Japandi Outdoor Living

Laila Rietbergen is passionate about the Japandi design trend and lifestyle. With her Instagram account, @japandi.interior, she inspires more than 630,000 followers on a daily basis. Marlous Snijder is a freelance writer, content maker and columnist for vtwonen.nl and AD. Together, Laila and Marlous already wrote Japandi Living and Japandi.

"""In the book Japandi – Outdoor Living, designer and author Laila Rietbergen takes a welcome step out of the living room and into the garden. Here, Japanese tranquility and Scandinavian simplicity meet under the open sky – in tranquil courtyards, meditative rock gardens and on balconies where every pot has earned its place.""""Japandi – Outdoor Living is an invitation to see your outdoor environment – however small it may be – as a space to live in, not just to look at. Rietbergen shows with convincing examples and fabulous images that the path there is rarely complicated. It starts with a stone, a bench and the ability to let nature do the rest.""" - HOOM Sweden

• Preface 7About the author 9About this book 11CHAPTER ONE - In harmony with nature 13Core principles of Japandi 14The philosophies of the Japandi garden 28Japanese gardens 60Scandinavian gardens 80In conversation with Annika Zetterman 107Checklist: Embracing influence from Japan and Scandinavia 108CHAPTER TWO – The building blocks of outdoor harmony 113Designing with purpose and peace 114In conversation with Noël van Mierlo 124Aesthetic and sensory – forms, shapes, materials, colours and textures 136In conversation with Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen 208CHAPTER THREE – The living layer 213Soil – the engine of your outdoor space 214Plant traditions – roots in Japanese and Nordic history 220Choosing plants – seasonality and biodiversity 228Arranging your plants – height, layers and grouping 232Checklist: Seasonal care 248Thank you 253Credits 254