A Natural Balance

Japanese garden is a sanctuary for the inner soul

Japanese gardens are designed to be as simple and natural as possible. Each garden starts with a “borrowed scene,” a view from nature upon which the garden is based. For Junko and Joe Liesfeld, that scene was the Susquehanna River running along the southeastern edge of their rural Montpelier property, and the dense forest of trees outlining the slope of land that separates the house from the river. “We had a lot of trees when we started building the garden, so naturally the trees became part of the garden,” explains Junko.

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April/May 2008 Volume 4 Issue 2

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