Zen Garden Name Generator

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Generate zen garden names for a raked gravel garden at home, a meditation corner, a retreat courtyard, a desktop sand tray or a game build, from Garden of Raked Silence and Still Stone Court to Desk Dune.

About zen garden names

A zen garden, as the name is used in English, is the Japanese dry landscape garden called karesansui: raked gravel or sand that stands in for water, rocks placed as islands or mountains, some moss, and very little else. The best-known examples, such as the fifteen-rock garden at Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, are known by the name of the temple they belong to, so a home garden has no formula to follow: name yours for what it shows or how it feels.

The 1,000 names here include "Garden of" phrases (Garden of Raked Silence), names built on rock, gravel, moss, pine, bamboo and water, moon, mist and season names, one-word calm names like Hush and Repose, and counted names in the style of Seven Stones. A small share pairs a Japanese aesthetic term with an English noun: kanso means simplicity, shizen naturalness, seijaku stillness, and yugen a subtle depth that is felt more than seen.

Small and modern gardens have their own groups: courts, corners and paths for a side yard or balcony, retreat and spa gardens, desktop sand trays (Desk Dune), game builds (Save Point Garden), and a few puns on rakes, sand and rocks. Zen is a living Buddhist tradition, so the list borrows the look of the garden and leaves temple names and religious claims alone.

How to choose zen garden names

  • Name what is really there. Count the rocks, note the tree or the lantern, and a name like Seven Stones or One Pine Court will stay true for years.
  • Keep it short. Two or three words fit on a small wooden sign or a label on a desktop tray, and they are easier to say out loud.
  • Use a Japanese term only if you know what it means and how to say it. Seijaku Garden works when you can tell a visitor that seijaku means stillness.
  • Match the name to the scale. Court, corner, path and tray suit a small space better than a grand "Garden of" phrase.
  • For a retreat or spa garden that the public will see, search the name online first to make sure a nearby garden or venue is not already using it.

Frequently asked questions

What is a zen garden called in Japanese?

The dry landscape style is called karesansui, which means dry mountain and water. "Zen garden" is the common English name for it. In the list, names such as Backyard Karesansui and Cubicle Karesansui use the Japanese word directly.

What are some good names for a zen garden?

Good names are short and describe the garden plainly. From this list, Still Stone Court, Garden of Raked Silence, Moss & Moon Garden, Ripple Court and The Quiet Rake all name something you can see or feel in the space. Pick one that matches your own rocks, plants and light.

Can I name a desktop zen garden?

Yes, and a small tray suits a lighter name. Try Desk Dune, Tray of Small Calm, The Five-Minute Garden or Lunch Break Dunes. The list also has names for game builds, such as Save Point Garden and Spawn Point Sanctuary.

Do the Japanese words in these names have real meanings?

Yes, the list uses established words such as kanso (simplicity), shizen (naturalness), seijaku (stillness), yugen (subtle depth), wabi-sabi (beauty in the plain and the worn) and karesansui (dry landscape). Most are paired with an English noun, as in Kanso Court or Yugen Corner, and the list does not make up Japanese compounds or temple names. Others name things in the garden: komorebi is sunlight through leaves, shakkei is borrowed scenery, tsukimi is moon viewing, tsukubai is a low stone wash basin, sekitei is a rock garden and koke is moss. Look up any term you do not know before you use it.

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A: 32 names

  • A Corner Kept Calm
  • A Corner, Borrowed
  • A Fine Line Garden
  • A Place to Put Down the Day
  • A Rake in Progress
  • A Reach of Pale Gravel
  • A Rolling Stone's Day Off
  • A Single Fallen Leaf
  • A Single Stone
  • Abide
  • AFK in the Garden
  • After the Rain Stops
  • After the Rake Passes
  • Afterglow Terrace
  • Afternoon on the Tile Cap
  • Afternoon Tea Court
  • Against the Far Wall
  • Akatsuki Gravel Garden
  • All the Time There Is
  • Alleyway Moss Strip
  • Along the Fence Line
  • An Hour With No Name
  • Anchor Rock at the Center
  • April Rain Garden
  • Arched Bridge Over Gravel
  • Archipelago
  • As the Dew Dries
  • Atrium Rockwork
  • Autumn Leaf Sea
  • Autumn Moon Walk
  • Azalea Beside the Step
  • Azalea Mound Garden

