Don’t have a karesansui and want to “rake” the G4P design?
If you don’t have a karesansui, “rake” the pattern via an activity or using another medium (see ideas below).
If your garden is public, ask visitors or a special group that you invite to the garden to rake the pattern in small sand boxes, using natural or craft materials, or other media (rocks, paper, calligraphy, ceramics, etc.) In the past, the Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix offered their participants the opportunity to do this via calligraphy. You could also ask visitors to do this with pen and paper or craft materials. This could be docent led or self-guided.
Other ideas:
Ikebana groups could use the design to inspire an arrangement.
If your garden is private, you can “rake” the pattern in the ways listed above or in a different way of your choosing. For example, if you have a lawn, could you mown the design into it? or use ribbon or people to create the design and take a photo? You could also “rake” the pattern on paper with pen and paper or craft materials.
Photo 1: Fort Worth Botanic Garden: mini karesansui sand boxes
Photo 2: Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix: using calligraphy
Photo 3: Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson: using rocks to create the pattern in the garden