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"A garden should help you relax and reboot. That\u2019s its proper purpose, according to the Japanese aesthetic called shibui. \u201CWe all need a peaceful place away from the craziness, and there\u2019s no better spot for that than in nature,\u201D says Venice designer Andr\u00E9 Price Jackson (jackpricedesign.com), who embraces this philosophy\u2014with a very West Coast spin\u2014in his own garden. The plantings are spare, paving is natural. His art is easy and inventive. But you don\u2019t need to create a garden that looks Japanese to achieve shibui\u2019s effect. Just make its underlying design ideas your own.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJapanese gardens feel serene because they\u2019re not crowded. Bare spaces are as important as filled-in spaces. That\u2019s why Andr\u00E9 left the center of his garden open and planted surrounding beds with ground-hugging plants like prostrate juniper, dymondia, and blue senecio.\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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