My Zen Garden

There are approximately 70 shrubs within Songni Yuan. As a result, it takes at least four days of meandering around the garden and trimming ...

The west side of the house has often been neglected as part of the landscaping. Many years ago there were simply large Spirea along the wall...

Prior to the development of the Zen Garden in 2007-2009, we had a small generator installed along the far side of the house. At the time, I ...

The  Reblooming Mountain Hydrangea that was planted along the stroll garden is really adding a pop of color to the garden. I did not expec...

I planted two  Korean Dwarf Boxwood (Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Nana')   at the front and back corners of the house way back in 20...

After creating protective cages  for the  Variegated Japanese Forest Grass in the stroll garden, I finally got around to making some adjust...

A recent visitor asked why we referred to the Hosta bed along the back edge of the property as "The Dragon's Spine." It starte...

Last summer my wife Catherine and I had visited  Chanticleer Garden in Pennsylvania and we saw an example of flower art which we found to b...

After filling a gap behind the Tsukubai water feature with a fern, I decided to do something similar with the large rock in front of the min...

The  Clumping Bamboo ( Fargesia rufa) that was located in the inner corners of the fence gates, including the Middle Gate, needed to be repl...