This carry-along version of our enormously popular Zen Gardening Kit provides a touch of tranquility on the go. Packaged with a 32page introduction to the aesthetic enlightenment of Zen gardening, it includes a tray, fine sand, decorative rocks, and miniature wooden rake.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The mini Zen gardening kit it really a cute little kit. I've always wanted a Zen garden, but I'd never seriously considered getting one until I saw this one. The kit, with it's little box, a wooden rake, rocks, sand, and a small book is a lot more than I was expecting.
The Zen Garden included with the book is cute, and more functional that I thought it would be. While the garden is 2.5 inches by 3 inches, there's a surprising amount of sand included, which gives you a pretty full garden, and if you have cats like I do, you have enough sand to still be able to rake around the rocks after they've knocked a lot of it out. The rocks are dark and shiny, and actual rocks, not some kind of plastic blob molded to look like a rock, and the little rake is a miniature of the wooden rakes I've seen in larger Zen gardens.
The little book included in the kit is cute, and contains quite a bit of information on Zen gardens. There are a few pages of Chinese lettering included as separators between the chapters, and the lettering is a nice change from the pages of black text on white paper. I am a bit disappointed in the book though, when I finally opened it wide enough to comfortable, I could see the thread they used to bind the book. This concerns me a bit, I don't want to wreck the book by simply reading it.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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when they say "mini," they're not kidding. the zen box that comes with this little book is pretty tiny - this, in turn, makes it hard to make truly zen-like patterns in the sand.
also, a word to the wise... don't leave the box too close to the edge of your desk, least some malicious co-worker knock it on the ground... this happened to me, and i was only able to recover about 50% of my sand...
but in the end, it is a good "conversation piece"
31 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I know the saying you get what you pay for but this is ridiculous. The "kit" comes w/ a small bag of sand and 3 miniature rock chips, they can't be considered rocks in my opinion. They're just too small, they get lost in the sand. The "tray" is nothing more than a cardboard box top! And the miniature rake is so small and delicate that it fell apart the first time I used it. The kit is reasonably priced I guess for what you get, but w/ ... s&h it is not even close to being worth [the price]. If I wouldn't lose money by sending it back I would. Don't waste your time and money w/ this one, you can make your own for about the same price by going to a garden shop and buying a bag of sand and gathering your own choice of rocks. The rakes are harder to come by so I made my own out of old wooden chopsticks and my homemade garden is much nicer than this ...
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its half the size of a dollar bill!!!!
i wish i would have read the reviews before buying this. i was looking for a couple mini gardens to mix together as a gift. Read more
Published 9 months ago by EnjoysZenBliss
Cheesy zen garden
The garden is beyond miniature. It is minute, and the rake is very cheap looking. Sorry, I wasted my money.
It is more of a toy.
It is more of a toy.
Published 11 months ago by sadzen
Very cute!
I didn't know what to expect with this little buy, but I really enjoyed it! It was so cute and the little rake is the perfect proportionate size! Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Sayani
Very disappointing
Running Press products are very "hit or miss." This one is definitely a miss. The rocks are three little pieces of charcoal, and there's not enough room in the tiny black cardboard... Read more
Published on May 1, 2009 by Marjorie Chardin
A little bit of zen in a little box
If you are a zen master, or just a stessed out person, Get the zen garden. It features a base, sand, a rake, book and rocks to calm down all of your nerves, Chinese style. Read more
Published on March 31, 2004
Compact and Cool
This mini Zen Garden is definitely something for people interested in the gardens. It is a great way to have the beautiful garden on your desk or bedside or anything! Read more
Published on December 31, 2002
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Entering a garden is like open a book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Zen New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Entering a garden is like open a book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Zen New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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