Make sure the rocks contrast in shape, size and color. This is a way to encourage the visitor to look to themselves for balance and perfection rather than to the outside world. Use flowers or colored plants only for accents and to focus the viewers attention to certain areas within your garden. In miniature gardens, mountains are represented by small stones and little pools of water symbolize a lake or the sea. Create an imaginary site which include these elements.
Many gardens have cranes which symbolize immortality.
Use this symbol or another significant representation of an ideal which you have learned in other lessons. Visit today's related Cultural Connection .