Here are more of these magnificent gardens to distract you from a cold and dull January.
Ryoan-Ji
This beautifully mysterious rock garden is part of?a Zen Buddhist temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. The Ryoan-ji is an exquisite?example of?kare-sansui (?dry landscape?)?garden design, in which?large, bold rock formations are arranged over?a plane?of smooth pebbles. This bedding of pebbles is constantly raked into linear patterns to?facilitate meditation. While the meaning of the garden itself is open to interpretation, scholars have considered it as a representation of anything from islands in a stream to simply an abstract arrangement of natural objects designed to facilitate meditation.Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Designed by Charles Jencks, an American architecture theorist and landscape?designer, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation celebrates nature through the lens of scientific progress. The design was influenced by Japanese Zen gardens, classically crafted as?analogies for the universe, representing both?the cosmic and cultural evolution of the modern?world. Situated in Dumfries, Scotland, the project was begun in dedication to Jencks? late wife in 1988.
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