Japanese Gardens category: 64 books
Tenryu-ji
Life and Spirit of a Kyoto Garden
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
This illustrated study of Tenryuji, ranked number one among the five great Zen temples of Kyoto and a major destination for tourism and worship, weaves together history, design, culture, and personal reflection to reveal the inner workings of a great spiritual institution. Looking at Tenryuji's present...
by Dwayne Haskell
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
How To Prune A Japanese Maple will walk the typical homeowner through the proper steps of pruning a Japanese Maple tree.
Covers the tools required, when to prune, why to prune, and most importantly, how to prune.
Also covers how to properly cut larger branches on older trees.
Enfolding Silence
The Transformation of Japanese American Religion and Art under Oppression
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
This book demonstrates how Japanese Americans have developed traditions of complex silences to survive historic moments of racial and religious oppression and how they continue to adapt these traditions today. Brett Esaki offers four case studies of Japanese American art-gardening, origami, jazz,...
Japanese Flower Arrangement
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1989
This Japanese gardening book is a practical, concise guide to flower arranging or Ikebana.
Illustrated with dozens of helpful photographs and diagrams, this flower arranging handbook provides full and comprehensive treatment of the various forms of Moribana and Heiki style arrangements. Each...
by Tom Covert
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Making a beautiful Zen garden can be just as peaceful and fulfilling as having one. Such a refuge can be placed in nearly any space, ranging from large, sweeping gardens that encompass acres to tiny, desktop gardens that take up no more room than a notebook. Here's how to create a constantly changing...
by Annie Martin
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
“This is a fascinating books for anyone wanting to truly broaden the range of plants they grow.” —Gardens Illustrated
Moss is an extraordinary plant—it grows without roots, flowers, or stems. Despite being overlooked, in many ways, moss is perfect: it provides year-round color, excels...
by Shozo Sato
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The Japanese Art of Flower Arranging
Ikebana, or Japanese flower arranging, is more than just putting flowers in a container. Ikebana is a disciplined art form in which the arrangement is a living thing, where nature and humanity are brought together. Written by renowned Ikebana expert Shozo...
Consider the Lilies
Japanese Flower Arrangement and Bible Topics
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Japanese flower arranging has attracted a world wide following, and this book is a simple and clear introduction to the art.
The first section illustrates thirty-six suggested flower arrangements with diagrams and full how-to-do-it instructions. The second part of the book explains the theory...
Bonsai Gardening Secrets
A Gardening Guide For Bonsai Beginners With All The Essential Gardening Tips You Need To Know For Growing, Trimming, Sculpting And Pruning Perfectly Beautiful Bonsai Trees For Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Bonsai is a 2000-year old art form of creating miniature-sized trees. Many believe that this gardening style originated in Japan when actually it began in China during the Han dynasty. It was the Chinese who taught the Japanese the techniques of how to garden in a shallow tray but it was the Japanese...
Art of Bonsai
Creation, Care and Enjoyment
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Learn the ins and outs of proper bonsai design and care with this comprehensive Japanese gardening book.
Japanese bonsai have long been admired throughout the world while their care and preservation have seemed shrouded in mystery. The Art of Bonsai is, however, a comparatively simple art to...
Miniature Bonsai
The Complete Guide to Super-Mini Bonsai
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
This step-by-step bonsai book shows you how to craft super mini bonsai—the smallest form of bonsai!
Miniature Bonsai reveals the Japanese art of super-mini bonsai gardening. As rewarding as full-scale bonsai cultivation is, mini bonsai is affordable, straightforward to learn and kind to your...
Bonsai and Penjing
Ambassadors of Peace & Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
This book tells the awe-inspiring stories of bonsai and penjing trees in the collection of the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.
It details their valuable role in international diplomacy and as instruments of American presidential influence. It also describes their inclusion in world's...
Beginning Bonsai
The Gentle Art of Miniature Tree Growing
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Learn to grow and care for decorative bonsai trees with this user-friendly Japanese gardening book.
For those with no bonsai tree growing experience, Beginning Bonsai: The Gentle Art of Miniature Tree Growing covers everything from buying the first plant for beginning bonsai to creating a miniature...
The Bonsai Bible
The definitive guide to choosing and growing bonsai
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
The Japanese and Chinese have been creating bonsai trees for centuries and it is now an internationally popular pastime. This compact and stylish guide will provide everything you need to know to grow bonsai successfully, including shaping with wires, watering, seasonal maintenance, tackling common...