Looking to create a Japanese zen garden at home? Learn more about zen gardens and shop plants, gravel and more to create a Japanese rock garden.

Traditionally, Japanese Zen monasteries even referred to garden designers as "rock-setting priests." There is no hard-and-fast rule for how stones and rocks should be placed—it’s up to the ...

A backyard zen garden can be a great way to create tranquility regardless of the size of your space. Here's the key to making ...

We know the sound of one Zen garden in Japan. But what is the sound of two Zen gardens, one in Japan, one in Vermont? Wind whispers among trees. Water splashes over stones. All is the same. Which ...

News spread throughout Japanese social media outlets last Monday that a famous rock rumored to contain a demon has split in two.

But the true hallmark of the Japanese garden is the way it blends with surroundings to create a tranquil, Zen-like respite.

The 'phenomenon of a stone on an ice pedestal' that occurs in winter on Lake Baikal in southeastern Russia is called 'Zen stone' after a Japanese garden. Although it was scientifically unclear why ...

Japan's Zen Gardens: The art of setting stones A look at the concept behind Japan's beautiful Zen Gardens and what sets them apart ...

Like a work of art enshrined in a museum, some stones end up on a pedestal of ice in nature, with no human intervention. This “Zen stone” phenomenon, named after the stacked stones in Japanese ...

Its designer, Shunmyo Masuno, head priest of a Zen temple in Yokohama, is arguably the only Buddhist cleric still practicing garden design in the tradition of the original, itinerant ishi-tate-so ...

Gardens of stone, moss, sand: 4 moments of Zen in Kyoto The Japanese city’s dry gardens seem timeless, but these relatively new versions show that they are still evolving, offering serenity in ...