With their distinctive features and quiet elegance, the principals of Japanese garden design are instantly recognised, globally revered and continue to be a genre that many homeowners look to bring into their own backyards.
One of three key elements, the way water is used in this style of garden is hugely powerful, instantly captivating but not always the easiest to use effectively and practically on a smaller domestic scale. While large reflective ponds filled with Koi carp or spanned with an arching bridge for moongazing are an ethereal and enticing sight, they cannot usually be replicated on a smaller scale. But there are some nifty designs ideas that do and still embody the same significance.
