Once you've created your garden, make sure you rake the gravel or sand regularly, say once a week, to maintain its appeal.

Jackson, who shares instructions to build a Zen garden, advises keeping it simple. "Don't worry about being too formal and exact," he said. "Make it the way you want it." Rakes for Zen rock ...

If the words "litter box" turn you off, don't worry — I'm basically talking about those little zen gardens where you rake the sand around, but with the genius addition of little cat figurines.

The purpose of a Zen garden, those stylized landscapes created ... and while it might not be the same as mastering the body control needed to rake gravel with precision, watching the ball push ...

Don't worry. Just because you can't take care of plants doesn't mean you can't have a garden. Yes, that's right, thanks to Zen, you can have a rock garden. And you can even have it inside if you want.

Consider creating DIY Zen garden kits. Use shallow containers filled with sand or gravel, including small bags of stones, a miniature rake, and instructions for mindfully arranging the elements.

Zen gardens are dry landscapes that date back centuries ... can enjoy the meditative motions of raking sand with a miniature rake and arranging and re-arranging stones in desktop kit gardens.

Perhaps the best thing about a Zen garden is how easy it is not only to make, but to remake from time to time. So if your first go at creating serenity doesn’t exactly follow your plans, never ...

or someone rakes the gravel in a different pattern, or a bird settles in, and all the relationships change. It is just all about thought.” The thought-provoking nature of Zen gardens invites the ...