日本 GARDEN ROOMS – Paul Smither 自然庭园设计事务所

公司概况

GARDEN ROOMS（ガーデンルームス / “花园屋”）是一家由英国景观设计师 Paul Smither（ポール・スミザー）于 1997 年在日本山梨县北杜市大泉町创立的**景观设计事务所**兼**园艺商品邮购公司**，公司业务由”将花园视为另一个居住空间”的自然庭园设计哲学与面向日本全国的园艺工具/植物种子/传统刀具/陶器的线上邮购双线构成。Paul Smither 自 19 岁起旅居日本，2000 年获英国皇家园艺学会（RHS）园艺设计文凭，至今已主持设计 MOA 美术馆自然庭园（热海市）、轻井泽绘本美术馆 Forest of Muse 庭园、Natural Gardens Moegi 等多个日本自然庭园代表项目。GARDEN ROOMS（株式会社 Garden Rooms）于 **1997 年 9 月 3 日**由 Paul Smither 在日本山梨县北杜市大泉町创立，是一家”将花园视为另一居住空间”的**自然庭园设计事务所**与**园艺商品邮购公司**的复合企业。公司业务分两大主轴——一方面作为 Paul Smither 的景观设计事务所（”ランドスケープデザイン事務所”），承接日本各地的住宅庭园、商业空间、美术馆/公园/寺庙的园艺景观设计项目；另一方面通过 GARDEN ROOMS 自营网店（www.gardenrooms.jp）销售**植物种子、园艺工具、日本传统刀具、陶器、园艺书籍/DVD、园艺服饰**等”自然庭园”配套产品，并创立 **Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ** 子品牌（https://naturalgardens-moegi.jp/）专营自育植物与园艺周边商品。Paul Smither 1970 年生于英国 Berkshire，19 岁第一次来日本，被日本植物和自然深深吸引，**原打算短暂停留但爱上了日本留下**；2000 年获英国皇家园艺学会（RHS）园艺设计文凭，2001 年起在日本开展项目，2003 年与”Seasons”设计团队合作，2009 年起在 MOA 美术馆、轻井泽绘本美术馆 Forest of Muse 等多个地标性项目中担任景观设计。

植物种类与代表项目

虽然 GARDEN ROOMS 本身不直接生产植物，但其设计哲学是”**自然庭园**（ナチュラルガーデン）”——使用日本本土植物与气候适应性强的多年生植物，营造可与建筑/住宅融为一体的自然演替庭园。以下是 Paul Smither 主持的**代表性项目**（按时间顺序）：**MOA 美术馆自然庭园**（静岡県热海市）—— 2001 年 10 月起参与，结合美术馆建筑与热海气候条件，栽培日本本土植物与多年生花境；**轻井泽絵本美术馆 Forest of Muse 庭园**（長野県軽井沢市）—— 2009 年起设计，融合绘本主题与轻井泽高海拔气候，栽培适合冷凉气候的高山植物与落叶林下植物；**甲府市小山城花回廊**（山梨县甲府市）—— 2013 年起设计的城下町历史空间花回廊，使用与历史环境协调的传统植物材料；**Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ**（自然庭园 Moegi，2012 年起）—— Paul Smither 持续在轻井泽运营的”乡村式建筑+自然庭园”复合项目，向访客展示其”自植、自育、自分享”的花园生活理念；**日产体育场草原庭园**（神奈川県横浜市）—— 体育设施周边的草原庭园；**绿色 F 保全协会**—— 横滨市郊野公园项目；**广岛牛田 Asta 庭园**——广岛市零售商业设施庭园。GARDEN ROOMS 网店的产品线（Natural Gardens Moegi 系列）覆盖 Natural Garden Walk 套装、园艺书籍与 DVD（如”ポール・スミザーの自然庭园”）、手工艺品、植物种子（适合自然庭园的多年生组合）、园艺工具、日本传统园艺刀具、陶器花盆、园艺服饰等；商品零售起步价 ¥600（约 4 美元），总商品数 200+。

设计哲学与商品邮购

Paul Smither 的设计哲学**”花园是另一个居住空间”**（”もう一つの居住空間としてとらえ、植物とともに生活する純粋な喜び”）贯穿 GARDEN ROOMS 所有项目——通过植物群落的自然演替、本土物种应用、季节性花境，让花园在建筑空间之外提供生活体验。商品邮购业务沿同一哲学筛选：Natural Gardens Moegi 套装植物组（”与你居住空间一同生长的植物”）、适合日本气候的多年生植物种子组合、可在小型庭院或阳台栽种的迷你观赏植物、手工制作陶盆（信楽焼等）、日本传统园艺刀具（如三徳包丁、修枝鋏）、以及 Paul Smither 亲自参与或推荐的园艺书籍/DVD。邮购业务的**最低订单**为 ¥20,000（不含运费），支持货到付款（ヤマト運輸代引き）与信用卡支付，营业时间为 9:00-17:00。GARDEN ROOMS 网店**不对个人零售以外的批发**开放（”植物関連業者及びその他の事業所の皆様へ”），但作为日本领先的自然庭园专业品牌，吸引来自全国的园艺爱好者和设计师采购。