B: 42 names

  • Back Fence Hermitage
  • Back Step Zen Garden
  • Backyard Karesansui
  • Balance
  • Balcony Karesansui
  • Bamboo & Breeze Court
  • Bamboo Gate Approach
  • Bamboo Grove Sanctuary
  • Bamboo Hush
  • Bamboo Island Build
  • Bamboo Rustle Walk
  • Bamboo Screen Garden
  • Bamboo Spout Hollow
  • Basalt Hollow
  • Base Camp Karesansui
  • Basin & Bell Garden
  • Basin Ice at First Thaw
  • Basin of Sky
  • Bee in the Camellia
  • Before the Bell
  • Behind the Bamboo Fence

B, continued

  • Behind the Bathhouse
  • Bench for Listening to Rain
  • Between a Rock and a Calm Place
  • Beyond the Middle Gate
  • Biome Border Garden
  • Black Pine Terrace
  • Blockstone Plateau
  • Blue Hour Gravel
  • Bookshelf Rockery
  • Borrowed Scenery Court
  • Boulder & Blossom Yard
  • Boulder, Breath, Gravel
  • Bowl That Catches the Drip
  • Breathe
  • Breathwork Lawn
  • Breeze Bell Garden
  • Breezeway Gravel Strip
  • Bridge of One Slab
  • Brushwood Fence Garden
  • Budding Maple Yard
  • Butterfly Rest Rock

C: 49 names

  • Cabin Row Rock Garden
  • Calmshore
  • Camellia Corner Garden
  • Campsite Karesansui
  • Cedar & Cloud Garden
  • Cedar Calm
  • Cedar Tub Garden
  • Checkpoint Stillness
  • Cherry Biome Hideaway
  • Cherry Petal Drift
  • Cherry Week Garden
  • Chunk Border Stillness
  • Cicada Shell Garden
  • Circle and Line Garden
  • Clarity
  • Clay Wall Garden
  • Clear Pool Garden
  • Clear Spring Rise
  • Clearing
  • Cloud Shadow Court
  • Coaster-Sized Zen Garden
  • Cobble and Bamboo Build
  • Cobble Edge Garden
  • Coffee Break Cove

C, continued

  • Cold Dew Garden
  • Comb Marks at Noon
  • Composure
  • Concentric Calm
  • Conference Call Courtyard
  • Corner by the Maple
  • Corner for Sitting Still
  • Corner Lot Calm
  • Corner With a Lantern
  • Courtyard of the Single Tree
  • Cozy Save Garden
  • Crane and Tortoise Court
  • Crane Island Court
  • Creative Mode Calm
  • Crescent Moon Furrows
  • Cricket Song Corner
  • Crow on a Bare Branch
  • Crushed Granite Terrace
  • Cubicle Karesansui
  • Cupped Hands Garden
  • Curved Furrow Terrace
  • Cushion and Veranda
  • Cushion by the Gravel
  • Cushion Moss Garden
  • Cypress Shade Garden

D: 28 names

  • Dark Slate Garden
  • Datsuzoku Hideaway
  • Dawn Raking Garden
  • Day Spa Dry Garden
  • Decompression Terrace
  • Deep Snow Silence
  • Deer Path Crossing
  • Deer Scarer Garden
  • Desk Drawer Dunes
  • Desk Dune
  • Desktop Stillness
  • Dew & Dusk Garden
  • Dew on Gravel
  • Dew-Wet Path
  • Dewfall Court
  • Dewlight
  • Dipper and Basin Garden
  • Do Not Disturb Garden
  • Doorstep Gravel Patch
  • Dove on the Lantern
  • Dragonfly Above the Furrows
  • Dragonfly on the Bamboo Spout
  • Dragonfly Pause Garden
  • Drifting Cloud Rest
  • Drop by Drop
  • Dusk Lantern Garden
  • Dwarf Pine Island
  • Dwell

E: 25 names

  • Early Blossom Yard
  • Earthen Wall Enclosure
  • Ease
  • Eddy in Gravel
  • Eight Bamboo Walk
  • Eight Views of Gravel
  • Eight-Plank Bridge Garden
  • Elder Rock Court
  • Eleven Steps
  • Emerald Moss Hollow
  • Empty Inventory Garden
  • End of Quarter Sandbox
  • Engawa View Garden
  • Enough
  • Enso Circle Garden
  • Entry Path Stillness
  • Equanimity
  • Equinox Garden
  • Evenfall
  • Evening Arrives Slowly
  • Evening Mist Path
  • Evening Star Court
  • Evening Wind-Down Garden
  • Evergreen in January
  • Exhale

