If you have decided to go with the Japanese bamboo garden theme, you will find that the garden has to be simplistic, balanced and most of all tranquil to the soul and eye. The Japanese bamboo garden will also have the yin yang feeling to it, which is half manly and half feminine.

Although the Japanese bamboo garden would have to be as simplistic as possible, almost minimalist, you will find it sometimes not so easy to create. Since having a Chinese, eastern or Japanese bamboo garden design is not having too much overgrowth in a garden, you could have some bonsai also in the garden, and since bonsai is true traditional gardening. Making and keeping miniatures of real trees has been a relaxing but creative way since the dawn of time for the Japanese, and is nowadays been seen as a creative form of art.

Obtaining Information Beforehand

Planning a Japanese bamboo garden will take some time on your behalf and research can be done on the Internet and help is available at your local garden supply store. The store should also carry a host of various gardening books for your convenience and if you don't have the Internet, the library is your next best bet to get the best ideas from.

Once you have decided on what you are wanting in your new Japanese bamboo garden, the first thing that would be done is that most of what you have in your existing garden would have to be cleared out. Some plants that you may have could blend in with the Japanese bamboo garden theme, and could probably just be relocated if necessary. Although we are trying to make a greener earth, before disposing of all unwanted plants that you will be pulling out, find out from friends and family beforehand if any of them wants them.

One of the most important things usually found in any Japanese bamboo garden would be a water feature of some sort. The water is the symbol for life, which creates more life which is of vital importance in any garden. You will also find that in every eastern style garden all the elements are used, wind, earth, fire and water, this is done to create a harmonious balance for the garden and for self well-being. Wind would be for chimes; earth would be for the ground to plant in or the Zen garden, fire for the lighting and water for the plants to grow well and the feel of tranquility and good chi.