A Practical Guide to Creating a Japanese-style Garden with 700 Step-by-step Photographs
This inspiring book offers expert information on how to create the perfect Japanese-style garden in any location, with a history of the garden styles and philosophy.
This inspiring book offers expert information on how to create the perfect Japanese-style garden in any location, large or small.
It presents the history of Japanese gardens and the principles underlying them. Sections on the five classic Japanese garden styles (pond gardens, dry gardens, tea gardens, stroll gardens and courtyard gardens) explain their key characteristics with practical tips on how to achieve them.
Fifteen projects for creating complete Japanese gardens follows, with clear explanations, illustrations and gorgeous photography.
A plant directory then details the various types of plants with advice on flowering habits and hardiness, while the final section outlines the maintenance of a Japanese garden including a calendar of care. Whether you want to develop a stroll garden in a natural space, or a small dry garden with minimal plants and rocks, this beautiful volume is an essential companion.
Charles Chesshireis a garden designer, nurseryman and writer. Among his publications are Clematis, Flowering Shrubs, and Climbing Plants. Charles has also written for The Sunday Times, RHS Garden Magazine and The English Garden.This fascinating guide from garden designer Chesshire (Clematis: Inspiration, Selection and Practical Advice) lays out the spiritual and practical aspects of Japanese gardening. The early chapters examine the cultural context that has defined the country's minimalist and austere gardens, giving special emphasis to the influence of Zen. Chesshire explains how the classic elements of Zen—simplicity, sublimity, tranquility, freedom from attachment—translate into gardening, noting, “If you want to imbue your garden with tlCÁ
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