F: 40 names

  • Fallen Camellia Garden
  • Fallen Ginkgo Court
  • Falling Leaf Landing
  • Fern & Flint Hollow
  • Fern Shadow Nook
  • Ferns by the Step
  • Fieldstone Quiet
  • Fifteen Rocks, Fourteen Seen
  • Finch at the Water Bowl
  • Fine Gravel Waves
  • Firefly Dusk Garden
  • First Crocus Corner
  • First Light on the Top Step
  • First Light Yard
  • First Pass of the Rake
  • First Snow Garden
  • First Stone, Last Stone
  • Five Islands Reach
  • Five Rings Rippling
  • Five Stone Sea
  • Five-Star Island Rock Garden
  • Flat Stone Landing
  • Fogline
  • Foot Bath Court
  • Footsteps on Moss
  • For Goodness Rake
  • Forgotten Side Passage Garden
  • Four Corners of Calm
  • Four Lanterns Lit
  • Four O'Clock Shadows
  • Four Seasons in Gravel
  • Fox Tracks in Gravel
  • Freshly Drawn Lines
  • Frog at the Basin
  • Frost Line at Dawn
  • Frost on the Basin Rim
  • Frosted Furrows
  • Fukinsei Rock Trio
  • Full Moon Rake
  • Furrowed Brow Not Included

G: 97 names

  • Garden Along the Garage Wall
  • Garden Between Walls
  • Garden by the Soaking Pool
  • Garden Framed in Cedar
  • Garden in the Gap
  • Garden of a Hundred Mosses
  • Garden of Borrowed Hills
  • Garden of Calm Weather
  • Garden of Clear Intent
  • Garden of Distant Bells
  • Garden of Drifting Petals
  • Garden of Early Frost
  • Garden of Even Breathing
  • Garden of Falling Needles
  • Garden of Fifteen Views
  • Garden of Gathered Quiet
  • Garden of Green Velvet
  • Garden of Half-Seen Mountains
  • Garden of Kintsugi Gold
  • Garden of Level Ground
  • Garden of Lingering Dew
  • Garden of Low Boulders
  • Garden of Ma
  • Garden of Mist and Cedar
  • Garden of Morning Lines
  • Garden of Nothing Extra
  • Garden of One Breath
  • Garden of Pale Gravel
  • Garden of Passing Clouds
  • Garden of Plain Things
  • Garden of Rain on Slate
  • Garden of Raked Silence

G, continued

  • Garden of Seated Shadows
  • Garden of Settled Dust
  • Garden of Simple Tasks
  • Garden of Slow Mornings
  • Garden of Small Islands
  • Garden of Soft Edges
  • Garden of Tea and Rainfall
  • Garden of the Closed Gate
  • Garden of the Dozing Tortoise
  • Garden of the Dry Stream
  • Garden of the Empty Cup
  • Garden of the Evening Crane
  • Garden of the Folded Screen
  • Garden of the Gong
  • Garden of the Hidden Spring
  • Garden of the Kneeling Bamboo
  • Garden of the Lantern Keeper
  • Garden of the Last Light
  • Garden of the Leaning Pine
  • Garden of the Listening Wall
  • Garden of the Long Exhale
  • Garden of the Low Moon
  • Garden of the Mended Bowl
  • Garden of the Narrow Bridge
  • Garden of the Noon Shadow
  • Garden of the Open Palm
  • Garden of the Patient Boulder
  • Garden of the Quiet Wind
  • Garden of the Resting Rake
  • Garden of the Returning Swallow
  • Garden of the Seventh Ripple
  • Garden of the Single Maple

G, continued

  • Garden of the Slow Tide
  • Garden of the Third Bell
  • Garden of the Turning Leaf
  • Garden of the Unanswered Question
  • Garden of the Unhurried Hour
  • Garden of the Unswept Corner
  • Garden of the Waiting Stones
  • Garden of the White Sea
  • Garden of Unscheduled Time
  • Garden of Unwritten Letters
  • Garden of Worn Steps
  • Garden of Yugen Evenings
  • Garden on the Ledge
  • Garden Seen From One Side
  • Garden Within the Walls
  • Gate of Small Arrivals
  • Gentle Runnel Garden
  • Gentle Weather Yard
  • Gentleness
  • Getting a Little Boulder
  • Give It a Rake
  • Grain by Grain Garden
  • Gravel & Grace Terrace
  • Gravel Down, Chin Up
  • Gravel Gazing
  • Gravel Less, Rest More
  • Gravel Sea Garden
  • Green Bamboo Gate
  • Greenhouse-Side Gravel Garden
  • Greenhush
  • Grey Pebble Walk
  • Guardian Rock Enclosure
  • Guest Wing Rock Garden

