How to create a Japanese garden in your backyard

Create Space

When designing and building your Japanese garden, plan for lots of space between elements. The Japanese sensibility is rooted in various schools of Buddhism, particularly Zen, which is all about the silence between words and the space between objects main Japanese.

You can create space by including a pond, always a welcome feature in a Japanese garden. If you don’t have room for that, consider gravel or sand, either as a walkway covering or prominent feature. Sand and gravel should be natural, without artificial coloring.