COURTYARD Gardens or Tsubo-niwa were traditionally created in small areas between palace or temple buildings in the minimalist Zen dry landscape style. They include areas of sand or gravel and rocks. Jade Pavilions brings you the essential elements for the creation of your own Tsubo-niwa as a complete design/build project or the supply and installation of shoji panelling topped out with a small cedar roof, granite basins and lanterns and bridges etc. We offer a number of different styles from a simple backdrop to a quiet corner of your garden, to an enclosed garden viewed from the outside or within.

From dream via drawing to reality this award winning RHS show garden illustrates the peace and tranquility that can be achieved in a small space… It was designed for the Tatton Park Show and represents the inner part of a Japanese tea garden set in a courtyard context, with water basin, winding path and dry stream crossing leading to the teahouse. This garden featured prominently in the BBC2 Tatton Show review.