How to Feng Shui Landscaping
Feng Shui is all about balancing the elements around you to create a harmonious environment. Creating an atmosphere of positive energy will give you energy and peace. It can help your landscaping coming alive both physically and spiritually for you. Make your landscape harmonious and a welcome retreat for yourself and your guests by utilizing these steps and following Feng Shui principles. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Remove all clutter in order to begin bringing about the Feng Shui energy (ch'i) balance. For a garden, you want to remove weeds, dead plants and tree branches that have fallen. Anything that takes away from the beauty blocks the positive energy that you are trying to attract.
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Include something metal in your landscaping to call on that element of feng shui. Metal is an important element, and it could be a metal sculpture or a bird bath.
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Make sure the soil is fertile and well-maintained. This takes care of the "earth" element in feng shui.
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Let some form of water run free. It can be the water that you use to fertilize the soil, but it's better if it takes the form of a decorative fountain or bird bath. Water is the third element in feng shui.
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Include wood in your landscaping. This can take the form of a bench or a wooden pagoda overhead.
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Take advantage of the last element of feng shui which is fire. A fire pit or candles in your landscaping bring this to life nicely.
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Discourage negative energy. Placing garden items that have square or blunt edges are not welcoming to good ch'i. Benches should have rounded corners; if you have paver stones as a walkway, they should be rounded. Pots should be of natural materials and naturally colored. A fence in the middle of a garden in never a good idea. That would only block energy. You need to keep energy flowing. Steps 2 to 6 need to be in careful balance with one another.
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Provide intimate seating areas throughout, even if it is for one person. Energy moves constantly; providing varying places to sit will take advantage of the levels of energy as they shift.
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Tips & Warnings
If you choose to hang birdhouses or feeders, make sure they are muted or natural colors and materials.
Be safety conscious when burning candles or a fire in a fire pit. Always have a good supply of water nearby.
