A Japanese Touch for Your Garden: Revised and Expanded Edition - Couverture rigide

Seike, Kiyoshi; Kudo, Masanobu; Engel, David H.

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ISBN 10 : 4770030797 ISBN 13 : 9784770030795

Editeur : Kodansha International Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Seike Kiyoshi Kudo Masanobu Engel David H

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Japanese Touch for Your Garden is a concise introduction to the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. Whether it’s a spacious suburban lot, an office courtyard or a tiny, inner-city backyard, here are hundreds of creative but time-honored ways to make maximum use of the available space.

Readers will learn how to lay stones and pathways and how to create intriguing sand patterns like the ones in Zen temple gardens. They 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 150 color photographs of Japanese gardens, old and new, offer ideas for endless variations. In this revised edition, all the photographs have been replaced with new ones, and the number of color pages has doubled, making the book much more attractive.

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 readers to choose freely from the wide range of traditional Japanese design elements that suit individual needs and tastes. Whether one lives in the country, city, or somewhere in between, he or she will discover numerous ways to transform — simply, inexpensively, and with one’s own two hands — that back porch, corridor, or yard into an intimate, tranquil oasis, that will reward all the planning and work with a rich and ever-changing beauty.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Japanese Touch for Your Garden is a concise introduction to the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. Whether a sprawling garden, office courtyard or a city patio, this book includes hundreds of creative but classic ways to make maximum use of the space. Readers will learn how to lay stones and pathways; how to create intriguing sand patterns like the ones in Zen temple gardens; they 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 western plants and trees that can be substituted for conventional Japanese varieties. Schematic layout plans, detailed how-to explanations, and over 150 colour photographs of Japanese gardens old and new give 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 the reader to choose freely from the wide range of traditional Japanese design elements that suit individual needs and tastes. Whether living in the country, city, or somewhere in between, the reader will discover numerous ways to transform any space into an intimate, tranquil oasis, one that will reward the planning and work with a rich and ever-changing beauty.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kodansha International Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 4770030797
• ISBN 13: 9784770030795
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible