This is a visualization of a Zen garden design I’ve developed today. The garden is inspired by traditional Japanese karesansui—dry landscape gardens that use stone, gravel, and minimal planting to evoke stillness, impermanence, and contemplative space.
Each element in this image is intentional:
- The Podocarpus in the front left serves as the central structural presence.
- Moss softens the base and brings life to the gravel sea.
- A stone lantern anchors the right side with spiritual weight.
- Clumping bamboo in the back adds vertical movement and balance.
- And a small bonsai in a pot rests in the foreground—a sacred accent in a moment of pause.