Anjie Cho was featured on mindbodygreen

When you hear "feng shui," you might think of rearranging your bedroom, your living room, or other places inside your home. But you might be forgetting your own backyard. That's right: You can—and definitely want to!—feng shui your outdoor space. (After all, at its core, feng shui is all about connecting with nature.) Here are a few ways to get started, recommended by the co-founders of Mindful Design Feng Shui School Anjie Cho and Laura Morris.

How to use feng shui in your garden:

1. Work with the elements.

The five elements of feng shui are wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Incorporating all of these elements into your garden can help promote balance. Some fun ways to do so include:

Wood: If you have trees and greenery in your garden, you likely already have this element covered. Morris notes that planting evergreens, which hold their green color all year round, can help you maintain this element.
Fire: The sunlight itself gives your garden a fire element, but to give it a little more, Cho says you can add plants that have red accents or triangular-shaped leaves. Morris likes Japanese maple, purple leaf sand cherry, and red dogwood.

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If you’d like to learn more about feng shui check out the Mindful Design Feng Shui certification program. Laura Morris and I launched our program in September 2018. To get on the list about it, sign up at: www.mindfuldesignschool.com.