The path around a Japanese Garden is a circle.
Our garden represents the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Adelaide Plains.
May 2005 - The Pine Tree (Callitris gracilis)
August 2006 - The Pine Tree (Callitris gracilis)
May 2005 - A Healthy Woodland
August 2006 - A Healthy Woodland
May 2005 - First Resting Stones
August 2006 - First Resting Stones
Welcome to our Japanese Style Native Garden. As we enter the garden we remember that the traditional owners of this land were the Kaurna People.
We enter the garden through the gate made from a stone column and a water fountain.
We enter the garden through the gate made from a stone column and a water fountain.
A water feature at the entrance of the Japanese Garden reminds us to be clean of body and of mind as we enter a sacred place.
A water feature at the entrance of the Japanese Garden reminds us to be clean of body and of mind as we enter a sacred place.
In a Japanese Garden, everything represents local land features and plants.
All of the plants and even the rocks have come from as close to our school as possible.
The pine tree is one of the important trees in Japan. Its refusal to shed its leaves for the winter cold symbolises courage in adversity, with its long life symbolising immortality.
The pine tree is one of the important trees in Japan. Its refusal to shed its leaves for the winter cold symbolises courage in adversity, with its long life symbolising immortality.
In a healthy woodland there are young plants, adult plants and dead plants.
In a healthy woodland there are young plants, adult plants and dead plants.
Along the path there are places to rest, observe nature, contemplate and regenerate psychologically.
Along the path there are places to rest, observe nature, contemplate and regenerate psychologically.
This rock represents an echidna digging for ants.
This rock represents an echidna digging for ants.
We have been climbing up a cool shady valley. These 2 rocks represent Mount Lofty and Mount Bonython.
We have been climbing up a cool shady valley. These 2 rocks represent Mount Lofty and Mount Bonython.
A dry river bed. In the Adelaide Hills and Plains, we have many flood creeks that are dry most of the time and only flow when there is heavy rain, just like this one that starts up near Mount Lofty.
A dry river bed. In the Adelaide Hills and Plains, we have many flood creeks that are dry most of the time and only flow when there is heavy rain, just like this one that starts up near Mount Lofty.
Second Resting Stones. Along the path there are places to rest, observe nature, contemplate and regenerate psychologically.
Second Resting Stones. Along the path there are places to rest, observe nature, contemplate and regenerate psychologically.
This dead wattle tree could still provide a home for small lizards and insects and so it stays.
Our path is a circle it brings us back to where we started.
