Zen Garden

Rake sand and arrange a seeded garden.

Drag a rake through the sand to draw grooves, then place stones and plants around the patterns. Adjust rake width, groove count, and smoothing, or generate another garden from a seed.

Zen Garden artwork example
Zen Garden artwork example

What you can do

  • Rake patterns

    Dragging the rake draws parallel grooves. Width and Groove Count change the size and spacing of the pattern.

  • Place stones and plants

    Choose Stone or Plant to add those elements to the garden.

  • Smooth the sand

    Use smoothing to soften the sand patterns, and Stabilizer to change the smoothness of rake movement.

Seeds and resetting

  • New Garden

    Generates a new garden arrangement. Enter a seed to return to a generated starting layout.

  • Share Seed

    The share action copies a link to the seed. It recreates the starting garden, not every mark you have drawn.

Why use Zen Garden?

  • Open Zen Garden when this style of making or play feels closest to what you want.

  • It is meant to be understood quickly through direct interaction, with more depth appearing as you keep playing.

Inputs and exports

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    Available outputs

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