Table of Contents (Sitemap)

The left-menu options are structured like chapters in a book and show the main subjects. At the end these are followed by appendices: Notes to the text, Links, Literature references, etc.
You can jump directly to a section by clicking it or go through them in sequence or at random by using the left menu.
The Book-style Table of Contents (ToC) below is organized in the same way and shows additional sub-levels per chapter. The Visual ToC offers an alternative navigation-path where you can go directly to garden compartments and sections, garden elements and objects or plant groups etc.

Important usage notes (click to expand)

  Our Blog-based diary offers interesting alternative entry-points into the information,
  not only in our diary, but also to that on these pages.
  By making use of the classifications and tags and the facilities of the Blog,
  in addition to this ToC-page it will even be more easy to find your way around.
  The diary will continue to grow and hence contain more cross-references and keywords.

Visual Table of Contents

To go directly to the chapter of a garden-compartment or garden-section, click the area on this groundplan.
To go directly to elements, objects, examples, components, planting, maintenance or miscellaneous subjects, use the thumb-nail picture frames following the groundplan.

Garden elements in Tsubo-en Click a thumb-nail picture for an extensive coverage
Ginshanada	Paths & steps	Veranda, gutter	Tjukiyama & stone setting
Karikomi	Tsukubai	Objects, ornaments	Borrowed scenery
Buddhist triad Stone setting	Islands	Mt.Sumeru Stone setting	Terraces, walls, stairs, fences

Planting and Plant-groups in Tsubo-en Click a thumb-nail picture for an extensive coverage
Index of Plants	Mosses & lichen	Groundcovers	Shrubs, topiary
Planting-plan	Deciduous trees	Evergreen trees	Miscellaneous

Infrastructure Construction, Build and Object Placement in Tsubo-en Click a thumb-nail picture for an extensive coverage
Functional Paving	Walls,Stairs,Fences	Ground levelling, Soil enrichment, Drainage	Infrastructure
Veranda, duckboards & gutter	Paths & Terraces	Tsukubai & "lakes"	Placement of Objects & Plants

Maintenance and tuning in Tsubo-en Click a thumb-nail picture for an extensive coverage
Pest & weeds control	Bottom surface maintenance	Fukinaoshi 'to re-do' trees	Training, clipping and pruning	Preventive & Repair	Regular activities & clean-up

Cross reference of miscellaneous subject-pages Click a thumb-nail picture for an extensive coverage
Samurai residence gardens	Monochrome landscape ink painting examples	Fuji Musumè, the Wisteria Maiden	Video clips	Literature referenced in the text
Garden websites in Japan	Notes to the text	Related Links to websites	Raking training online	Constructing sand and gravel rakes
Nightingale floors, Uguisubari	How to construct a bamoo fence ?

Note:The examples on the underlaying pages will only display correctly after the page has fully loaded !
Cross-reference of Per Subject-domain selected genuine and authentic examples from Japan Click a thumb-nail picture for an extensive coverage
Gravel and raking	Paths, stairs	Veranda, gutters	Tsukiyama
Karikomi, hako-zukuri	Tsukubai, chozubachi	Objects, Ornaments	Lanterns
Borrowed scenery	Buddhist triad	Islands (dry)	Stone settings
Fences	Enclosures	Special stones	Niwaki (plants)

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Table of Contents book-style

1. Welcome
   • History of changes
2. Introduction, A brief description of the garden and the karesansui concept.
   
   • Karesansui (long) definition
3. Table of Contents (site map, this page)
   • Important usage notes
   • Visual Table of Contents
   • Table of Contents book-style
4. Year round
5. A virtual guided tour of the Tsubo-en garden
6. Integration of house and garden
7. Approach to realization of a (Japanese Zen) garden.
   The six realization-phases from vision and strategy to implementation and maintenance.
   • How to typify, architect and compose a Japanese garden ?
8. Specifics on the realization of Tsubo-en.

