Japanese Gardens

Marc Treib,Ron Herman   Designed for the layman as well as the professional, this concise yet comprehensive guide provides both practical information and theoretical insights into... [read more]

Kiyoshi Seike,Masanobu Kudo,Haruzo Ohashi,David H. Engel   This book makes it possible for anyone to bring a touch of Oriental magic into his or her own back yard. The... [read more]

Alvin Horton,Meredith Books   These days, people crave gardens that fill the soul and comfort the body. Japanese gardening answers those yearnings. This book demonstrates how... [read more]

Takashi Sawano   This book on to introduce a Japanese garden into your surroundings was written by a Japanese landscape architect who has worked in... [read more]

Antonia Beattie,Leigh Clapp   Over 100 stunning photographs exemplify the beauty of feng shui and the aesthetics of contemporary garden design- Clear diagrams and inspirational photographs... [read more]

Leonard Koren   A simple and provocative book offering a revisionist photo-essay on the ever-popular Japanese "dry landscape" or "rock" gardens. Not Zen, possibly art,... [read more]

Marc P. Keane,MARC KEANE,OHASHI HARUZO   This book presents the essential concepts that garden designers have employed through the centuries and the knowledge necessary to create these living... [read more]

Haruzo Ohashi   The Japanese garden is held in great esteem throughout the world, but it succeeds by blending opposites -- an energy of line... [read more]

J. D. Vertrees,Peter Gregory   In this update of the major reference by the late renowned Japanese maple authority with the apt name of Vertrees, Gregory, the... [read more]

Wybe Kuitert   Incorporating new findings from excavations in this edition, a Dutch garden architect and visiting professor at Kyoto U. of Art and Design... [read more]

Katsuhiko Mizuno,John Bester   Japanese gardening is the art of arranging plants, rocks, lanterns, and basins in an open or, as here, an enclosed space. According... [read more]

Jiro Takei,Marc Peter Keane   Written by a Japanese court noble nearly 1,000 years ago, Sakuteiki, or Records of Garden Making, is the oldest known treatise on... [read more]

David A. Slawson   Truly a remarkable book; nominally a garden gook, it is also a design manual, a study of Japanese aesthetics.... [read more]

Katsuhiko Mizuno  

Marc Peter Keane   In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto... [read more]

Peter Valder   It is hard now to imagine gardens without peonies, flowering peaches, camellias, gardenias, azaleas, wisteria, forsythia, crabapples, and the host of other... [read more]

Teiji Itoh   Presenting a discussion of the Japanese garden, this book examines its origins and history; the different types that evolved over time; the... [read more]

Haruzo Ohashi   Of the ninety-six photographs in this book by Haruzo Ohashi, forty-six were taken of Kyoto gardens. The locations of the others range... [read more]

Joseph Cali   The perfect book for contemplating a Zen-style garden for your yard or balcony. Japanese gardens are renowned for their serene and peaceful... [read more]

Jenny Hendy   The Japanese Zen garden is a triumph of simplicity, a space where balance is emphasized to create a sanctuary of stillness and... [read more]

D. Moore   Compose beautiful scenes and images to soothe the spirit with this desk-size garden, complete with base, sand, rocks, and a miniature wooden... [read more]

Judith D. Klingsick   A guide to classic Japanese gardens unlike any other, this beautiful books explores the traditional elements that give Japanese gardens their sensuous,... [read more]

Bryan Albright,Constance Tindale   A manual for the design and construction of a Japanese-style garden. The principles on which Japanese gardens are built are explained along... [read more]

Victor Cusack,Deirdre Stewart   The clumping bamboo is used for food, housing, shade, musical instruments, utensils, furniture, weapons, ropes, lamps, and hundreds of other practical and... [read more]

Kieran Egan   Kieran Egan had a fantasy. Inspired by a visit to a friend"s miniature Zen garden on a balcony in Nagoya, he returned... [read more]

Peter Chan   Draw inspiration from a colorful photographic tour of outstanding examples, and follow a master designer as he goes one step at a... [read more]

Judy Glattstein   Azalea, flowering cherry, peony, lily, pachysandra...For centuries Japan has been the source of some of the most popular and commonplace plants in... [read more]

Lillian Too  

Angi M. Wong   Feng shui's hot, now it's easy! Open up the self-contained 17" Kit imprinted with the colors, water, elements, meanings, materials, trees, symbols,... [read more]

Roni Jay,Richard Craze   Applies the proven principles of Feng Shui to the garden, examining all of the main features of garden design.... [read more]

Jennifer Lawler,Holly Ziegler   This title for gardeners shows readers how to observe the natural patterns, energies, and protectors at work around them and make use... [read more]

