Eastern gardening is much different to the Western style garden.  Most would say a japanese garden is far more soul calming and affects meditation.  Japanese gardening is a cultural form of gardening that is meant to produce a scene that mimics nature as much as possible.  Using trees, plants, rocks, sand, artificial hills, pools, and trickling water the garden becomes an art form.  The Zen and Shinto traditions are both a large part of jap gardening and, because of this ; the gardens have a contemplative and reflective mental state. 

The basic techniques of views in are a reduced scale, symbolization, and borrowed views.  The reduced scale is the art of taking an actual scene from nature, mountains, rivers, trees, and reproducing it on a smaller scale.  Symbolization involves generalization and abstraction.  An example of this would be using white sand to proffer the ocean.  Borrowed views refer to artists that would use something similar to a sea or a forest as a background, but it would end up becoming a very important part of the scene. 

There are two sorts of jap gardening.  The tsukiyami garden is a hill garden and generally composed of hills and pools.  The hiraniwa, which is the exact opposite of the tsukiyami garden, is a flat without any hills or ponds. 

The essential components utilized in Japanese gardening include rocks, gravel, water, moss, stones, fences, and hedges.  Rocks are used as centerpieces and bring a presence of spirituality to the garden.  According to the Shinto practice, rocks embody the spirits of nature.  Gravel defines surface and is used to imitate the flow of water when organized properly.  Stones create a boundary and are sculptured into the form of lanterns.  Water ; whether it is in the shape of a pool, stream, or waterfall, is an essential part of an Eastern garden.  It can be in the kind of water or portrayed by gravel, but no matter what, it is essential to an Eastern gardens balance. 

there are a few forms and types of plants that are signature of jap gardening, the most important one being Bonsai.  Bonsai is the art of coaching every day average plants, such as Pine, Cypress, Holly, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, and Beech, to appear like huge, old trees just in miniature form.  These trees range between 5 centimeters to one meter and are kept little by pruning, re-potting, pinching of growth, and wiring the branches. 

A garden is a fabulous place to relax and meditate.  If it is a japanese garden or Western world garden, coming up with, building, and planting is a great family event.

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