It’s no coincidence if Japanese gardens remind you of those scene-in-a-shoebox dioramas you made in grade school. A Japanese ...

There is a lot to learn from the long, venerable tradition of gardening in Japan, a point made in last week’s Real Dirt, ...

A garden doesn't have to have plants in it! A dry garden can contain multitudes – the idea that the vast (even the whole world) can be represented in the small, controlled space of a garden is not ...

Are you aiming for a shady garden layered with trees and shrubs, or a dry garden featuring artful arrangements of rock, stone, gravel, and sand? Whatever goals you have for your ornamental gardening ...

controlled space of a garden is not unique to Zen Buddhism, but is often used as a guiding principle in Japanese dry gardens, where rocks can represent mountains and raked sand the sea (as the ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft has clicked the photo of a region on the red planet that looks like a Japanese dry zen garden. It recently snapped the Daedalia Planum from orbit where ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught sight of an unusual boulder-strewn landscape with strange patterns not seen ...

Are you dreaming of a garden bursting with the delightful fragrance and stunning blooms of lilac bushes? The journey to a ...

Uncover the best of 10 hidden autumn foliage spots in Tokyo, all just a train ride away from the city.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is hosting their first rice harvest to mark a special occasion.