These handmade Japanese Garden Rakes are 5’ long, with a 2’ wide head. Both the handle and head are Ash, and the 9 teeth are of Birch.
Although we call them ’Japanese’ rakes, they are handmade in Cumbria by craftsmen whose knowledge of making wooden rakes goes back further than 100 years.
We truly believe this is the best value and certainly the only handmade, Japanese garden rake you can buy.
Do you want a rake made especially for you, to your design, then just ask!
There are many reasons for the beautiful calming design of Japanese gardens, for example a Japanese garden text from the 11th century suggests, ”It is a good omen to make the stream arrive from the east, to enter the garden, pass under the house and then leave from the southeast. In this way, the water of the blue dragon will carry away all the bad spirits from the house toward the white tiger.”
The tranquil, serene area of normally white or grey gravel signified purity, a place to welcome and contemplate your God, while bridges were said to symbolise the path to paradise. That’s why Japanese gardens are a place for peaceful contemplation, a place for meditation and reflection.
And definitely a place where you make sure your mobile phone is switched off!
Our rakes also have a history of their own. Way back in the early 17th Century people started making things in a workshop in Cumbria – and a father and son, John and Graeme, are still making hayrakes in that same workshop today.
Can you think of a better example of the blending of cultures than making a Japanese Garden Rake in the age-old British way?
Handmade by craftsmen, this Japanese rake will ensure the gravel in your garden is always immaculate.
