All About Creating Japanese Gardens (Ortho's All About Gardening) by: Ortho publisher: Wiley, published: 2003-01-21 ASIN: 0897214897 sales rank: 54651 price: $1.50 (new), $1.25 (used)
These days, people crave gardens that fill the soul and comfort the body. Japanese gardening answers those yearnings. This book demonstrates how to... • Create a feeling of sanctuary • Make tranquil spaces • Arrange plants and ornaments Use centuries-old garden design techniques • Emphasize personal taste • Calm a busy lifestyle • Inspire peace of mind Reflect nature to create serenity • Appropriate plant selections • Traditional design • Contemporary looks
	Serene Gardens: Creating Japanese Design and Detail in the Western Garden by: Yoko Kawaguchi publisher: New Holland, published: 2008-03-04 ASIN: 1845379160 sales rank: 91433 price: $10.38 (new), $10.38 (used)
With their superbly shaped trees and shrubs, subtly colored foliage, and emphasis on nature in its pure state, Japanese Zen gardens are spaces of beauty and tranquility. Serene Gardens is an exquisitely illustrated introduction to the style and its traditions—and the only book that explains how to use western plants and materials to achieve the minimalist look beloved by Japanese garden designers. Gardeners will find plant lists; climate zone maps; instructions for selecting readily available flora, wood, bamboo, rocks, and pebbles; and gorgeous color photographs showcasing gardens from around the world.
	A Practical Guide to Japanese Gardening: An inspirational and practical guide to creating the Japanese garden style, from design options and materials to planting techniques and decorative features by: Charles Chesshire publisher: Lorenz Books, published: 2009-08-25 ASIN: 0754817725 sales rank: 646368 price: $11.51 (new), $11.03 (used)
Creating a Japanese garden is not just a practical exercise, but also a spiritual one. An authentic Japanese garden is full of ancient symbolism and magic, a visual feast, as well as an aural and tactile experience.
	Japanese Gardening in Small Spaces by: Isao Yoshikawa publisher: Japan Publications Trading, published: 1996-09-15 ASIN: 0870409778 sales rank: 395863 price: $17.28 (new), $8.93 (used)
A practical guide to planning and constructing a Japanese garden at home. Step-by-step instructions explain every facet, from displaying plants and rocks to mastering drainage and lighting to creating bamboo fences and hedges.
	Create Your Own Japanese Garden: A Practical Guide by: Motomi Oguchi publisher: Kodansha International, published: 2007-07-01 ASIN: 4770028040 sales rank: 303191 price: $17.99 (new), $17.99 (used)
In this book, renowned garden designer Motomi Oguchi offers the reader a step-by-step, practical approach to creating Japanese gardens, drawn from a wealth of experience that covers thirty years and encompasses the design of more than 400 gardens. The author uses real examples from gardens he has designed, constructed, and photographed to illustrate his key points, approaching each work from the perspective of the home or building owner. Oguchi begins with front gardens, as these are usually what one encounters first when entering a home. Typically, these front plantings are not defined Japanese garden types but rather, physical areas. He then moves on to tsubo niwa (courtyard gardens) and kare sansui (dry gardens) that might be found in the middle or rear of a building, or any available small space. Next, he introduces tea and tree gardens, which are more likely to be sections of a larger garden; and highlights specific characteristics and conditions of interior gardens. Within each chapter are general layouts and methods of developing the various gardens, which precede specific, step-by-step instructions. The author also offers practical and affordable variations on more ambitious designs and shows how they can be adapted to the readers home or building. In addition, Oguchi emphasizes the importance of proper maintenance and offers suggestions for special touches and restoration.
	Japanese Gardening: An inspirational guide to designing and creating an authentic Japanese garden with over 260 exquisite photographs by: Charles Chesshire publisher: Aquamarine, published: 2006-04-07 ASIN: 1903141346 sales rank: 368196 price: $14.39 (new), $12.95 (used)
An inspirational guide to designing and creating an authentic Japanese garden.
	A Japanese Touch for Your Garden by: Kiyoshi Seike publisher: Kodansha International, published: 1993-02-15 ASIN: 4770016611 sales rank: 171576 price: $8.33 (new), $4.99 (used)
Here is a concise introduction to the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. Whether your garden is a spacious suburban lot, an office countyard, or a tiny inner-city backyard, you will find here hundreds of creative but time-honored ways to make maximum use of the space you have. You will learn how to lay stones and pathways and how to create intriguing sand patterns like the ones in Zen temple gardens. You will learn about Japanese lanterns, miniature pagodas, water basins, gates, and walls, and will be shown step by step how to make a bamboo lattice fence. Notes on the care of bamboo, moss, and grass are provided as are names of native North American plants and trees that can be substituted for conventional Japanese varieties. Schematic layout plans, detailed how-to explanations, and over 130 color photographs of Japanese gardens old and new give you ideas for endless variations. Thoroughly up-to-date in its approach and based on the principle that a garden must satisfy the gardener, not a set of inflexible guidelines, this book encourages you to choose freely from the wide range of traditional Japanese design elements that suit your needs and tastes. Whether you live in the country, city, or somewhere in between, you will discover here numerous ways to transform--simply, inexpensively, and with your own two hands--that back porch, corridor, or yard into an intimate, tranquil oasis, one that will reward your planning and work with a rich and everchanging beauty.
	The Art of the Japanese Garden by: Michiko Young publisher: Tuttle Publishing, published: 2005-10-15 ASIN: 0804835985 sales rank: 336863 price: $21.68 (new), $16.41 (used)
Winner of the 2006 American Horitcultural Society Book Award! Gardening has reached new heights of sophistication, and this book profiles a number of the most notable gardens in Japan and beyond. The goal of a Japanese garden is to suggest a landscape, to depict famous natural scenes, or to evoke a particular artistic quality or atmosphere. Graveled courtyards, early aristocratic gardens, Zen gardens, and several other elements all play key roles in these extravagant landscapes. The Art of the Japanese Garden is a valuable resource for anyone interested in gardening, landscape design, and Japanese art and culture.
	Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden (Tuttle Classics) by: Jiro Takei publisher: Tuttle Publishing, published: 2008-10-15 ASIN: 0804839689 sales rank: 360338 price: $8.50 (new), $7.90 (used)
The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly one thousand years ago. It is the oldest existing text on Japanese gardening-or any kind of gardening—in the world. In this edition of the Sakuteiki the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening.
	Creating Your Own Japanese Garden by: Takashi Sawano publisher: Japan Publications Trading, published: 1999-12-01 ASIN: 087040962X sales rank: 332097 price: $19.65 (new), $14.50 (used)
Written by a Japanese landscape architect who lived and worked overseas, this book offers detailed step-by-step advice on how to design and construct Japanese gardens in various environments, using only materials widely available in the West.

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