One of the nice things about visiting China is seeing the beautiful simplicity of its gardens. For the Chinese, less is always more. Chinese gardens accent simplicity and usually include one tree or bush, or focus on one type of flower at a time. There are not layers and layers full of impeccably landscaped floral arrangements!

Here are some tips to keep your garden crisp and clean–the feng shui way:

• Alternate a succession of budding trees or flowers in bloom through-out your landscape. Plant evergreens in each corner of your garden's bagua to ground your success and cultivate your life's potential.

• Contain the chi in your garden by creating boundaries or borders with bushes and shrubbery. A fence would work, too. Creating boundaries helps keep the chi contained in your immediate surroundings, not dissipating into thin air.

• Create a compost area in a place that feels right to you. Most people drop compost over the ledge of their backyard if there's a drop-off, but you can also incorporate a composting center, so to speak, in you wealth corner. Think about it: You are taking what has grown from the earth and provided for you, and returning it to the earth for another growth cycle. This is nature's prosperity center!

• Invite a sense of mystery and intrigue in your garden to keep it interesting. Add or change elements often, especially things like outdoor art or sculpture. Incorporate colorful objects of different shapes to maximize a sense of interest, wonder, and excitement in your garden.

• Finally, treat your yard with love and respect. Your landscape is a living thing that “talks” to you, your family, and just about everyone else who stops by for a visit.

Your garden and its surroundings communicate a message to others and create a particular feeling in others, too. How many times do you hear, “Wow, is it nice and peaceful here!” That's what others should be saying to you about your garden.