Norman Carver  

Naomi Hirahara   Green Makers explores the little-known history of Japanese American gardeners in Southern California during the past century. Equipped with only pickup trucks... [read more]

Michael S. Yamashita,Elizabeth Bibb   Bibb traces the Japanese garden from its ancient beginnings--when the early Japanese spread white sand in the forest groves to invite the... [read more]

Joe Earle,Julie Moir Messervy,Sadao Hibi   Japanese gardens have long been revered for their impeccable design, detail and composition, properties which elevate them from being mere gardens to... [read more]

Vincent T. Covello,Yuji Yoshimura   Offers aesthetic guidance and practical advice for the delicate art of miniature landscape creation.... [read more]

Haruzo Ohashi   There is nothing to equal the intimate beauty of a Japanese courtyard garden and this magnificent collection of photographs by Haruzo Ohashi... [read more]

Isao Yoshikawa   A practical introduction to the art of Japanese gardening provides an easy-to-follow guide to creating a Japanese garden in one's own home,... [read more]

J. Conder,Josiah, F.R.I.B.A. Conder   Classic study of gardening techniques and artistic principles involved. Includes analysis of five main garden types, plus important components: stones, lanterns, pagodas,... [read more]

Guenther Nitschke   The Japanese garden, like all gardens, is more than mere nature; it is nature crafted by man. It needs the hands of... [read more]

Robert Ketchell   Japanese gardens have a matchless allure all their own--so still and with a profound sense of beauty. Spending time in that peaceful... [read more]

Amanda Herries   Traces the history of Japanese garden-making in the United Kingdom and illustrates some of the gardens that still survive.... [read more]

Cotton Mather,Pradyumna P. Karan,Shigerur Iijima   From the busy streets of Tokyo to the secluded shores of Kyushu, from the volcanoes of Hokkaido to the temples of Kyoto,... [read more]

Michio Fujioka,Kazunori Tsunenari  

   CD-Rom of Japanese garden design: Features: Experience Japanese garden design Seamless panorama of wood, sand, and stone Uses QuickTime VR technology Maps, slides, and screensavers Essays, history,... [read more]

Josiah Conder   Landscape Gardening in Japan was first published in 1893 by Josiah Conder, a British architect, urban planner, and teacher, who had come... [read more]

Francois Berthier,Graham Parkes   The Japanese dry landscape garden has long attracted - and long baffled - viewers from the West. While museums across the United... [read more]

Yoko Kawaguchi   From earliest times, the formal gardens of Japan represented the mountains and waterfalls, lakes and streams of the natural world. In their... [read more]

Felix G. Rivera   Suiseki are stones that have naturally weathered into forms suggestive of mountains, islands, and waterfalls. Highly decorative, these stones are also sophisticated... [read more]

Herb L. Gustafson   Nourish the soul and restore the spirit in your own Japanese garden! This inspirational and photo-packed guidebook shows how to create the... [read more]

Willi Benz   Look at a rock: can you see the shadow of a giant boulder or a mountain? That's Suiseki -- nature's larger forms... [read more]

David Farrelly   Now available once again with a new preface by the author, The Book of Bamboo introduces us to the oldest, most remarkable... [read more]

Joseph Cho Wang  

Gill Hale   The art of feng shui had been practiced in the east for centuries but only recently being appreciated in the western world... [read more]

Gill Hale,Sue Minter   This accessible, practical book with full-color photographs, illustrations, and charts shows readers how to direct and use the natural flow of energy... [read more]

Josiah Conder   This lovely 100-year-old classic was the first glimpse for Westerners into the Japanese art of ikebana. When he was just twenty-four, British... [read more]

Jiro Harada   This charming volume presents a rare opportunity to view the gardens of Meiji Japan from the inside, as seen through the eyes... [read more]

Peter Wharton   An authoritative guide to 130 of the most fascinating yet little-known ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials from "the green mantle" of Asia.... [read more]

Alison Main,Newell Platten,Julie Moir Messervy   delightful journey through the gardens of Japantheir art, culture, and history. This beautifully designed book is a guide to gardens in Japan... [read more]

Abd Al-Hayy Moore   This carry-along, illustrated version of the popular "Zen Gardening Kit" provides a touch of tranquility on the go. Packaged with a 32-page... [read more]

Michiko Rico Nose,Shunmyo Masuno,Michael Freeman   The Modern Japanese Garden is the first book to survey contemporary Japanese garden design, which has undergone striking developments in the last... [read more]

Joseph Conder   Published originally by Kegan Paul in 1935, this vital work by the Western master of Japanese flower arranging covers all aspects, schools,... [read more]

Harte   Zen Gardening places every aspect of creating a Zen garden at the hands of today's gardeners. This unique book simplifies the complex... [read more]

Erik Borja,Paul Maurer