tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post3913671170856388974..comments2024-03-24T06:10:25.358-07:00Comments on Noel's Garden Blog: A hard look at the Japanese garden - Part One Noel Kingsburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09443137231998907024noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-8307390478260673862015-07-13T00:52:53.993-07:002015-07-13T00:52:53.993-07:00i also have wondered what all the fuss is about ja...i also have wondered what all the fuss is about japanese gardens i was underwhelmed too by unimaginative planting and always sticking to the same palette this maybe hundreds of years older but i like changing fashions in gardening imagine if we in Britain just stuck to the 1960s style garden of red salvias and dwarf marigolds! youngalistaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821775260744496645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-58757883660519412082014-01-31T08:38:32.084-08:002014-01-31T08:38:32.084-08:00Travelling in Japan some times now, I have had the...Travelling in Japan some times now, I have had the same experiences. Some gardens are well kept, and some lacks maintenance. Like here. This can have to do with funds, and support both money wise and missing hands to work on the gardens as volunteers. But when it is done well, it is not beaten by anything for me at least. Great article and good work with the site by the way.<br />Best regards<br />Morten AlbekAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717760790374455338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-28009082416826300062013-11-03T15:48:23.461-08:002013-11-03T15:48:23.461-08:00Like anyplace gardens as anything vary greatly in ...Like anyplace gardens as anything vary greatly in quality. I know that Japanese style gardens as any can be very demanding in their maintenance needs. It is amazing how much work it is to keep a garden looking like crisp and neat. <br /><br />I think this garden style is one of the fastest to deteriorate if not kept up. I suspect you saw some of that.Jimhttp://www.yourgardensanctuary.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-80883280990848318202013-10-21T11:02:58.236-07:002013-10-21T11:02:58.236-07:00Your pictures are wonderful, everything is so gree...Your pictures are wonderful, everything is so green and so many different colors.I would like to go to Ireland one day<br />Thanks for sharingchristinehttp://www.comfortercompany.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-18297580174523434172013-10-14T18:32:08.756-07:002013-10-14T18:32:08.756-07:00I appreciate your opinion of Japanese gardens. Th...I appreciate your opinion of Japanese gardens. They are not for everyone. My husband thinks they're not colorful enough. I, however, think they are magnificent: serene, cool, disciplined. Every space important, even the empty spaces. For me, a Japanese garden evokes a very special atmosphere. It mimics nature but eliminates the chaos. It renews the tired and the stressed and brings a bit of magic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-21566726781827106922013-09-12T06:30:12.778-07:002013-09-12T06:30:12.778-07:00Very interesting and well written my friend.
I lov...Very interesting and well written my friend.<br />I love the japanese gardens, their toughts behind it and the ponds.<br />Looking to read more of Japan style gardens and ponds...<br /><br />Greetz from Belgium!Koimasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266183217958482784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-86753674255035928102013-08-29T06:36:46.217-07:002013-08-29T06:36:46.217-07:00I loved finding this post and especially the stree...I loved finding this post and especially the street gardens you posted. I have been reading about the origins of Japanese Gardens which comes from Chinese gardens. I am finding that many ideas we use here in the west today are in fact form China not japan. The idea of borrowing a scene, the idea of not seeing a whole garden at once. Nice post!Don Stathamhttp://donstathamblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-46863152990785141752013-08-23T02:50:05.962-07:002013-08-23T02:50:05.962-07:00Please continue to write more because it’s unusual...Please continue to write more because it’s unusual that someone has something interesting to say about this. Will be waiting for more..garden wall arthttp://www.home2garden.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Garden_Art_Accents_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-26268988110717959002013-08-16T04:18:38.062-07:002013-08-16T04:18:38.062-07:00I wonder if the similarities in inspiration from t...I wonder if the similarities in inspiration from the natural world and the ways that the current natural planting movement and the artifice of traditional Japanese interpretation are at odds here. Although I agree completely about overblown adoration of the Japanese style in the west. Just a thought.Susan aka Miss R.http://susancohangardens.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-78798177142791445502013-08-16T02:31:55.128-07:002013-08-16T02:31:55.128-07:00I always had a very uncritical view of Japanese ga...I always had a very uncritical view of Japanese garden, so was less than objective when viewing them. Not any more!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934744644502570406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-59395246342446072522013-08-16T02:30:32.190-07:002013-08-16T02:30:32.190-07:00I always had a very uncritical view of Japanese ga...I always had a very uncritical view of Japanese garden, so was less than objective when viewing them. Not any more!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934744644502570406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-73879293499403850812013-08-15T21:26:18.875-07:002013-08-15T21:26:18.875-07:00Many years ago I saw the Imperial Palace Gardens i...Many years ago I saw the Imperial Palace Gardens in Tokyo. In the moat that surrounds the palace there were huge multi colored koi fish. In the adjacent garden were spectacular azalea bushes, shaped from individual bushes of different colors to make one large variegated shrub. It was only when I went back the second time that I made the connection. Japanese gardens are subtle.Ed Morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16782906035672660603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-77146283693739027392013-08-15T18:28:30.625-07:002013-08-15T18:28:30.625-07:00Very interesting... I do not think I have ever rea...Very interesting... I do not think I have ever read a modern-day account of Japanese gardens that is this critical. Those tiny frontyard and courtyard gardens are really cool; they really ought to be given more attention.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291223943168030684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-9189588539620102292013-08-15T18:25:53.207-07:002013-08-15T18:25:53.207-07:00Thank you for showing private gardens and arrangem...Thank you for showing private gardens and arrangements of plants. We all have seen pictures of the famous gardens, but it is rare you get to see how ordinary people garden.Alainhttp://rochefleuriegarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-35595129751765817852013-08-15T17:00:54.424-07:002013-08-15T17:00:54.424-07:00I adore those tiny courtyard gardens. There is a ...I adore those tiny courtyard gardens. There is a book I love, Courtyard Gardens of Kyoto's Merchant Class, that I check out from the library about twice a year, just to marvel at the photos.Mary Grayhttp://www.blackwalnutdispatch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-61741338819632678312013-08-15T16:09:49.621-07:002013-08-15T16:09:49.621-07:00I found Japanese gardens stifling. It may have had...I found Japanese gardens stifling. It may have had something to do with the 100 degree temperature, and the near 100% humidity, or it may have seemed so becaue everything,including the "accidents", had been planned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-90767567198340265442013-08-15T13:01:05.977-07:002013-08-15T13:01:05.977-07:00Thanks for the tour. I have yet to travel in Japan...Thanks for the tour. I have yet to travel in Japan...one of these days. Parts of the Japanese Garden in Portland are truly extraordinary, but they make the most sense in their original context.Jeffreygardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309073799544681741noreply@blogger.com