New mantra for a beanificent season

We all have our own markers that signal the onset of spring.

Green Scene: A Japanese garden's natural serenity

The objective of a Japanese garden is to establish a space that creates a mood of serenity and symbolism inspired by nature, designed in a very controlled fashion. Typically this includes the use of rocks, gravel, water, statuary, bridges, wood and some plants that appear to be hundreds of years old. In a traditional Japanese garden, elements are representational of nature in human proportions ...