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Japanese-Inspired Gardens: Adapting Japan's Design Traditions for Your
Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden 21st-Century Gardening Series
"Offering a 'how-to' approach, this compilation of essays focuses
on the inherent principles and practices behind Japanese landscape design...
Complemented by an extensive encyclopedia of suitable plants, this guide will
enable the gardener to design a Japanese-style landscape that acknowoledges its
inspiration without resorting to stereotypical cliches."
—Booklist
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Japanese Inspirations, by Patricia
Jonas
- Authenticity in Japanese Landscape Design, by David
Slawson
- The Garden Path as a Journey, by Marc Peter Keane
- Rocks in the Japanese-Inspired Garden, by David Harris Engel
- Water in the Japanese Garden Style, by Judy Glattstein
- Pruning Trees and Shrubs, by Douglas M. Roth
- Encyclopedia of Plants for the Japanese-inspired Garden, by Patricia
Jonas
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- Deep Mountains and Forests
- Hills and Fields
- Ponds and Streams
- Seashores
- Grasses, Sedges, and Bamboos
- Ferns and Mosses
- USDA Hardiness Zone Map
- Suppliers
- For More Information
- Contributors
- Index
