If the Bloedel Reserve's Japanese Garden failed to inspire you to be still, be calm and be quiet, then perhaps the moss garden will help you down shift and take a deep breath. The moss garden is like a well designed room. The thick moss is lush and comforting. The tree canopy above creates our personal space; a place in the woods where we are safe and where we can just be for a while.
Fallen trees left to decompose and replenish the forest give life to ferns and small shrubs. The moss garden is a perfect balance. The garden is lush without being distracting. It is like a room with a few key pieces of choice art; enough to give us a reason to pause and reflect without monopolizing our time and becoming a distraction.
And of course, the garden is super cool! When a garden has this much power, this ability to make us stand in awe, the next thing to come to the mind of any true gardener is, how can I create this in my own garden?
Since I have never grown my own moss garden, I turned to fellow garden bloggers for some great information on moss gardening to inform and entice you.
From Gardening and Gardens, read Beauty of Moss or Moss-imize by the WashingtonGardener and Toronto Gardens for some amazing photos of moss walls in Iceland.
thank you SOOO much! we try to garden as organically as possible, & I've just the area for a moss garden. next on my "to do" list. this is helpful & inspiring.
ReplyDeletePeggy, I am so glad you enjoyed the post. It is a peaceful place and we can all use a little peace and calm in our lives. ~~ Jenny
ReplyDeleteI agree. The moss garden was a pretty cool space!
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