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Garden Designer - Robert Ketchell

The Meditation garden was designed and built under the direction of Robert Ketchell, a renowned British horticulturalist who has studied landscape design extensively in Kyoto Japan.

Meditation garden designer Robert Ketchell (left), with Osmosis founder Michael Stusser.

Currently chairman of the Japanese Garden Society (based in the UK) and principle of Sansui Design, he is also an author, lecturer, film maker, and Kyoto garden tourguide. Ketchell met Osmosis founder Michael Stusser in Kyoto. The two dreamed of working together to create a garden that captured the spirit of the classic gardens of that magical Japanese city.

This booklet tells the story of the Osmosis Meditation Garden's creation and the underlying tale "Ox and Oxherder."

Our beautiful meditation garden allows you to savor the heightened state of sensory awareness and inner peace that often follows an

Osmosis treatment. Entering this serene, healing sanctuary can greatly enhance the positive impact and deepen your journey to tranquility and renewal. Here you may meditate, relax, and commune with nature.

Ox and Oxherder

The garden is a 10-stage walk through sculpture inspired by the Chinese Zen parable of the Ox and the Ox herder. A homespun picture booklet that details this fascinating story is for sale in the lobby.

Aromatic Chamomile

While in the garden, you can lie down and rest in one of the three aromatic chamomile lawns. As you lay on the herb, the oils are crushed forth by the weight of your body. The smell is divine and the effect is dreamlike as this unparalleled form of aromatherapy works its magic.