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Backyard Pergola, BBQ island and Fire Pit Remodel
Before and After of 8 Different Projects
Landscape Remodel Sedona Golf Resort
The Spiral Garden
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Asian Style Gardens
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Asian Style Gardens
Japanese torii gates symbolize the transition between heaven and earth or man and spirit. This one I designed and built using traditional components. Photo by John Stuart Leslie/JSL Landscape Design Build Sedona
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Japanese Torii
Japanese torii gates symbolize the transition between heaven and earth or man and spirit. This one I designed and built using traditional components. Photo by John Stuart Leslie/JSL Landscape Design Build Sedona
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Japanese style torii gate
This large backyard was a 1/4 acre of neglected grass with sprinkled with various conifers that we transformed into an Asian style strolling garden. Along the back portion, we created a raked sand Zen style rock garden.
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Karisansui (dry garden)
We cut an opening in an existing wood fence that enclosed a patio to bring the new landscape into the private patio and used a Torii style arch to further the asian theme.
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Torii style gate
Zen dry sand garden was nestled into this strolling garden in Sedona with basalt column fountain to the right giving a water element.
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Asian Style Strolling Garden
Sometimes all you need to create a themed garden is a suitable piece of sculpture, or a fountain such as this to call this an asian inspired garden
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Buddha Fountain
This tea garden with a dry pond incorporates a Karesansui raked sand garden inspired by the famous Ryoanji Garden in Kyoto, Japan.
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Japanese Tea Garden
This tea garden with a dry pond incorporates a Koshikaka machiai or "waiting area" in a traditional Japanese tea garden where guests would wait until the tea master summons them to the actual tea house for the tea ceremony.
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Koshikaka machiai
Client opted not to create an actual pond with real water so we created a dry pond using river rock and sand using a bridge for added symbolism. The bridge connects the Koshikake machiai (waiting area) to the Chashitsu (tea house).
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Tea garden bridge and lantern
Creating a japanese style Karisansui garden requires careful selection and placement of the boulders which symbolize islands in the ocean of sand. The sand is then raked to simulate waves on the surface of the water and can be considered a walking meditative exercise.
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Ryoan-ji inspired garden
Client opted not to create an actual pond with real water so we created a dry pond using river rock and sand using a bridge for added symbolism. The bridge connects the Koshikake machiai (waiting area) to the Chashitsu (tea house).
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Japanese Tea Garden in the Desert
The east sideyard was planted using Japanese Maples and Bamboo to develop an asian theme. The stepping stone path uses irregular stones that force you to be careful wear you step to further the intention of being "mindful" as you stroll.
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Asian pathway through garden
Sometimes all it takes to create an asian theme is to incorporate a statue such as this Buddha which overlooks the new natural boulder waterfeature.
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Buddha Garden
A tsukubai is a small basin provided in Japanese Buddhist temples for visitors to purify themselves by the ritual washing of hands and rinsing of the mouth (perform ablutions). This type of ritual cleansing is also the custom for guests attending a tea ceremony.
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Tsukubai
Many Buddha statues are too small to fit the scale of their surroundings. Here we used a bamboo trellis to give height and stature to the Buddha, symbolically elevating his position and regard in this garden setting.
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Buddha Trellis
Buddha sits on the boulders meditating upon the flow of water. Be like water and go with the flow.
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Buddha fountain
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