Creating a Zen garden is a wonderful way to cultivate a peaceful and serene space in your backyard. Japanese gardens are ...

If you’ve ever been to a Japanese garden, you’ll remember the extraordinary sense of peace and tranquillity these gardens help inspire. Japanese gardens also look very different from Western ...

Popularly recognised as one of Japan’s three greatest gardens, Kenrokuen in Kanazawa took 200 years to create. It was set out ...

One of the best parts of spring takes place when you spot that first flower peeking out of the ground. After a long, dreary winter, it's the first sign that warm weather is on its way. This tunnel in ...

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Spending a night in the great outdoors is a fantastic way to feel closer to nature, take in the beauty of the world around you, and enjoy experiences you wouldn’t normally come across. Of course, a ...

I love the many small, flowering trees that help brighten our landscapes from February to April. Blooming now is one of the more beautiful of our early spring-flowering trees, the Japanese magnolia or ...

Don't wait until spring is on the horizon to plan your ideal in-season garden. One easy step you can take is to plant this ...

You can learn basic elements of garden design by visiting the Japanese garden in Woodley Park in Van Nuys, starting with the entrance gates. There are three contiguous gates, but only one is open.