Grow your own kitchen garden— Japanese style Since I love cooking and baking, a kitchen garden was a nonnegotiable for me when conceptualizing my balcony haven in Japan. Even back in Canada, I had my ...

Popularly recognised as one of Japan’s three greatest gardens, Kenrokuen in Kanazawa took 200 years to create. It was set out ...

If you’ve ever been to a Japanese garden, you’ll remember the extraordinary sense of peace and tranquillity these gardens help inspire. Japanese gardens also look very different from Western ...

This week I saw the exquisite Japanese-style garden on the grounds between the Music Tent and the Aspen Institute, all buffed and shined after days of work under the direction of the garden maker ...

Trees add to the garden landscape in various ways. Often, very large trees will dominate the scene, and bring stability and grandeur to the scene, and shade a large area. In time, they can be ...

After hearing about this $14 tool from professional landscapers and avid home gardeners, we knew we needed to write about it. Meet the hori hori — a multipurpose, slightly concave Japanese weed knife ...

Living in Japan’s famed concrete jungles may be convenient, but it can also lead to a longing for greenery. I’m not ready to give up having a konbini (convenience store) two minutes away on either ...