Presenting you my japanese garden...

[carlamorim]

Hello everyone.
I`m new here (found you through google ) and I want to share with all of you my Japanese garden in the northwest of Spain - Santiago de Compostela.
Hope you like it

[rockNhostas]

Nice! I love the stone path and water features.
Thanks for sharing!

[George Nesfield]

Hi,
Welcome to the forum.
Lovely garden, I like your large rocks they look great.
George

[thy]

Muy bonito

Like the huge stones and the wood deck- giving some peace.

Welcome to the forums
Pia

[ogrefcf]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[Bob Scott]

Stunning!

[carlamorim]

Thank you everyone it is quite new, since we finish it in February and the garden will gain a lot with the passing years. It is a pleasure to find a forum with an especifique topic for Japanese Gardens! I'll be sharing with you photos and also my blog ... The thing is that the blog is in Spanish so you might not understand a lot of it . The other thing I will share my doubts and achievements is with my Niwakis, since I have 3 pines (sylvestris) and 3 acer palmatum to work on;) I' ll share the fotos on another post...
Bye!

[carlamorim]

Here are a few more photos...








Here you can see one of my "Niwakis to be" the pinus sylvestris by the lake...











by night...

[carlamorim]

My Niwakis to be...

Pinus Sylvestris:


reduced or eliminated cones and lower needles out, and some of the branches have tutors to lower then more horizontal/down. Still haven't cut some of the braches that are opposite or useless because i`m suppose to wait winter - ell me if that is correct for pines, please




this one is with cones reduced or eliminated


the last one is to be a Monka buri over the garden gate:

almost all cones and lower needles out - can't reach the upper branches but i'm not worried since the top will be cut down in the future...


All I know about Niwakis is from books since I've never even had a Bonsai to previous learn some of the techniques... thats why all your help is important for me!

Bye!

[whis4ey]

Love the stone path .. what kind of stone is that? where does it originate?
Good work so far

[Tundra_Queen]

What a beutiful garden! I love the rocks and the water feature,,it must be so nice to sit out there and listen to the water flowing.

[thy]

Do you know the latin name for the grass by the water feature ?

Your pine is planted in February and you want to cut the top and some branches. The reason winther is said to be the wood/ tree</scrub cutting time is.. it was the time of year people had the time to do it. It is not the best time. Best time is when the tree is awake, soaking up plenthy of water and... can heal itself quickly, witch is not possible in winther.

Al in all I would cut it in the early spring.
Pia