H: 23 names

  • Halcyon
  • Half an Acre of Gravel
  • Hammock and Gravel
  • Hanami Bench Garden
  • Hare Under the Moon
  • Harvest Dusk Rest
  • Harvest Lantern Glow
  • Hazy Morning Terrace
  • Here, For Now
  • Hereabouts
  • Hermit's Hut Garden
  • Heron in No Hurry
  • Heron's Wait
  • Hilltop Build Garden
  • Hit Rock Calm
  • Hold Music Garden
  • Home Base Dry Garden
  • Home Office Hermitage
  • Hosta Under the Bench
  • Hot Stone Bench Garden
  • Hotaru Evening Veranda
  • Hour of Low Voices
  • Hush

I: 13 names

  • Ichi-go Ichi-e Corner
  • Idyll
  • Inbox Zero Garden
  • Inhale
  • Interval
  • Inward-Turning Footpath
  • Iris Along the Runnel
  • Iris at the Edge
  • Island and Shore Garden
  • Island of the Immortals Garden
  • Island Zen Corner
  • Islands in a Pale Sea
  • Islet

J: 2 names

  • Journal Bench Nook
  • Juniper Stillness

K: 14 names

  • Kanso Court
  • Kanso Gravel Corner
  • Karesansui
  • Kaze Bell Corner
  • Keyboard Shore
  • Kiri Morning Garden
  • Kitchen Window Gravel Bed
  • Kitchen Window Rockscape
  • Koi Pool Terrace
  • Koi Shadow Shallows
  • Koke Hollow
  • Komorebi Corner
  • Komorebi Under Maples
  • Kumo Drift Veranda

L: 35 names

  • Lake of Gravel
  • Lamplight on Wet Slate
  • Lantern & Lichen Garden
  • Lantern at the Step
  • Lantern on the Gatepost
  • Lantern Walk at the Lodge
  • Lantern-Lit Build
  • Laptop-Side Lull
  • Late Plum Court
  • Late Summer Stillness
  • Leaf-Fall Sanctuary
  • Leave No Stone Unraked
  • Level Sand Garden
  • Level-One Calm
  • Lichen and Pine
  • Lichen on the North Rock
  • Lichen Rock Garden
  • Light on the North Wall
  • Lightness
  • Line That Comes Back Around
  • Lines Around Islands
  • Linger
  • Little Kanso Garden
  • Little Rake District
  • Little Tray of Peace
  • Loading Screen Stillness
  • Lodge Courtyard Sea
  • Lotus Bowl Garden
  • Low Clouds Over Gravel
  • Low Wall Yard
  • Low Water Mark
  • Low-Battery Refuge
  • Low-Poly Rockwork
  • Lull
  • Lunch Break Dunes

M: 48 names

  • Mantis Stillness
  • Maple Canopy Rest
  • Maple Ember Garden
  • Maples in Mist
  • Matsu Shade Bench
  • Meditation Hall Forecourt
  • Meltwater Runnel
  • Midsummer Evening Yard
  • Midwinter Hush
  • Mildness
  • Mind the Gravel
  • Mineral Pool Outlook
  • Mini Dune Garden
  • Miniature Sea of Calm
  • Minnow Shadows
  • Mirror Pool Landing
  • Mist & Maple Corner
  • Mist Between Pines
  • Mist Over Gravel
  • Momiji Walk
  • Monday Morning Sand
  • Mondo Grass Edge
  • Mono no Aware Garden
  • Moon Above the Wall

M, continued

  • Moon Bridge Crossing
  • Moon Viewing Court
  • Moonlight Has No Hurry
  • Moonlit Furrows
  • Moonrise Over Slate
  • Moonshadow Walk
  • Morning Dew Nook
  • Morning Fog Garden
  • Morning Practice Lawn
  • Moss & Moon Garden
  • Moss at Midnight
  • Moss Between Steps
  • Moss Carpet Glade
  • Moss Hill Garden
  • Moss Knows the Way
  • Moss on North Rock
  • Mossgrown
  • Mossrest
  • Mossy Block Terrace
  • Moth at the Lantern
  • Mountain Mist Sanctuary
  • Mountains in Miniature
  • Mousepad Meadow
  • Much Ado About Gravel

