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Japanese Garden Loenhout

Japanese Garden Loenhout
Yokoso Japanese Gardens was assigned to improve a fairly spacious garden in Loenhout, Belgium. The garden had a rectangular pond and there were already a number of Japanese influences present. We built a Western Red Cedar veranda spanning the pond. A large ‘Kutsu-nugi-ishi’, shoe removing stone in Japanese, was embedded into the veranda and forms the connection to the garden to the right of the pond.

Most of the garden on the left side of the pond was transformed into a zen garden. In this zen garden a number of rock formations and solitary rocks were placed. The existing yew hedge forms a beautiful backdrop and has received additional care of our gardeners. The Japanese Satsuki Azaleas have been used as ground cover, creating a rolling, colorful landscape in the spring. The gravel consists of the beautiful authentic Shirakawa gravel which is also used in the Zen gardens in Japan. In the gravel a path has been created by a combination of antique millstones, stepping stones and granite slabs.