Determine the vision and strategy Design the architecture Design and select the visible-objects and elements The main garden compartment Garden Elements The Ginshanada, gravel area Raked patterns Gravel and raking examples Other objects and elements placed in the Ginshanada The Roji, tobi-ishi path Special purpose step-stones Buddhist triad stone arrangement Buddhist triad examples Objects and elements not to be placed in or close to the Ginshanada Paths, Roji The Roji, tobi-ishi path (main garden) Paths and stairs examples Special purpose step stones Special purpose (step) stones examples Paths in other garden compartments Terraces, walls, stairs and fences Our Yotsumigaki bamboo entrance fence Fences examples Enclosures examples Veranda duckboards and gutter "Nightingale floors" Veranda, walkboards and gutter examples Tsukiyama and stone setting Tsukiyama examples Stone and rock: Mount Sumeru stone setting Monochrome landscape ink painting examples and Samurai residence gardens of the Edo era Buddhist triad stone arrangement Stone and rock: Stone settings examples Tsukiyama Planting   Karikomi and hako-zukuri The main garden O-karikomi Other main garden karikomi and hako-zukuri Karikomi and hako-zukuri topiary examples Tsukubai and chozubachi Front garden tsukubai Main garden tsukubai Tsukubai and chozubachi examples Miscellaneous garden ornaments and small objects Lanterns Lanterns examples Tsubo-en nameplate Jizo bodhisattva statue Sitting monk statue Wrapped Stone Shishi Odoshi or "deer-scarer" Objects and Ornaments examples Buddhist triad Buddhist triad examples Mount Sumeru stone setting Stone and rock: Stone settings examples Islands Islands examples Shakkei and Borrowed Scenery Borrowed scenery (shakkei technique) examples The front garden compartment Islands examples The left side compartment Herb garden The water front (back side) compartment Terraces, walls and stairs Plants and planting in Tsubo-en Planting-plan Mosses and lichen Wanted mosses Accepted or tolerated mosses Unwanted mosses Groundcovers Shrubs Deciduous trees. Fuji Musumè, the Wisteria Maiden Evergreen trees Miscellaneous plants Fern Bamboo Hedgerows Niwaki (plants) examples Index of plants in Tsubo-en

Infrastructure design and component selection The drainage-system Watering supply and irrigation or sprinkler-system Lighting and garden electricity-system Build and construction of the integral design Lay "hard functional" Paving What did not work well Links related to paving Building Walls, retaining walls, stairs and fences Construction of a bamboo fence (take gaki) in the Yotsume-gaki style What did not work well Links related to walls and stairs Ground levelling, Drainage and Soil enrichment Ginshanada levelling and the drainage-system Levelling and enriching theTsukiyama soil What did not work well Links related to groundwork Constructing the Infrastructure The drainage-system Watering supply and irrigation or sprinkler-system Lighting and garden electricity-system What did not work well Links related to infrastructure Constructing the Veranda, duckboards and gutter What did not work well Links related to veranda and duckboards Constructing Paths and Terraces What did not work well Links related to pavings Constructing the Main Tsukubai and Turtle Island lakes Turtle Island lakes construction What did not work well Links related to the "water works" Placement of other Objects, Stones and Plants Mount Sumeru erected after 10 year of "dormancy" What did not work well Links related to walls and stairs Maintenance and tuning Pest & weeds control Harmfull insects on planting (external agent) Harmfull insects on planting (internal agent) Snails and slugs Moss and algae Ants Fungus infections Weeds Unwanted mosses and lichen in ground covers Bottom surface maintenance Gravel area's Keeping the groundcovers out of the gravel Unwanted moss removal Unwanted moss removal using chemicals Fukinaoshi 'to re-do' Pinus mugo mugo Pinus densiflora, Japanese Red Pine Cryptomeria Japonica (sugi) "elegans" Chamaecyparis Lawsonia "white spot" Taxus media "hillii" Training, clipping and pruning Buxus Sempervirens Wisteria sinensis pruning Pinus densiflora, Japanese Red Pine Pinus Mugo mugo Abies procera Armeria Maritima Preventive & Repair Maintenance of the Ginshanada drainage system Brushing the veranda and duckboards hardwood decking. Regular activities & cleaning-up Cleaning the gravel area Fertilization

7. The technology behind (or under) the garden
8. Garden maintenance
   1. Tooling
      • Constructing sand and gravel rakes
      • Raking training
   2. Bottom surface maintenance
      • Regular cleaning-up
        
      • The gravel area
      • Weeds
   3. Preventive maintenance and repair
      • The main garden tsukubai
   4. Training, clipping and pruning
      • Training, clipping and pruning
      • Fukinaoshi, "to re-do" overgrown trees
      • Seedbox removal
   5. Uninvited visitors
      • Pest & weeds control
9. Bonsai
10. Season impressions
11. Notes to the text and acknowledgements
12. Japanese garden related links
    • I - Websites with photo's of karesansui gardens in Japan
    • II - Other sites that address, link to, or show photo's of karesansui gardens or elements in Japan
    • III - Sites that address related topics
    • IV - Sites with plant information
    • V - Alphabetical list of garden websites in Japan
13. Literature
    • Japanese Garden books. Mostly English-language and some Dutch-language.
    
    
    • I - Books referenced in the text
    • II - On-line papers
    • III - Books referenced in the text not directly related
14. A collection of video clips related to Japanese gardens and gardening
    • Notes to some Video clips and additionaland additional clips and links
15. Alphabetical list of garden websites in Japan
16. About this website
    
    • Privacy policy

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