand or sit on the bridge to soak up the gorgeous view. After all, a Japanese garden design also features tons of greenery in the form of plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees, bamboo fences, waterfalls, statues, lanterns, lily pads, pebble walkways, and so on. In fact, for the larger gardens, some will also feature a teahouse, which is authentic.

Depending on your taste or what fits into your garden you can choose from a stone or wood Japanese garden bridge. Your Japanese garden can have a real stream running through connecting one pond to another if you have the space. Some gardens use small smooth stones to create the illusion of a stream.

In a traditional dry Japanese garden everything has a meaning and has been specifically placed. There will commonly be a bed of carefully raked sand with several stones strategically arranged.

Locating Japanese Garden Supplies

Once you have carfeully planned and drawn out the design of your garden you will need a shopping list of all the components you would like to include in your garden. You can look online and order items or find them locally at a garden supply shop.

You can be as creative as you like with your design. True to Japanese tradition, it must be simple but at the same time include many features such as the dry garden with the sand base and stones, a pond or other water feature with a waterfall and a Japanese bridge. Japanese Lanterns lining the paths would also be a nice addition.

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