The cedar structures-bridges, teahouses and so forth-are left to weather to gray to emphasize the ideal of beauty in rustic simplicity or poverty. Much of the Japanese garden involves the subtle mixing of conifers such as Austrian pine with broadleaf trees and shrubs and fine ground covers such as mondo grass. The aesthetic sense flows from the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, a sort of rustic simplicity. You have mostly foliage color, a variety of textures, greens and grays,” Brooks says. Plants in the garden are deliberately understated. The so-called “hill and pond” style, which fills most of the valley, features an intricate network of paths, decks, verandas and viewpoints set among a series of serene ponds and waterfalls. Fort Worth’s display comprises several Japanese garden styles, all enclosed by well-defined cedar walls and a castle-like entry gate. “He’s a showstopper, but he’s eating a lot of our fish.”īuilt in the early 1970s in a valley that was once a quarry and later a hobo camp, the 7-acre public garden is modeled after stroll gardens built in the Japanese hillsides by samurai lords. “He’s a paradox for us,” Brooks says of the wily bird, which waits for visitors to toss fish food then spears its lunch from the thrashing school. Scott Brooks, senior gardener at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, is not sure that included the great blue heron that has taken to hunting the shiny orange and white koi in his garden’s terraced ponds. In Japan, gardens are an outgrowth of the idea that the good life is lived within the beauty of nature.
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