EXTERIOR & GARDEN — FUNABASHI, CHIBA — SINCE 1987
Philosophy
The trees and stones already in a garden are kept and put to use wherever we can. Around them, we draw up plans that strain neither the environment nor your budget. In Takanodai, Funabashi, we have gone on making gardens and exteriors in this way.
Our craft rests on what our chairman learned at Kitagawa Zouen in Kojimachi, Tokyo: Japanese gardens and Western-style gardens. Years spent building distinguished gardens for universities, the homes of prominent figures, temples and traditional ryōtei restaurants still inform our work today.
From Japanese gardens with koi ponds and tea gardens, to entrance gates and wooden decks where families gather.
Because no two gardens are alike, we begin by listening to you.
Established
1987
Three generations of one family. In Takanodai, Funabashi, we design and build gardens and exteriors.
Locations
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Our head office in Takanodai, and a cafe in Kamagaya that doubles as our showroom.
Our own machinery
8machines
Cranes, backhoes and dump trucks: from groundwork to planting, all in-house.
Gardens in our care
20years
Some gardens have been in our care for nearly twenty years; Chōfuku-ji’s, since the previous generation.
Service
From gateways to Japanese gardens, courtyard gardens, flower beds and wooden decks. Design, construction and the care that follows, all handled by our own craftsmen and machinery.
01Exterior & Garden design
From standard exterior work to designs built around gardening, we propose concrete plans and budgets and meet with you until you are satisfied before we begin.
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02Garden design & Gardening
Japanese and Western gardens, biotopes, groundwork and planting. We can also rework a garden around the trees and stones you already have, and look after it for years to come.
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03Japanese garden & Garden pond
We build true koi ponds, made for the fish to thrive. We have rebuilt a pond where fish would not grow, after tracing the cause, and restored ponds damaged in the 2011 earthquake. At Chōfuku-ji, a temple in Funabashi, we care for the tea garden and its stone water basin.
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04Courtyard & Biotope
For the LEXUS Funabashi showroom, we built a courtyard garden with a small stream, seen from the lounge through walls of glass. Green in summer, red in autumn, bare in winter: the seasons greet every guest.
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05Planting & Flower bed
Trees and underplanting balanced so every season shows. We plan around evergreen and deciduous balance and how plants grow together.
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06Garden Renovation
Wood decks, wood fences and walls designed for your site, planting proposals and aftercare. Proposals and estimates are free.
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Lady Banks’ roses in spring, azaleas in early summer, maples in autumn. These are flowers from gardens we have made, and from Eight Garden.
No two gardens
are alike.
Every site, every light, every family is different.
Showroom & Cafe
Eight Garden
The pleasure of making a garden, with time for tea. A cafe that is also the showroom of Yakigaya Zouen. Enjoy lunch or cake beneath timber beams, or on a terrace wrapped in green. Plants and garden supplies are on sale, and there are container-planting classes too.
Flow
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Please call us, or write through the web form, whenever it suits you.
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We listen to your wishes, your way of living and your budget.
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We check the size of the site, the sunlight and the access from the road.
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We prepare a plan and an estimate, and walk you through them.
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Once you are happy with the design and the budget, we sign the contract.
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We work with care for the neighbours, and put safety first.
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We look over the finished work with you before handing it over.
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Please leave the upkeep and maintenance to us, for years to come.
Contact
From a visit to your site to a plan and an estimate, consultation is free.
We welcome enquiries in English. As our staff work in Japanese, the web form is the best way to write to us.
