Wabi sabi garden

When it comes to garden design, I heartily encourage mixing it up and two of my favorite styles to mix into the garden are ancient ideas of wabi sabi, applied to the ephemera of modern industrialism. Wabi Sabi and industrial styling really are two very different things – each worth exploring on their own. But they have similarities that, in my mind, make them natural partners. Both celebrate beauty in the simple everyday utility items of our lives.

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Last season’s trend was hygge, the Danish style which means to feel cosy. However, creating a garden that made you feel hygge was actually no easy task! So, how about wabi-sabi and the art of the imperfect garden? Beauty in imperfection, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a philosophy of aesthetics. The practice is from Buddhist teachings, and is all about transience and […]

Have you heard of wabi sabi garden design? Wabi sabi gardening allows the gardener and visitors to explore the beautiful ways nature changes manmade objects and landscapes. You can learn more about this interesting gardening concept in this article.

Each stone basin is hand-carved from gray granite boulders. Size, shape and color of the Large Wabi Basin will be unique to the stone it starts from. Stone Forest Wabi Basin can be used as tsukubai or garden fountain.

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Immerse yourself in the tranquil textures of Wabi Sabi vases, where rough and smooth, matte and glossy, create a tactile landscape of sensory delight. #WabiSabi #TranquilTextures