Zen Garden
Zen Garden . If you've never seen a Zen garden, you might think the idea of just a rock/gravel garden sparsely mixed with larger boulders and maybe a few shrubs would be ugly, but it's quite the opposite. The Zen Garden aims to excite, inspire, and encourage participation. Zen Garden by La-Vita-a-Bella on DeviantArt (Lou Mendez) Zen garden history is started when Zen Buddhist monks from Japan created the first Zen gardens to help in meditation. The term "shakkei" means borrowed landscape, and it refers to the practice of using surrounding landscape to make the garden appear to extend beyond its boundaries. The typical Zen garden consists of an enclosed and shallow sand box of sorts which features predominantly sand or gravel with rocks of various shapes and sizes. These features add a sense of distance, and you can use them as a focal point to aid meditation. Zen garden, gift for her, zen garden kit, desktop zen garden, play therapy, sand b...