Create a Zen Backyard
There are plenty of reasons to use feng shui to create a zen space inside the home, but using feng shui outdoors can create tranquility in the yard, too!
Outdoor spaces are often overlooked when it comes to creating a calm, tranquil place for residents to go to relax. More effort is put into creating an area for kids to play, pets to roam free, or a place to barbecue. Creating a feng shui area in your backyard doesn’t necessarily mean you have to remove any of these important family spaces. Setting up a tranquil but usable space within the confines of your fenced in yard is possible!
Feng shui in your yard
There are five important feng shui elements to keep in mind when designing your tranquil backyard space. Wood, fire, earth, metal and water are the elements you want to find a way to incorporate into your outdoor space to have a positive energy flow. The balance of these elements is essential for allowing the universe’s energy to flow freely.
It is easy to incorporate these elements into an outdoor space. A small pond or fountain can cover water and small trees, while a handmade wooden bench can cover wood. Earth will be taken care of easily with plants and the natural landscape of your yard. Fire can be covered with candles or a small fire pit, and the metal element can be taken care of with aluminum fencing. Choose a neutral color for your fence as it will be the outermost part of the feng shui garden, not the focal point.
The use of color
Color plays a big part in feng shui, especially when it comes to flowers and foliage. Using contrasting colors in a green backyard is helpful in creating a zen garden. If you aren’t interested in bright, vibrant colors, stick with a sprinkling of bright white flowers among all of the green of the yard.
If you are willing to use some bright colors, you will want to keep to the Bagua Color Theory, which is also known as the feng shui color wheel. The idea behind this theory is to keep positive energy flowing through a space. Using the color wheel practice inside a home can be a bit hard, but a backyard is a great place to practice the Bagua Color Theory because of the clearly defined spaces that can be utilized.
To keep with the color wheel, there are supposed to be eight colors in a wheel-like shape. The closest one to you should be a darker blue or black, followed by blue, green, purple, red, pink, white and gray. Each color represents an element, and together they create a flow of positive energy that returns to the home to give good fortune and health.
Adding a fence to the mix
It might seem like a fence would inhibit a flow of energy and get in the way of feng shui, but it can actually help set apart the safe space to create a zen-like area to sit and relax in. Utilize aluminum fencing to enclose your property and yard away from the hustle and bustle of the street.
Add privacy panels to keep it quieter if necessary. This allows your yard’s new feng shui atmosphere to have no interruptions, with your fence creating the barrier from the outside world. Let your fence do the work of keeping the negative energy out while your beautiful new yard keeps the positive energy from the universe flowing!