N: 18 names

  • Nagomi Landing
  • Nandina Corner
  • Nightstand Dunes
  • Nine Furrow Garden
  • Nine Ripples
  • Nine Steps to the Gate
  • Nine Stones Nook
  • Nine-to-Five Calm
  • No Mobs Allowed Garden
  • No Rush, Just Gravel
  • No-Phone Garden
  • Nook Under the Eaves
  • Noon on the Plaster Wall
  • Noon Stillness Garden
  • Northeast Plot Zen Garden
  • Nothing to Add
  • November Moss
  • Nowhere Else to Be

O: 16 names

  • Odd Number Garden
  • Old Granite Garden
  • On the Rocks, Calmly
  • One Furrow, End to End
  • One Hundred Quiet Mornings
  • One Lantern Path
  • One Leaf on Gravel
  • One Pine Court
  • One Rake at a Time
  • One Rock, Much Gravel
  • One Square Meter of Sea
  • One Stroke Garden
  • Only the Essentials
  • Open Pavilion View
  • Out of Office Garden
  • Overcast Calm

P: 41 names

  • Pale Moon Reach
  • Pale Sand Hollow
  • Paper Screen View
  • Paperweight Garden
  • Parallel Lines
  • Passage of Flat Stones
  • Path Drawn by the Rake
  • Path From the Sauna
  • Path of Nine Steps
  • Path Past the Pine
  • Path to Nowhere Urgent
  • Patience
  • Pattern of Ten Lines
  • Pause
  • Paused Speedrun Garden
  • Peaceful Mode Pebbles
  • Pebble Drift Yard
  • Pebble Shore
  • Pebble Tide Garden
  • Pebbled Passage

P, continued

  • Pen Cup Pines
  • Persimmon Over the Wall
  • Pine & Pebble Path
  • Pine Cone Corner
  • Pine in Winter
  • Pine Needle Path
  • Pine Shadow Garden
  • Pine Shadow on Paper Screens
  • Pinewind
  • Pixel Moon Rising
  • Pixel Pine Grove
  • Placid
  • Player One's Rock Garden
  • Plum Blossom Reach
  • Plum Rain Veranda
  • Pocket Courtyard Calm
  • Pocket-Sized Sea
  • Pond Skater Stillness
  • Porch Side Stillness
  • Postage Stamp Sanctuary
  • Presence

Q: 9 names

  • Quick Sand, Slow Garden
  • Quiet as Dawn
  • Quiet Cascade Garden
  • Quiet Enough to Hear Gravel
  • Quiet Furrow Walk
  • Quiet Side Path
  • Quiet Sky Terrace
  • Quietstone
  • Quietude

R: 54 names

  • Rain Barrel Nook
  • Rain Chain Corner
  • Rain Listener's Garden
  • Rain on Bamboo
  • Raindrop Rings on Sand
  • Raindrop Terrace
  • Rainwater Hollow
  • Rainy Season Garden
  • Rake and Shine
  • Rake Me to the Moon
  • Rake Your Time
  • Rake, Rattle and Roll
  • Raked at Sunup
  • Raked Before Breakfast
  • Raked Over the Calm
  • Rakeover in Progress
  • Raking It Slow
  • Reading Veranda Outlook
  • Reception Desk Ripples
  • Recovery Day Gravel
  • Red Leaf Path
  • Red Maple Reach
  • Repose
  • Respawn Rockery
  • Respite
  • Rest Day Garden
  • Rest Stop Under the Arbor

R, continued

  • Resting Crane Garden
  • Retreat House Gravel Garden
  • Ringed Island Garden
  • Ripple & Rest Yard
  • Ripple Court
  • Ripple Ring Garden
  • Ripple Unbroken
  • Ripples Without Water
  • River Rock Shallows
  • Robe and Slipper Walk
  • Robe and Slippers Walkway
  • Rock & Rain Garden
  • Rock Amid Ripples
  • Rock Around the Lantern
  • Rock Garden on the Patio
  • Rock of Long Patience
  • Rock Steady Garden
  • Rock, Paper, Rake
  • Rockery
  • Rocks at Twilight
  • Rocks for the Longest Day
  • Roji Stepping Path
  • Roof Tile Edge Garden
  • Rooftop Gravel Sea
  • Room for the Wind
  • Round Pebble Garden
  • Round Window View

