 Japanese Garden The Japanese
Garden area is a combination Japanese garden, water garden and bog garden due to
the fact that, coming from the coast, Rahn and I seemed to be destined to own
some of the only swampland in Watauga County. I tried to follow the five
elements and nine points
of The Bagua from the Feng Shui Principles for the Garden. We had two small branches from 2
nearby springs and lots of wet weather springs to deal with. The previous
owner made a small pond where the two
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branches meet. I decided to add
waterfall sections leading from the branch into the pond. The pond water
circulates more and has attracted a few frogs as you can see on the left. I
also brought in pebbles to make a meditation/zen water garden. (In zen
gardens sometimes pebbles are used to symbolize water.)|
Zen Garden |
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| Dead Nettle | Meadowsweet | Silver Beacon and Sedge |
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| Wild Arum | Skunk Cabbage | Sweetbriar Rose |
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| Japanese Maple | View From Lantern To Pond | Start Of Meditation Zen Garden |
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| Zen Area After Adding Island | Island Closeup | Rose Granite Painted Flamingoes |
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| Japanese Yew | "Yellow" Hosta | Lamb's Ear and Fern |
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| Lantern, Hostas and Jewelweed | Lantern, Hostas and Filbert Tree | Corkscrew Filbert Tree |
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| Pond and Falls Area | Rock Edging Added To Pond | Pond Before Plants |
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| Pond With Moss and Plants | Bleeding Hearts, Grasses & Hosta | Bird's Nest Fern |
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| Frog Closeup | Bleeding Hearts | Desdemona and Violets |
