Japanese garden A Garden’s Power to Heal

• The main purpose of a Japanese garden is to bring serenity and nature into our
crowded lives. They remind us of the natural landscape, but in fact they are
carefully controlled by man. They are nature-inspired, but they do not grow naturally.

• Elements
• Water

• Rock and sand

• Garden bridges

• Stone lanterns and water basins

• Garden fences and gates

• Trees and flowers

• fish
 Water
It represents the sea, lake, pond, or river in nature.
Represented by white sand.
The Japanese have learnt to exploit the sound of water in all its various form.it varies from powerful waterfall to water falling into
a water basin, creating different emotions.
The bank of the pond is usually bordered by rocks and in order to preserve the natural shapes, man made ponds are asymmetrical.
A waterfall is more suitable to stimulate both visual and acoustic senses and a lake or a pond is to create a more formal and calm
setup
In Buddhist symbolism water and stone are the male and female, two opposites which complement and complete each other.

• BRIDGES Stones and sand

Stones represent a geological presence where actual mountains are not
• Bridges could be made of viewable or present. They are placed in odd numbers and a majority of
stone or wood or made of logs the groupings reflect triangular shapes.
with earth on top covered Used to construct the gardens paths, bridges and walkways.
with moss, they could be
Stones used are not quarried by the hand of man, but of stones shaped
either arched or flat.
by nature only.
Sand represents the water element in the dry gardens.

Lanterns and water basin

• In the Japanese belief system, all humans originally came from water, so
the lanterns visually represent the spirits' return to the elements.
They were first used as votive lights. Stone water basin were originally
placed in gardens for visitors to wash their hands and mouth before the
tea ceremony. The water is provided to the basin by a bamboo pipe and
they usually have a wooden ladle for drinking the water. The basin was
placed low to the ground so the drinker had to bend over to get his water.