S: 128 names

  • Sakura Drift Terrace
  • Same Garden, New Morning
  • Sand & Silence Garden
  • Sand Current
  • Sand Down, Relax
  • Sand in the Clouds
  • Sand Stream Garden
  • Sand Sweet Sand
  • Sand Tray on the Bookshelf
  • Sandbox Sea
  • Sandsational
  • Save Point Garden
  • Sazanami Sand Sea
  • Scent of Pine Resin
  • Scholar's Rock Alcove
  • Sea of Clouds Garden
  • Sea of Small Waves
  • Seasons Passing Garden
  • Second Cup Garden
  • Secret Beach Rock Garden
  • Sedge at the Threshold
  • Seen From the Sliding Door
  • Seijaku After Sundown
  • Seijaku Garden
  • Seijaku Stepping Stones
  • Sekitei
  • Sekitei Square
  • September Wind Garden
  • Serein
  • Server Hub Zen Garden
  • Set in Stone, Mostly
  • Settle

S, continued

  • Seven Moons Reflected
  • Seven Pines Reach
  • Seven Stones
  • Seven-Five-Three Garden
  • Shadow of the Lantern
  • Shadow on the Clay Wall
  • Shakkei Garden
  • Shakkei Hill View
  • Shale Path Garden
  • Shallow Pool Path
  • Shelter
  • Shibui Courtyard
  • Shibumi Sand Square
  • Shingle
  • Shinrin-yoku Nook
  • Shizen Path
  • Shizen Stone Yard
  • Shizuka Reach
  • Shizuku Basin Nook
  • Shoulder-Width Courtyard
  • Side Quest Stillness
  • Side Yard Sanctuary
  • Silver Fog Hollow
  • Silver Sand Terrace
  • Simplicity
  • Six Boulders Deep
  • Six Mats Wide
  • Sixteen Square Feet of Calm
  • Sky in a Shallow Bowl
  • Sky Island Sand Garden
  • Slate & Sky Garden
  • Slate Step Garden

S, continued

  • Sleeping Cat Garden
  • Sleeve Fence Corner
  • Slow Drip Hollow
  • Slow Hour Garden
  • Slow Light on Granite
  • Slow Walk Sanctuary
  • Small Sand Republic
  • Smooth Sand Landing
  • Smooth Stone Terrace
  • Snail on Slate
  • Snow Lantern Corner
  • Snow on Lanterns
  • Snow-Viewing Terrace
  • Snowmelt Off the Roof Tiles
  • Snowmelt Terrace
  • Soften
  • Softground
  • Solace
  • Somewhere to Sit
  • Songbird Bath Garden
  • Sora Mirror Garden
  • Sparrows at the Gate
  • Spawn Point Sanctuary
  • Spider Thread Dew
  • Spiral Tide
  • Spring Mist Reach
  • Spring Shoot Corner
  • Stair Landing Sanctuary
  • Standing Desk Shore
  • Standing Stone Garden
  • Standing Wave in Gravel
  • Starlit Gravel

S, continued

  • Starter Island Stillness
  • Steam Room Courtyard
  • Stepping Path Sanctuary
  • Stepping Stones in Pairs
  • Stepping Stones to the Tea House
  • Sticky Note Shore
  • Still Brook Sanctuary
  • Still Stone Court
  • Still Water Yard
  • Stillmoss
  • Stone & Shadow Court
  • Stone Before the Mountain
  • Stone Cold Calm
  • Stone Island Yard
  • Stone Lantern Walk
  • Stone That Stays
  • Stone's Throw Garden
  • Stones Gone to Ground
  • Stoop and Lantern Garden
  • Strand
  • Stream Bend Garden
  • Stretch and Settle Garden
  • Study Desk Sanctuary
  • Summer Shade Sanctuary
  • Suna Wave Tray
  • Sunrise Along the Eaves
  • Sunrise on the Step
  • Sunrise Sitting Garden
  • Sunroom Sand Tray
  • Swallow Nest Eave
  • Swallows Past the Gable
  • Swirl and Settle

