The classical Japanese garden is a landscape, artificially contrived, and redolent of symbolism. Contour and contrast are everything; color is unimportant, except for a small accent. The purple is ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Are you lucky enough to have a stunning view ...

Japan’s “three great gardens ... People enjoyed the scenery while walking along garden paths, in contrast to zakanshiki gardens, which were designed to be viewed from indoor spaces ...

Takeo Uesugi, a landscape architect who melded the principles ... Uesugi created serene landscapes that adapted the elements of a Japanese garden — rock, plants and water — to the climate ...

We have uncovered the implicit structure of the Ryoanji garden's visual ground and have shown that it includes an abstract, minimalist depiction of natural scenery. We believe that the unconscious ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A maple tree-laden landscape 2,300 miles away shares more than a sense of serenity with the Portland Japanese Garden. The new Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden ...