A miniature Japanese garden? How do a create a Japanese garden for my backyard? What do...

How do a create a Japanese garden for my backyard? What do I need and roughly how much will it cost to do it? The patio is roughly 20x30 feet.
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Answers:    Here's a video of 5 Japanese gardens to supply some ideas:
Use plants, stone & hose down (or pebbles to represent water)
Stones can be used to construct the garden's paths, bridges, and walkway. :
http://www.japanesegarden.com/gardens/

Japanese gardens often contain several of these elements to provide a pretty & peaceful spot for contemplation:
Water, genuine or symbolic.
Rocks.
A lantern, typically of stone.
A teahouse or pavilion.
A enclosure device such as a dither, fence, or wall of traditional personality.
A bridge to the island, or stepping stones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ga...

Watergardens:
http://www.landscape-ontario.com/waterga...

Images of Landscapes using water, stones, rocks & wood structure:
http://www.garden-view.com/design1.htm
http://www.landscaping-solutions.com/Asi...

More Japanese Gardens:Click on respectively image to bring a tour of each garden:
http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens...

You don't obligation to spend a lot of money on your garden because you can produce use of natural elements already present. Just alter them so they are in triad with the inborn surroundings around them. "Find the main viewpoint from within your house. Wherever the garden is framed by a windowpane or door looking out, you will want to fill the frame beside a scene of beauty. A Japanese garden recreates nature's most superb vistas ¨C rocks represent mountains and hill, water represents streams, rivers and the the deep, and the plants can represent forests and the abundance of nature".
Stone features such as lantern, water bowls and oriental statuary add on a nice touch.
http://www.all-free-samples.com/useful/j...

Make an arbor made of bent twigs:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_garden_struc...

Water features for any budget;
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_design_water...

Good Luck! Hope this is helpful.