\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nOn entering the garden you experience a distinct feeling of calm and stillness, but also a tingle of anticipation like being at the theatre when the lights go down. Then as your senses sharpen, you notice how the light keeps changing, and you begin to hear the birds<\/a> chirping and the gentle sound of waves lapping the shore. You see how some of the mosses form small, puffy cushions, while others create large, rolling carpets.<\/p>\n
Read on for more from Tom\u2019s moss garden.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Leucobryum glaucum<\/em>, an important species in Japanese moss gardens, grows best in shade.<\/p>\n
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Tom\u2019s moss garden sits at the foot of a moss- and lichen-covered slope, which Tom has likened to a glacier due to its flowing character. The garden is accessed by a bridge made from two Japanese-inspired, broad planks.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
The lichen- and moss-covered rocks accentuate the topography of the foreground, while the guardian stone highlights the vertical axis. It is in part a nod to the 17th-century French landscape architect Andr\u00e9 Le N\u00f4tre who used similar techniques to create views.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nNestling under the sloping rock face that conjures up a glacier is Tom\u2019s small, dry garden, which represents the pool of water<\/a> that might have formed from the glacier\u2019s melting ice.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Tom Simons on the bench he built from M\u00f6landet birch. He believes that landscape architects have a duty to reveal the features of nature and landscape in their work. The bench is the perfect place from which to admire the soothing topographic forms of the moss garden and the borrowed landscape beyond.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Tom\u2019s installation, Dance Macabre, highlights the fragility of nature and was inspired by a 15th-century drawing by the German artist Michael Wolgemut.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nThe lichen Peltigera rufescens<\/em> forms a small carpet around the guardian stone. It was a pleasant surprise to Tom when it appeared, having established itself after he poured chalk on the soil to encourage sedum<\/a> to grow.<\/p>\n
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The small to medium-sized peat moss Sphagnum capillifolium<\/em> forms dense, green carpets or hummocks. Keeping the tussocks and surrounding areas clean and free of debris are important tasks in the garden.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Kreetta J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4 <\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
Cladonia stellaris<\/em>, a slow-growing, mat-forming cup lichen, makes an appearance in Tom\u2019s garden, although he prefers to concentrate on mosses. The dominating species of lichen in the garden is Cladonia arbuscula.<\/em><\/p>\n
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A low, cut-stone pillar on top of the rock marks the entrance to the garden, its shining, horizontal surface providing a point of reference for the eye. Walking down into the garden and stepping on the planks you feel as though you are entering a different world.<\/p>\n
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A longer version of this article appeared in our October Gardens Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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