Jardin Zen

I feel meditative already - love the pair of cloud pruned conifers, and also the soothing effect of the water.
It just needs a Japanese lady with a parasol!

Tommymoo is just the lady!

It's lovely. Green is very restful. I think a riot of colour would make it look busy :)

Yes, I think Grenadine syrup is made from Pomegranate. Well identified! A beautiful flower. Do you know there is a fruiting pomegranate in Chelsea Physic Garden. Being walled, it benefits from a microclimate. The eastern gardens are fond of just a few, usually red flowers. They look fantastic among all the green. Thanks for sharing.

Stunning photos Siris love these kind of gardens it all looks so tranquil.

I agree with all the above,beautiful.

That is a wonderful garden......love it.

Hywel, I couldn't agree more, but don't follow that idea in my garden which is a riot, especially coming home after our holiday.
Thank you for that info Karen, I wouldn't have thought it was warm enough in the UK.
Thanks 3pb,Callie, and Linda, it was indeed very tranquil.

Sometimes we need to be calm and sometimes we need excitement :) My garden is chaotic ! lol

Hywel, I need to calm down, so OH says, but at the moment the garden is a jungle, having just returned from a break away. Actually a savanna, the soil is so dry, but I understand a couple of torrential rainstorms which accounts for the plants exhuberance! Lost nothing, I think?

It's surprising how fast it all grows !

What a thunderstorm we had last night, I expect everything will put on another growth spurt.

I understand the South of England had some nasty storms.
I hope you are all right.

Hywel, Top of a hill, well a sort of plateau really, on plateau gravel, so no problems. Our rain drains down into Southampton, where they did get flooding. There is nothing higher around. Pity those folks on the Lizard Penninsula.

Yes, it's worrying. I hope they can get things sorted out soon.

A very beautiful Zen garden, very much enjoyed your blog, welcome home, not too much damage I hope, had very mixed weather, whilst you were away....

Its a beautiful garden but I felt one has to even breathe quietly, wouldn't dare step out of line and think how you'd feel if your mobile went off, thanks for sharing though Siris, I enjoyed my peep....