Calming, simple, serene, Japanese Zen gardens are the complete opposite of busy, loud urban life. Beautifully lush green planting, interrupted by soft rounded stones and swathes of gravel raked into ...

Creating a Zen garden is a wonderful way to cultivate a peaceful and serene space in your backyard. Japanese gardens are ...

It may seem curious that viewing a sparse landscape of rock and gravel can be an antidote to the day's chaos. But a Zen garden, a minimalist composition of carefully placed stones, is calming — if you ...

Debbie Wolfe is an author and content creator. In addition to being a contributing writer at Forbes, she writes for other leading online home improvement, DIY, and garden media outlets and online ...

Creating a garden in an overgrown acreage can be an awesome task. Creating gardens and a Zen Forest would be even more daunting. But George Klasson and Jane Bourgeois knew they could make a tranquil ...

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we discuss how to channel calmness and tranquility with a Zen ...

If you love the idea of Zen, but can't fathom taking hours to create endless sand patterns, understanding a bit about the philosophy behind Zen will help you choose the right items for your Zen garden ...

When Paul Jackson’s son graduated from high school, he received an unconventional but welcome gift: six yards of pea gravel. “He wanted a Zen rock garden,” Jackson said. “He pointed out the place in ...

With a little work and a lot of careful planning, a theme garden can transform a boring backyard into an ideal environment. There are many different types of theme gardens, from carefree, child-like ...