For sometime I have been a fan of Japanese gardens. The flow, the focal points, the stone, the water and the wonderful trees. I, along with my family, live in The Woodlands, Texas. The local environment of east Texas lends itself to a Japanese garden style with our majestic pines, as well as palms and deciduous trees, availability of powerful stone and our unique weather. I have been studying the art of Japanese gardens, as well as the art of the garden tree, and am writing this blog to discuss the growth of my own Japanese garden, as well as discuss my fondness for this ancient style.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Committing Fukinaoshi!

Ok.  The past weekend, after the holidays and my son's birthday, I started on my trees.  Living in The Woodlands, there are plenty of trees on my property.  None of them can be described as a Japanese Garden tree, although several are being trained.  The picture below is of a young juvenile pine tree, possibly a Slash or Loblolly pine.

I will continue with the pruning and training. I've conducted a little Fukinaoshi on this pine. For those of you that don't know, Fukinaoshi is the Japanese practice and mean's to "re-do."  I have taken off a large portion of this pine's vertical branches. This is a before picture - more picture to come.  Any suggestions would be helpful.
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