The Zen temple gardens of Japan, as seen in this photograph of Ryogen in Kyoto, can provide an ancient inspiration for a modern aesthetic.
Not only is this garden, with its expanse of raked white gravel, incredibly beautiful and contemplative but it seems that it is also relevant to our garden in other ways. Dry zones, with the soil protected by gravel mulches, can be left unplanted creating very pleasing "negative space" within the overall design. Though the monks who created the Ryogen garden had other things in mind, at the very least this is a damn good way of saving on water usage and protecting the living soil from intense heat, both of which are important in these times of global climate change.
The Main Courtyard here at The Drip has been filled with locally sourced white limestone grave. It gleams in the moonlight.
Not only is this garden, with its expanse of raked white gravel, incredibly beautiful and contemplative but it seems that it is also relevant to our garden in other ways. Dry zones, with the soil protected by gravel mulches, can be left unplanted creating very pleasing "negative space" within the overall design. Though the monks who created the Ryogen garden had other things in mind, at the very least this is a damn good way of saving on water usage and protecting the living soil from intense heat, both of which are important in these times of global climate change.
The Main Courtyard here at The Drip has been filled with locally sourced white limestone grave. It gleams in the moonlight.
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