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Interpenetration of cultures in a striking landscape composition โ€“ a Japanese-style garden in the Mediterranean

This post highlights a unique, Mediterranean-style garden in Italy inspired by Japanese designs, fusing cultures together within a beautiful composition of striking topography. The landscape, which features a combination of shrubs and trees, includes a tea-house and stone paths, along with a pond and waterfall which creates a tranquil atmosphere. It also has a lush variety of rare flowers, graceful bonsai plants and a scenic backdrop of vineyards and the mountains. The garden provides spectacular views, ideal harmony and numerous advantages, such as meditation, an extension to outdoor living, and a great avenue for host family gatherings among its many qualities.

The extraordinary combination of elements of two so different cultures โ€“ European and Asian โ€“ was made possible thanks to the boundless imagination of the landscape designer. The straight lines of the Mediterranean landscape could not be better suited to the requirements of a classical Japanese garden.

Japanese garden landscape design

Geometric shapes are the protagonists here: The stone installations are not round, typical of Asian gardens, and the paths are markedly austere and straight.

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Japanese garden landscape design
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  1. Mason Reed

    How does the interpenetration of cultures in a Japanese-style garden in the Mediterranean manifest itself? Does it result in a harmonious blend of aesthetics and elements from both traditions, or does one culture dominate the other?

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