{"id":3156,"date":"2015-06-23T21:09:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T21:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2019-01-29T15:37:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T15:37:49","slug":"inspiration-post-zen-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/inspiration-post-zen-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration post: Zen garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I spent a lot of my childhood in South East Asia and as a result I&#8217;ve always been a huge fan of oriental design. There&#8217;s nothing more exotic or tranquil than a beautiful zen garden, complete with waterfall, pebbles and Buddha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These balmy summer nights are\u00a0(almost) reminding me of the constant heat and humidity in Asia, so I&#8217;ve decided to try and inspire you with a few ways you can turn your whole garden or just a corner of it into a beautiful oriental retreat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Oriental lighting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A simple step to making your garden an oriental haven is to hang traditional lanterns from trees and bushes. A smaller set of tea lights does the job too.\u00a0 Scatter a few cushions and throws around the place to make your own outdoor retreat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lighting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lighting.jpg\" alt=\"Oriental lighting\" width=\"477\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lighting.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lighting-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/home\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Japanese rock garden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A traditional Japanese rock garden is a beautiful feature in any garden and can take over as much space as you like. You can confine the look to one corner or have it spread throughout the space. I love the contrast of plants in this rockery and the mixture of wood and stone to create a relaxing environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rock-gardem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rock-gardem.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese rock garden\" width=\"476\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rock-gardem.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rock-gardem-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lushome.com\/miniature-japanese-garden-design-feng-shui-homes-yard-landscaping-ideas\/108705\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0Water feature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can&#8217;t have an oriental garden without including water or a water feature at some point or other. This beautiful example of a tranquil lake filled with coy is a stunning example of a zen retreat. Bridges are also a feature in oriental gardens, however you can buy some beautiful water fountains or even <a href=\"http:\/\/photohito.com\/photo\/2367814\/\">make them yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/water-feature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/water-feature.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese water feature\" width=\"472\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/water-feature.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/water-feature-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.localnoir.com\/oriental-house-decoration-with-asian-interior-design\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chinese tea party<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To spread the love why not create\u00a0 a Chinese influenced dining area in your garden? Long benches and cushions are a great way to pay homage to the style, and add a few lanterns and traditional Chinese plants to complete the look.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dining.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dining.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese dining\" width=\"469\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dining.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dining-389x500.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suburbanbitches.com\/spring-party-round-up\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a lot of my childhood in South East Asia and as a result I&#8217;ve always been a huge fan of oriental design. There&#8217;s nothing more exotic or tranquil than a beautiful zen garden, complete with waterfall, pebbles and Buddha. These balmy summer nights are\u00a0(almost) reminding me of the constant heat and humidity in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,331,17],"tags":[68,346,79,95,96,455,457,454,456],"class_list":["post-3156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interior-decor","category-summer-2","category-tips-and-hints","tag-environment","tag-garden","tag-green","tag-interior-design","tag-interiors-and-ideas","tag-japanese-garden","tag-landscaping","tag-oriental","tag-zen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3156"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5299,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions\/5299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}