Zen rock gardens, or karesansui (translated as "dry-mountain-water"), originated ... of great beauty," says James Ulak, curator of Japanese art at Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler galleries ...

Choose Your Location The first step to creating your Zen garden starts with deciding on where to build it. The best location depends on your surroundings. The Garden Design website recommends using a ...

In the late sixth century, Zen Buddhist monks began creating simple gardens as a tranquil space for meditation. These karesansui, translated to dry landscape or dry mountain water in Japanese ...

Rock and sand are primarily used in a dry garden ... Water elements are a common feature in Japanese gardens. Photo by Kevin Legnon. The Zen garden, also known as a rock garden, is usually ...

An award-winning landscape designer created this brand-new tiny house as part of a heavenly Japanese garden with a sauna and ...

The Tofukuji Hojo Gardens are nestled inside one of Kyoto's largest Zen temples, Tofukuji, and are mainly composed of four different quadrants surrounding each side around hojo building.

Garden design is an important Japanese art form with an intricate ... up to the temple takes you through a zen stone garden famed for its karensui (dry landscape) with intricately raked gravel.