My RHS Chelsea Flower Show highlights demonstrate how garden design is changing ... Celebrating traditional Japanese garden ideas, the display was a masterful fusion of tonal Acer trees, raked gravel ...

Bourne said those who specialize in Japanese garden design often spend years apprenticing ... it’s easy to substitute plants, Bourne said. Moss, for example, which is often seen in Japanese ...

A Japanese garden’s major design aesthetic is a simple ... The texture is achieved by various plants, from the softness of moss to the coarseness of pine foliage. Japanese gardens use artificial ...

Kokedama is a unique form of Japanese bonsai ... Start by soaking the moss in a bucket of water for one hour to rehydrate the organic material before you use it in the design.

Many of my garden design clients are starting to appreciate ... in a small space or even a terrarium. The Japanese made the moss garden an art form, from Saikei — miniature landscapes on ...

‘Moss ball bonsai,’ Kokedama is the Japanese art of planting without pots. A ball of soil or clay covered with moss is used to support the plant’s roots. Considered to be cheerful, peaceful ...

With its name literally translating to “moss ball,” the centuries-old art of kokedama has its origins in Japanese horticulture and the practice of bonsai. At its core, a kokedama is a plant ...