Building A Zen Garden

For most homeowners building a masonry wall for a meditative space in the backyard is either undesirable or unaffordable.

Building a zen garden.

If you create your garden near coniferous trees you ll be picking up leaves all fall. It s great to have a dedicated large space for your garden but not required. If you are making a desktop zen garden simply gather and cut enough wood to make a small container. The traditional zen garden was a walled in space.

The seclusion thus attained was conducive to meditation. Line the zen garden with edging stones such as rectangular rocks to create an enclosure. Sand or gravel generally form the matrix of a zen garden and to keep it looking sharp you need the matrix to be contained. One thing to consider when determining the size is that the gardens should be easily viewed by you or other people.

The zen garden must be quiet and must promote the seven guiding principles above. In the case below a roof does a lot of the leaf catching. Zen gardens were originally built in palaces courtyards and other large outdoor spaces. If you are making a large garden consider using 2 x 4 pieces of lumber old railroad ties or any other type of wood.