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The Moongate Garden
The Moongate Garden was inspired by architectural and symbolic elements found in the Temple of Heaven, a masterpiece of Chinese architecture and landscape design built in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Now included on UNESCO's World Heritage List, the circular structures that comprise the Temple of Heaven represent heaven (God's world), while square foundations and axes symbolize earth (the human world).
The forms of circle and square (representing heaven and earth, respectively) are evident throughout the Moongate Garden. At the center, an island of granite is surrounded by a black granite pool. A stylized version of the circle and square motif is also repeated in the two nine-foot-tall pink granite moongates and the granite seating areas that define the corners of the garden. |