December 6, 2011 Japanese Garden

CaliforniaMama · 12-06-2011, 11:16 AM

This stunning Japanese garden is in Portland, Oregon.

Traditionally, the art of creating a Japanese garden was passed down from sensei to apprentice. That is starting to change. Now the art can be learned in a trade school.

The garden above is a rock garden or dry landscape. In Japanese, it is called karesansui. There is no water in this type of garden. Sand or gravel is used to represent the water elements instead. Stone and shaped shrubs represent mountains and other land elements. Moss represents land that is covered with forest.

Karesansui gardens are often, but not always, meant to be viewed from a single vantage point, from a seated position.

Photograph by Stephen Gray

via Twisted Sifter

Spexxvet · 12-06-2011, 11:48 AM

Somebody get the m-effing leaves out of the m-effing sand trap!

Trilby · 12-06-2011, 12:20 PM

having that hit of orange on my eye perked me up.

Orange is gooooood color.

Lamplighter · 12-06-2011, 01:07 PM

These Japanese Gardens were developed in the old animal display areas of the old Portland Zoo.

The new Zoo is on the other side of the park, and there's a small gauge train that runs between them.
The gardens are well worth the visit at any time of the year,
and there are great views of Portland down below the hillside.
We Portlanders are very proud of Washington Park.

richlevy · 12-06-2011, 07:39 PM

I think I have a picture of that same tea garden on the inside of my tea chest at work. I found it on the Internet, got permission from the photographer, and made a large picture. The one I have is of a bridge and the foliage is various shades of green, which matches the tea chest and the walls of my cube.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2011, 07:51 PM

Philly's got a wet one.

ZenGum · 12-06-2011, 09:38 PM

That is very beautiful, but by Japanese standards, those leaves are a disgrace!

One temple I visited in Kyoto (Ginkakuji, I think, Silver temple) has about 30 gardeners, I saw four at work whose full-time job appeared to be using a dust-broom to remove fallen leaves from the moss beds.

I think that mayvbe they overdo these things. I like the leaves.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-07-2011, 09:05 PM

Disgrace? The hell you say, thats the right way, the American way. What do you think WW II was about, anyway? Some raw materials or silly world domination shit? Pshaw!

ZenGum · 12-07-2011, 09:10 PM

You razy decadent westerner! You rake reaves rike proper gardener! Order brings harmony! If nail stick up, get hammer down. Leaf fall down, get sweep away. Bonsai! Bonsai!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-07-2011, 09:26 PM

No no, you see we won. And don't get on your high Kangaroo, because you were a co-conspirator.

monster · 12-07-2011, 10:12 PM

I wanna see the Hello Kitty Tree....

Big Sarge · 12-07-2011, 10:52 PM

So nice to focus on Japanese gardens at this time of year (70th Pearl Harbor Anniversary approaching)

xoxoxoBruce · 12-08-2011, 11:21 AM

In August, did you slap the Brits for burning Washington DC?

infinite monkey · 12-08-2011, 11:25 AM

Approaching? The 'date which will live in infamy' was almost over when you posted that.

12-06-2011, 11:16 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	December 6, 2011 Japanese Garden This stunning Japanese garden is in Portland, Oregon. Traditionally, the art of creating a Japanese garden was passed down from sensei to apprentice. That is starting to change. Now the art can be learned in a trade school. The garden above is a rock garden or dry landscape. In Japanese, it is called karesansui. There is no water in this type of garden. Sand or gravel is used to represent the water elements instead. Stone and shaped shrubs represent mountains and other land elements. Moss represents land that is covered with forest. Karesansui gardens are often, but not always, meant to be viewed from a single vantage point, from a seated position. Photograph by Stephen Gray via Twisted Sifter

12-06-2011, 11:48 AM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Somebody get the m-effing leaves out of the m-effing sand trap! __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-06-2011, 12:20 PM	#3
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12-06-2011, 07:39 PM	#5
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I think I have a picture of that same tea garden on the inside of my tea chest at work. I found it on the Internet, got permission from the photographer, and made a large picture. The one I have is of a bridge and the foliage is various shades of green, which matches the tea chest and the walls of my cube. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-06-2011, 07:51 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Philly's got a wet one. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-06-2011, 01:07 PM	#4
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	These Japanese Gardens were developed in the old animal display areas of the old Portland Zoo. The new Zoo is on the other side of the park, and there's a small gauge train that runs between them. The gardens are well worth the visit at any time of the year, and there are great views of Portland down below the hillside. We Portlanders are very proud of Washington Park.

12-06-2011, 09:38 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	That is very beautiful, but by Japanese standards, those leaves are a disgrace! One temple I visited in Kyoto (Ginkakuji, I think, Silver temple) has about 30 gardeners, I saw four at work whose full-time job appeared to be using a dust-broom to remove fallen leaves from the moss beds. I think that mayvbe they overdo these things. I like the leaves. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-07-2011, 09:05 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Disgrace? The hell you say, thats the right way, the American way. What do you think WW II was about, anyway? Some raw materials or silly world domination shit? Pshaw! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-07-2011, 09:10 PM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	You razy decadent westerner! You rake reaves rike proper gardener! Order brings harmony! If nail stick up, get hammer down. Leaf fall down, get sweep away. Bonsai! Bonsai! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-07-2011, 09:26 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No no, you see we won. And don't get on your high Kangaroo, because you were a co-conspirator. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-07-2011, 10:12 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I wanna see the Hello Kitty Tree.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-07-2011, 10:52 PM	#12
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	So nice to focus on Japanese gardens at this time of year (70th Pearl Harbor Anniversary approaching) __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

12-08-2011, 11:21 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	In August, did you slap the Brits for burning Washington DC? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-08-2011, 11:25 AM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Approaching? The 'date which will live in infamy' was almost over when you posted that.

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