From a barren rock garden full of potential, to the ‘unenterable’ courtyard garden designed to open a window to another world, and the stone pathway that carves out a psychological journey – Walker ...

For the garden that lacks drama, stones can do wonders in accentuating plants and flowers. There's a crop of books that can help you with this, so you can give your landscape an artistic edge.

Japanese rock gardens are all about embracing calm, balance and mindfulness. They often represent a place of retreat to reset after a day in our busy modern lives. Raked gravel is used instead of ...

Create a small Japanese rock garden Rocks are among the fundamental elements of large and small Japanese garden ideas, where they represent mountains. Even in a tiny space, you can dedicate an ...

According to Mira Locher, architect, educator and author of two books about Shunmyō Masuno (Zen Garden Design, 2020,and Zen Gardens – The Complete Works Of Shunmyō Masuno,2012): "The concept ...

'Japanese Garden Notes' is a gorgeous photo book that introduces aspects of traditional Japanese garden design. It walks the reader through the philosophy of 'space and passage,' 'function and art ...

Secret Garden the novel (and film), "Secret Garden" the song, and now a secret garden in a restaurant.It's summer and I'll write the ledes I want to. Naoki, a new restaurant hidden down an alley ...

Japanese Zen Gardens by Yoko Kawaguchi (Frances Lincoln, £30, publ. 6 February) is available to order from Telegraph Books at £26 + £1.35 p&p. Call 0844 871 1514 or visit books.telegraph.co.uk ...

Francoise Berthier, a professor of Japanese... The powerful ambiguities of dry landscape arrangements, the inevitable questions they raise in relation to what constitutes a garden, ...

From a barren rock garden full of potential, to the ‘unenterable’ courtyard garden designed to open a window to another world, and the stone pathway that carves out a psychological journey – Walker ...