Meditation room design in private garden
Hi iam redoing my private garden nd looking for a nice meditation room design would 60 sft be enough post me some ideas pls
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First of all, I think you need to take everything off the ground and from under those fabulous walls on the right and THEN repost. Please?
Are you going to re-do the doors at the end - I certainly hope so. I would NOT get rid of one single thing attached to the walls. And I would definitely keep those posts or pillars or whatever that is.
I would then suggest the FIRST thing you do for now - is level the ground, get rid of the debris and PAINT the entire space a natural color of your chosing? ALL the space the SAME color. I actually really like the green which is on the outside walls. The blue column must go - try painting this too?
After you have restored the gates, SECURED your space and cleaned out all the debris - show us some pictures.
Do you get a lot of rain? Do you plan on using a lot of stone for design impact? Do you want some separate garden room spaces in this garden? All of these things are important - but it is very difficult to tell what we are working with here - as it all seems confused. I also think you might have a better concept of what direction you would like to go with, once these few simple thing have been done.
Will your garden area need a sloped floor space OR drain - for water? All of these issues must be decided PRIOR to implementing a complete design. Would you like a small ground level deck area in your garden as a focal point. Are you wanting a water feature? Do you have available water lines into this space?
Please let us know - I am sure EVERYONE will be very anxious to help you with this beautiful and exotic looking space. :-)
thanks
concept will be more like zen garden style thats what i have in my mind .
we have rains on season but have planned to make it slope and the right corner we will have plants being sandy area draining of water is never a problem.doors needs to be replaced they where originally antique doors got messed up .
the blue one is water cascade.
will keep posted..
I thought you might be in India - I gathered this by the different design elements.
Since you like a ZEN garden feel - instead of laying tile everywhere - what about an area where you can sit and meditate? Perhaps a little ground level wooden deck - ?
I still think you need to paint everything the same color - this will make the space look more uniform and NOT interrupted - which is the background for a ZEN like space. I would definitely paint the water cascade the same color - yes? Does that mean it is where the water pipes are, or is this like a water fall - where water runs down the front of the brick?
What about making a VERY small fountain or water space - the sound of trickling water is one of the main elements of Zen or Japanese Gardens. You could place a small catch basin under the water - and place some beautiful water lilies from Nepal in the water. yes? Cover the sides - which should be level with the ground with plant material.
I don't know what kind of plants you have there which grow in the shade - but this what you need to find. Look for SHADE plants to place into your garden.
I am a geographer and anthropologist - so I do know about the monsoonal rains and the weather. Am I correct this is middle or southern India?
What about some beatiful carved or painted wooden benches for your garden? Is part of your area coverd so it does not get wet? Can you build a small covered area which you could hang silks used in saris on the sides and put beautiful colored pillows to sit on? We have a VERY large Indian-Hindu community here - where I live in Decatur Georgia - and several very large temples. I often go to the Indian stores and I am just amazed at all the beatutiful silks. I have used some of the beatufil silk scarves to cover the tops of the dresser where I keep my clothes.
My last suggestion for now is this: Look on this site for pictures of Japanese Gardens. I think this is what you are looking for.
Remember this: In Zen - elements of nature are used to create sound - water, light - for air, stones and sand - for earth, etc. Everything is usually very soft, natural and very simple.
This IS the peace where there are NO distractions.
I hope you can fix your beautiful garden gates - or have another door made to replace the broken one. They are amazing.
Please keep me posted. I will be anxious to see your added pictures of the whole space.
So very lovely. :-)
I did have another thought here: IF you put all of the tiles down - will there be a space at the end or on the sides where you can plant a border of plant materials - ??
Also, you could place a small ground level deck OVER some of the tiles, where you would just take one step up - I do know in India you can get just about anything one would ever need. You could surround this deck with beautiful, natural colored pots with plants - palms, or what might grow in shade/low light areas - FERNS - lots of ferns - soft, lacy - different shades of greens?
Then you could use this area for your mediation. Have the beautiful pillows. Perhaps you could even take some bamboo poles - tying these together with natural ropes and form a struture to sit under and hang silks from the sides - soft - billowing in light breeze?
The wonderful thing about Zen - and other forms of relaxation - is the play of shadow on walls, from the leaves of trees, soothing, mezmerizing - play of light and sound (the trickle of water on stone - water softly falling from bamboo faucets, driping onto stones).
I once read that Zen Monks (some Zen Monks) spent their entire lives - finding the EXACT perfect stone - and stone arrangement - for the water to drip onto - to create the perfect sound they wanted to hear. In Japan - this is considered very high art form.
Perhaps - you might order some books on the Concept of ZEN Gardening? This might give you some ideas to first play with, then take some of these concepts to create your own interpretation for your Garden.
I would also use some carved stone sculptures - placed around the garden.
Please do tell me about the blue water cascade - So I know what this is?
I also think before you lay all of the stone - you should definitely consider a small pond or fountain - a most important element for your beautiful garden.
Thanks.
very inexpensive once installed. LED system. for a lighted pathway.