社区、博客与媒体

GARDEN ROOMS 通过多平台持续输出自然庭园相关原创内容。**Tool Shed 博客**（http://gardenrooms.jugem.jp/）—— Paul Smither 运营多年的园艺通讯博客，更新于 2026 年 4 月仍活跃；**Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ 博客**（https://naturalgardens-moegi.jp/blogs/）—— Moegi 项目专属博客，分享花园维护、季节性观察、植物生活记录。**社交媒体**：**Instagram @gardenrooms_j**（1.9K+ 关注者，291 posts），持续发布花园实景；**Facebook**（Garden-Rooms-385774664871039）；**YouTube**（@GardenRoomsPS，200+ 影片），含自然庭园设计与建造的过程视频。**媒体报道**：MOA 美术馆（moaart.or.jp）、Aeon 环境财团”绿色新闻”（aeonkankyozaidan.or.jp）的 Paul Smither 个人简介、BCCJ Acumen 杂志”As nature intends”专题（”Smither first arrived in Japan at the age of 19. He joined a landscape gardening business and only intended to stay for a short time. ‘That soon changed because…'”）、轻井沢旅游 visitkaruizawa.com 的 Picturesque Garden 介绍、Museen.org 美术馆庭园设计师页等多平台报道。GARDEN ROOMS 通过”自然庭园”理念将英式花园传统与日本本土植物和气候相融合，在日本自然庭园运动中扮演重要角色。

官网：http://www.gardenrooms.jp/

Company Overview

GARDEN ROOMS (ガーデンルームス) is a landscape-design practice and gardening-goods mail-order house founded by British garden designer Paul Smither in 1997 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Combining a Natural Garden design philosophy with an online shop for garden tools, plants, and lifestyle products, the company has created representative Natural Gardens at MOA Museum of Art, the Karuizawa Picture Book Museum, and other sites across Japan.GARDEN ROOMS Co., Ltd. was established on 3 September 1997 by Paul Smither in Ōizumi-chō, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, as a hybrid landscape-design practice and gardening-goods online shop. The business operates two principal lines: first, as Paul Smither’s landscape-design office, producing Natural Garden designs for residential, commercial, museum, park and temple sites around Japan; second, through the GARDEN ROOMS e-commerce site (www.gardenrooms.jp) and the Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ sub-brand (https://naturalgardens-moegi.jp/), selling plant sets, garden tools, traditional Japanese knives, ceramic pots, gardening books and DVDs, and apparel. Paul Smither was born in Berkshire, England in 1970, first came to Japan at the age of 19, earned the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) garden-design diploma in 2000, began his Japanese projects in 2001 with the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, and has since designed gardens at the Karuizawa Picture Book Museum (Forest of Muse, 2009-), the Koyamaike Castle flower corridor in Kōfu (2013-), the Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ ongoing rural garden project in Karuizawa (2012-), the Nissan Stadium meadow garden, and projects for the Green-Fund Conservation Association and Hiroshima’s Ushita Asta.

Plant Selection and Projects

While GARDEN ROOMS does not propagate plants in-house, the design practice centres on Natural Garden planting, using Japanese-native species and climate-adapted perennials in combinations that succeed ecologically and aesthetically without intensive maintenance. Representative projects include the MOA Museum of Art Natural Garden (Atami, Shizuoka) — begun in October 2001, integrating the Atami climate with the museum architecture and Japanese-native planting; the Karuizawa Picture Book Museum Forest of Muse Garden (Karuizawa, Nagano) — designed from 2009, themed around picture books with cool-climate alpines and deciduous understory planting; the Kōfu City Koyamaike Castle Flower Corridor (Kōfu, Yamanashi) — designed from 2013, integrating historical castle-town fabric with traditional plant materials; the Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ ongoing Karuizawa country-garden project — built and maintained by Smither since 2012 as a working demonstration of “self-grown, self-shared” garden life; the Nissan Stadium Meadow Garden (Yokohama) and the Green-Fund Conservation Association’s Yokohama green-space projects. The online shop’s plant-related lines include Natural Garden Walk starter sets, perennial seed mixes suited to Japanese conditions, mini ornamental plants for small gardens and balconies, ceramic pots (including Shigaraki-yaki), Japanese traditional garden knives, and gardening books and DVDs authored or curated by Smither. Retail prices start at roughly ¥600 and the catalogue carries more than 200 items.

Design Philosophy and Mail-Order

Paul Smither’s design philosophy — that the garden is a second living space — runs through every GARDEN ROOMS project and product. Plant communities are selected to evolve naturally rather than be replaced each season, with native and climate-adapted species foregrounded. The online shop’s product line follows the same philosophy: Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ plant sets are chosen to grow with the homeowner’s living space rather than be replaced, seeds and perennials are pre-selected for Japanese climate conditions, and the curated tools, books and DVDs reflect the same natural-garden approach. Minimum order is ¥20,000 (excluding shipping), with Yamato Transport cash-on-delivery (代引き) and credit-card payment supported, and a 9:00-17:00 service window. The garden-design practice is open to project commissions from homeowners, institutions, hospitality and cultural venues.

Community, Blog and Media

GARDEN ROOMS maintains a multi-channel editorial presence. The Tool Shed blog (http://gardenrooms.jugem.jp/) — Smither’s long-running garden newsletter, updated as recently as April 2026 — covers seasonal observations and garden practice. The Natural Gardens MOEGIʻ blog (https://naturalgardens-moegi.jp/blogs/) focuses on the ongoing Karuizawa country-garden project. On social media, GARDEN ROOMS is active on Instagram @gardenrooms_j (1,900+ followers, 291 posts), Facebook (Garden-Rooms-385774664871039) and YouTube (@GardenRoomsPS, 200+ videos) with process films of garden construction. The practice has been featured in MOA Museum of Art (moaart.or.jp), the Aeon Environment Foundation’s “Midori Press” profile (aeonkankyozaidan.or.jp), the BCCJ Acumen magazine essay “As nature intends”, visitkaruizawa.com’s profile of the Picturesque Garden, and the Museen.org museum-garden page. Through this combination of design practice, retail product line and ongoing editorial work, GARDEN ROOMS plays a distinctive role in Japan’s Natural Garden movement, bringing a British-design sensibility to Japanese-native planting.