Tending a vision
The otherness of Japanese gardens has something to do with the way they are tended.
The otherness of Japanese gardens has something to do with the way they are tended.
The crammed grid of houses in the middle of Kyoto left no space for gardens. But there were plants – in pots.
Before our trip to Japan I had not expected urban streets to hold particular horticultural interest.
It is very quiet. Nothing moves. The precision of this highly fragile arrangement is breathtaking.
I had been fascinated – and mystified – by Japanese gardens for as long as I could remember.
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