T: 219 names

  • Tabletop Sea
  • Take a Rake Break
  • Tall Bamboo Shadow
  • Tarry
  • Tea Before Dawn Garden
  • Tea House Approach
  • Tea Pavilion Garden
  • Tea Room Window Garden
  • Ten Lines Before Tea
  • Ten Minutes of Raking
  • Terraformed Tranquility
  • The Arriving Guest's Garden
  • The Bare Branch Garden
  • The Barefoot Path
  • The Borrowed Mountain Garden
  • The Boulder Constellation
  • The Break Room Basin
  • The Breathing Court
  • The Bush Warbler's Garden
  • The Calendar Gap
  • The Carp Ripple Garden
  • The Cat That Sits Still
  • The Clearing Sky Garden
  • The Cliff Tier Garden
  • The Clipped Azalea Garden
  • The Cloud-Pruned Pine
  • The Co-op Courtyard
  • The Combed Shore
  • The Covered Walk Garden
  • The Crafted Calm
  • The Crane's Long Shadow
  • The Crooked Plum
  • The Deadline Buffer
  • The Deep Breath Terrace
  • The Downspout Pebble Bed
  • The Drawn Wave

T, continued

  • The Dry Cascade
  • The Dry Lake Bed
  • The Dry River Garden
  • The Eave-Side Bench
  • The Echoing Drip Garden
  • The Erased Footprint
  • The Even Furrows
  • The Evergreen Quiet
  • The Fern and Boulder Garden
  • The Fifth Season
  • The Five-Minute Garden
  • The Framed View
  • The Garden After Yoga
  • The Ginkgo Gold Garden
  • The Goldfish Bowl Sea
  • The Grains of Calm
  • The Granite Islands
  • The Gravel Less Traveled
  • The Gravel Shoal
  • The Guests' Quiet Hour
  • The Guild Hall Courtyard
  • The Half Moon Garden
  • The Half-Buried Boulder
  • The Harvest Moon Yard
  • The Hidden Sun Garden
  • The Hollow Reed Garden
  • The Hour Before Dawn
  • The Hushed Gravel
  • The Icicle Eave Garden
  • The Imagined Waterfall
  • The Inbox Oasis
  • The Kingfisher's Perch
  • The Kneeling Lantern
  • The Ladle's Rest
  • The Last Cicada Garden
  • The Last Stroke
  • The Leaning Rock

T, continued

  • The Lifting Fog
  • The Light Well Garden
  • The Lingering Lounge Garden
  • The Lingering Summer
  • The Lizard's Warm Rock
  • The Loading Zone Garden
  • The Long Dusk
  • The Long Summer Evening
  • The Long Veranda Sea
  • The Long Weekend Garden
  • The Meditation Corner
  • The Meeting-Free Zone
  • The Mindful Step Path
  • The Monitor-Side Garden
  • The Moon Gate Garden
  • The Moon in the Basin
  • The Morning Step
  • The Moss That Waited
  • The Mossy Lantern Yard
  • The Mossy Outcrop
  • The Mute Button Garden
  • The New Moon Nook
  • The Nightingale Floor Garden
  • The October Maples
  • The Old Frog's Corner
  • The Old Plum's Yard
  • The Outcrop
  • The Overflow Basin
  • The Owl's Hour
  • The Patient Rocks
  • The Pause Menu Garden
  • The Peaceful Mode Garden
  • The Quiet Rake
  • The Rain Chain End
  • The Rake and the Ring
  • The Raked Sea

T, continued

  • The Reflecting Bowl
  • The Reply-Later Garden
  • The Returning Spring
  • The Rippled Yard
  • The Rising Moon Terrace
  • The River of Pebbles
  • The Sand Ocean
  • The Screen Break Garden
  • The Second Monitor Sanctuary
  • The Settled Stones
  • The Shallows
  • The Shape of Rain
  • The Shed-Side Sanctuary
  • The Sheltering Maple
  • The Silent Walk
  • The Sitting Platform Garden
  • The Six-Foot Sanctuary
  • The Sky's Reflection
  • The Sleeping Boulders
  • The Slow Comb
  • The Slow Sip Terrace
  • The Small Cairn Garden
  • The Small Square of Calm
  • The Soft Rain Yard
  • The Sound of Settling
  • The South Veranda Court
  • The Space Between Rocks
  • The Sparrow's Furrow
  • The Speckled Granite Yard
  • The Split Boulder
  • The Spreadsheet Antidote
  • The Spring Thaw Garden
  • The Stone Keeps Its Counsel
  • The Stream That Is Not There
  • The Tabletop Karesansui
  • The Tadpole Shallows
  • The Tatami-Width Garden

