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A Path Through the Japanese Garden

A Path Through the Japanese Garden
By Bryan Albright, Constance Tindale

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What is a Japanese garden? Japanese gardens are about experience—about feeling the way the rocks and plants relate and about understanding their deeper relationship. Just as you instinctively find the place in a room where you feel comfortable, you will learn to trust your instincts about where a rock should be placed in a garden. In A Path Through the Japanese Garden, we learn about the natural world in a philosophical way, but it is also a practical book that provides step-by-step guidance in designing and creating a garden. Contents include the principles of Japanese garden construction; adaptable garden plans for any space or size garden; explanations of Japanese construction and pruning techniques; information on plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, and water features; and 200 color photos and diagrams.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #730953 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 144 pages

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist
With 200 color photographs and black-and-white illustrations, this attractive book provides instructions on designing and constructing a Japanese-style garden. The authors begin by explaining the essence of this type of garden, including an overview of the influences that gave Japanese gardens their unique form, which first emerged in the first century A.D. Albright and Tinsdale describe six main garden styles, and then analyze the design process, focusing on such elements as stones, paths, fences, walls, gates, entrances, gravel, bridges, benches and seating areas, decking, and lighting. The authors discuss water features (ponds, waterfalls, and streams) in detail, recommend plants and flowers, trees and shrubs, and provide information on the maintenance of these beautiful gardens. George Cohen
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"With 200 color photos, this attractive book offers instructions on designing and constructing a Japanese-style garden." -- BOOKLIST

From the Publisher
What is a Japanese garden? Most people have a mental image: vistas of rocks and pebbles, a red maple tree, a stand of bamboo, lanterns. All of these could be a part of a Japanese garden, but they do not in themselves make the garden Japanese in style. Japanese gardens are about experience: about feeling the way the rocks and plants relate and about understanding their deeper relationship. Just as you instinctively find the place in a room where you feel comfortable, you will learn to trust your instincts about where a rock should be placed in a garden. In "A Path Through the Japanese Garden," we learn about the natural world in a philosophical way, but it is also a practical book that provides step-by-step guidance in designing and creating a garden. Contents include: the principles of Japanese garden construction; adaptable garden plans for any space or size garden; explanations of Japanese construction and pruning techniques; information on plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, and water features; and 200 color photos and diagrams.