Greenthumb2 - this is her private garden outside of her bedroom - don't think the above is what she is looking for?
By painting all of the walls a soft-soothing color - you will neutralize them - and will bring forward only what is placed in the space. Perhaps a very soft natural beige or wheat color? A soft blue-grey? OR, a more naturalisitic soft green - brighter - harder colors are somewhat a shock to the system - yes?
Even your beautiful water cascade - could be painted a beautiful SOFT blue?
AND - meditation can be done ANYWHERE we find peace - not needed to create a separate space.
I would simply get lots of beautiful pots, with planted materials, some beautiful dark garden benches - placed along the walls - with some beautiful silk pillows, etc., and sit where-ever you like.
A lovel small fountain base below your water cascade with some lilly pads, and you are done.
And I do hope you can have those gates restored - they are SO fabulous and add so much to your space - what a treasure this is.
YES - please show us when you have laid the flooring - I just know this is going to be Amazing. :-)
The pergola picture is for form only. A rounded (arched canopy area for quiet thought, conversation, meditation)...The client could use their own idea of materials, such as fabric, bamboo woven panels, bamboo poles. The fireplace was not part of the idea for them. It just happened to be in the pergola picture....
Reasoning; When there are very high ceilings in architectural styles, they often curb intimate thought. Open sky, yes. Tall ceilings, not often. Maybe roj has an open sky terrace, maybe there is no roof overhead. That would offer a different concept.
Yes, meditation is open to use at any place, at any moment, but roj asked us to think about this space. The solar tiles may work just fine. Often, the panels absorb all natural light from the sun and this would create a special glow at night. Subtle.
I am really glad you are interested in the posted project. Hopefully, more posters will join us.
roj, you may want to talk with someone who can tell you which, if any of these would be suitable for your space. Sensitive Smithia, Snake Gourd, Hill Turmeric, Wild Turnmric, Madhavii Lata, Dwarf Rhododendrum, Batino, Hachet cactus, Mountain Knot Grass, and East Indian Screw Tree. found the plants on native to india.net
Thought several examples would give you ideas for the kind of plant life you may consider, or not consider. You may think about if you want something in bloom all year by using a variety of native flora.
Where the black iron is you could use aluminum shutters in a soft walnut wood powder coat.
They would give you better privacy from your neighbors (you can adjust the blades to a suitable angle or even close them) and the aluminium wouldn't weather in the rains.
I think the clean design and horizontal lines would look very zen as well.
I am assuming it has roof, as she was not able to grow a type of Asian Grass here, and this IS one of the hotter regions of India.
What I love most - are those stunning Antique doors at the end of the space - for the garden gates - which I HOPE she can have one reproduced and the other repaired. this adds so much to the mysteriousness of the garden room. Love IT!
I lived for some time in Charleston, S.C. where many folks have "secret gardens" and I must say - there is quite nothing like feel so far away, when one is only behind a wall, surrounded by such beauty.
But - back to this: There are so many incredible design elements which she has - here - this bed-room garden will be majical no matter what she does. The water feature, the columns, the iron works above the right hand wall - and visual space alone - amazing.
I just cannot wait to see. She definitely wants her floor laid down, so - I am sure she will let us know.
AND - the we can assist - yes? Thanks for your input too . . . and yes, perhaps others will assist - but I do know there are so many things obtainable in India - it could absolutely be Magic! :-) Happy turkey day.
I am assuming it has roof, as she was not able to grow a type of Asian Grass here, and this IS one of the hotter regions of India.
What I love most - are those stunning Antique doors at the end of the space - for the garden gates - which I HOPE she can have one reproduced and the other repaired. this adds so much to the mysteriousness of the garden room. Love IT!
I lived for some time in Charleston, S.C. where many folks have "secret gardens" and I must say - there is quite nothing like feel so far away, when one is only behind a wall, surrounded by such beauty.
But - back to this: There are so many incredible design elements which she has - here - this bed-room garden will be majical no matter what she does. The water feature, the columns, the iron works above the right hand wall - and visual space alone - amazing.
I just cannot wait to see. She definitely wants her floor laid down, so - I am sure she will let us know.
AND - the we can assist - yes? Thanks for your input too . . . and yes, perhaps others will assist - but I do know there are so many things obtainable in India - it could absolutely be Magic! :-) Happy turkey day.
Mostly work should be finished in a week Nd r in final stage will keep u posted
One might be enlightened when they realize there are many ways to express art - and the beauty is all in the actual art. Using my tile imaging process is often just a means to an end - that is to say someone's art transformed into this format will endure the elements; it might otherwise become faded and degraded over time. I have found that many do not even know this is possible.
Please keep your shouting and grunting to yourself - thank you!
As to the doors, again I am sorry - as an anthropologist - was just in awe of having something this lovely in a garden setting. All of the fabulous pictures of columns and other objects was magnificent - and I just felt the gates were a beautiful compliment to this setting.
I hope all of this turns out the way you desire and I apolgize if I have offended anyone.