T, continued

  • The Thin Mist Garden
  • The Thinking Tray
  • The Thirsty Fern Garden
  • The Three-Inch Rake Garden
  • The Thumb-High Mountain Range
  • The Tucked-Away Court
  • The Turn in the Walk
  • The Turning Year Garden
  • The Twisted Juniper
  • The Unbroken Line
  • The Unfilled Pond
  • The Unfinished Circle
  • The Unhurried Snail
  • The Unmoved Stone
  • The Unplugged Garden
  • The Unpoured Water
  • The Unraked Autumn
  • The Unread Count Garden
  • The Velvet Moss Yard
  • The View From the Cushion
  • The View From the Low Veranda
  • The Viewing Stone Alcove
  • The Viewing Veranda Garden
  • The Wabi-Sabi Yard
  • The Waiting Bench
  • The Walking Meditation Loop
  • The Weathered Boulder Garden
  • The Weight of Small Things
  • The Windswept Pine Garden
  • The Zigzag Bridge Garden
  • Thin Ice Basin
  • Thirteen Flagstones
  • Thirteen Pebbles
  • Three Bells at Dusk
  • Three Cranes Shore
  • Three Islands, One Sea

T, continued

  • Three Maples Terrace
  • Three Mountains in Gravel
  • Three Pines Rest
  • Three Rock Reach
  • Three Rocks and a Rake
  • Threshold Garden
  • Through the Thatched Gate
  • Thrush in the Hedge Gap
  • Thyme Between the Pavers
  • Tide Mark Garden
  • Tide Without Sea
  • Tines and Tides
  • Tiny Rake Territory
  • Toro Glow Garden
  • Tortoise Pace Garden
  • Tranquil
  • Tray of Small Calm
  • Tray-Sized Tranquility
  • Triad of Rocks
  • Trickle and Hush
  • Tsuboniwa Light
  • Tsuki Reflection Terrace
  • Tsukimi Terrace
  • Tsukubai Nook
  • Tsuru Island Shore
  • Turtle Island in Gravel
  • Turtle Sun Rock
  • Turtle-Back Rock Yard
  • Twelve Furrows
  • Twenty Steps to Stillness
  • Twig Gate Entry
  • Twin Pines Sand Garden
  • Two Boulders Meeting
  • Two Bridges, No Water
  • Two Herons Standing
  • Two Koi Circling
  • Two-Mat Garden

U: 9 names

  • Under the Leaning Maple
  • Under the Weeping Cherry
  • Under-Stair Garden
  • Understory
  • Undisturbed
  • Unfold
  • Unhurried
  • Unruffled
  • Unwind

V: 4 names

  • Veil of Mist Garden
  • Veranda Edge Gravel
  • Villagers' Quiet Square
  • Voxel Sea of Gravel

W: 43 names

  • Wabi-Sabi Rock Corner
  • Wagtail Walk
  • Walkway Pause
  • Waning Moon Hollow
  • Warbler in the Plum
  • Warm Spring Garden
  • Wash Basin Corner
  • Water Basin Garden
  • Water Harp Hollow
  • Water Mirror Yard
  • Waterfall Tier Rock Garden
  • Waterline
  • Wave Line Garden
  • Wellness Wing Courtyard
  • Wellspring Hollow
  • What the Gravel Remembers
  • What the Pine Hears
  • Where Nothing Is Missing
  • Where Shadows Sit
  • Where the Crane Rests
  • Where the Lines Meet

W, continued

  • Where the Path Ends Gently
  • Where the Path Turns Twice
  • Where Two Mosses Meet
  • While the Tea Cools
  • Whispering Bamboo Yard
  • White Egret Landing
  • White Pebble Sea
  • White Sand Reach
  • Whorl
  • Wild Goose Evening
  • Wind Bell Court
  • Wind Through the Screen
  • Windless
  • Windless Evening Garden
  • Window Seat Garden
  • Windowsill Gravel Tray
  • Winter Light Terrace
  • Winter Sun Nook
  • Wisteria Over the Trellis
  • Workday Pause Tray
  • Wren in the Bamboo
  • Wren on the Fence Post

Y: 8 names

  • Yard Within a Yard
  • Year's End Garden
  • Young Bamboo Stand
  • Yugen Corner
  • Yugen Mist Hollow
  • Yugure Terrace
  • Yuki Hush Yard
  • Yukimi Lantern Shore

Z: 3 names

  • Zen Garden at World Spawn
  • Zen in a Shoebox
  • Zen on the Shelf