Japanese Gardens Offer Many Benefits

The benefits of a Japanese garden or landscape are many.  They include:

• Providing a place for peace & serenity;
• Helping one connect with nature;
• Health benefits by helping to relieve stress. Many gardens include a koi pond and watching koi is known to help relieve stress, as well as provide many other benefits;
• Added exercise with maintaining the garden;
• Inspiring new thoughts;
• Encouraging reflective time and meditation which helps to improve focus;
• Conserving water through reduced plantings and use of natural elements.  Japanese garden and landscape designs can also be done as Xeriscapes  or even Zeroscapes; 
• Some designs require less maintenance than other garden/landscape styles;
• A design style that works well with native grasses and trees; and 
• Koi are used in aquaponic systems, so a koi pond that is part of a Japanese garden can be leveraged to help grow food.

To reap these rewards and include a Japanese garden in your landscape, visit www.JapaneseLandscapes.com.

Japanese Garden at the Manito Gardens
in Spokane, Washington

Top 10 Reasons to Include A Koi Pond In Your Garden

I love koi and have a koi pond at home. They are so much fun to watch, do not take much work, and are excited to see me when I come to feed them. There are many other benefits too, including these:

Top 10 Reasons to Include A Koi Pond In Your Garden

1. Adds beauty and serenity to your life
2. Koi make terrific pets
3. More and more doctors are reporting health benefits from koi ponds
4. Watching koi is relaxing
5. The sound of gently moving water is soothing
6. Tending a koi pond makes a great hobbie
7. A koi pond is an attractive and popular feature for your garden
8. It gives your garden or landscape a natural feel
9. Saves on watering as koi ponds take less water than grass or other plants that would otherwise occupy the same space
10. Increases your home’s value 

Koi Pond in Tropical/Asian Influenced Landscape in Maui, Hawaii