Many people draw their spiritual strength from the Far Eastern teachings of Feng Shui. The principles of Chinese harmony can be wonderfully applied to garden design. Dive into a we alth of creative tips here on how to create your very own Feng Shui garden.
How do I create a Feng Shui garden?
To design a garden according to Feng Shui, divide it into nine Bagua zones and integrate the elements of water, fire, earth, wood and metal. Create harmonious transitions and choose plants and decorative elements to match the zones to let the chi flow freely.
What does the term Feng Shui mean?
The approaches of the Far Eastern Feng Shui philosophy are based on the thesis that a happy life depends on the balance of the five elemental forces: fire, earth, wood, metal and water. Only when these elements are in balance can the positive life energy Chi flow freely.
According to the Bagua grid, there are nine areas of life that must be designed according to the principles of Feng Shui. The individual rooms gather around the Thai Chi center in fixed directions, which are further strengthened by an element in their positive impact on your life:
- Career in the North: strengthened by water
- Glory in the South: enhanced by fire
- Family in the East: reinforced by wood
- Children in the West: reinforced by metal
In the south-west is the partnership zone, reinforced by the element earth. We alth is located in the south-east of the garden, enhanced by the element of wood. In the north-east you create the zone for knowledge, reinforced by earth. If you create the room for helpful friends in the north-west, integrate the metal element into the design plan.
Incorporate Bagua zones into your garden design – this is how it works
Draw a floor plan that takes into account the division of your garden according to the nine bagua zones. You can tolerate small missing areas or overlaps as long as the entire area largely fits. Now you can let your creativity run wild to design the individual regions. The following tips serve as suggestions:
- Career: curved paths, a stream, trees with hanging branches, bluebells and garden orchids
- Glory: a fireplace, fragrant roses or lilacs, lamps and stone lanterns
- Family: Seating area with a wooden bench, a fountain, vigorously growing plants such as bamboo or buddleia
- Children: play equipment, sandpit, berry bushes, round shaped book trees, small snack garden with vegetables
- Partnership: square beds with red and yellow flowers, a rock garden or cottage garden
- We alth: wooden bucket with geraniums or rose bushes, a fountain as a water source
- Knowledge: Plants in yellow, orange and brown, an arbor as a seat, gravel bed or rock garden
- helpful friends: small seating area, yellow-gold flowers, like daffodils, metal chimes (€8.00 on Amazon)
- Tai Chi Center: gravel areas, statues or a herbal spiral as an eye-catcher
If you design your garden according to Feng Shui, it should not appear overloaded. Flowing transitions and recurring colors create calm and serenity in the appearance.
Tip
The Bagua Zone family in the east is perfect for setting up a gazebo here. Family members primarily gather here for cozy hours. In addition, the element of wood has a reinforcing effect on the positive energies in this area, which is beneficial for family peace.
