Create Your Own Japanese Garden: A Practical Guide

Excellent book

Food for thought! A beautifully presented book - I love the practical advice and the down to earth nature of the book that lets the reader envision exactly how they want their garden to look - Designing a Japanese garden can be a large expense so you want to get it right or as near as you can first time - My outlook on my garden now has expanded to take on different aspects of the layout I want, and the pictures show the possibilities in a reasonable amount of space. Would recommend this book to others

For the budding Japanese gardener or Niwa or the perfect Zen moment of creating the garden in your mind while reading ,this is a lovely book full of good ideas and good photographs. Recomended.

Good book, but delivery man left it out in the rain, so was wet and warped on opening.

Gift for husband who is delighted with it. Lots of practical advice and projects which are do-able. Beautiful photis make this a pkeasure to read.

Great ideas and photos,You may get some fresh ideas but very helpful if you are looking to create your own Japanese garden.

amazing book, fast delivery.

The book had very few pictures and appeared bit dated. Not inspiring at all

Beautifully bound and illustrated book full of practical advice on creating your own Japanese garden.

I don't normally do book reviews but I had to for this one. I'm a huge fan of Japanese gardens. When I lived in California I used to regularly visit the one in The Huntington, and my goal is to create one of my own. I had no idea where to start, so this book is a big help. The author is a true expert and really knows their business. They break down gardens into simple elements- water feature, large rocks, small rocks/gravel, and bushes/trees, soil. Using gorgeous photos of real-life examples as well as diagrams, the author then explains step-by step how each garden was achieved. A lot of people in the reviews complained that this book was way too complicated and made Japanese gardens seem unattainable due to the need for things like backhoes and drainage plans, etc., but I'm not sure what they were expecting. These gardens are works of living art, and don't emerge from the ether fully formed. The main thing I understand now that I didn't before reading this book is that 1) Japanese gardens require a lot of PLANNING, money, time, energy, hard work, and heavy machinery to create. There's just no way around it. 2)The beauty of the garden requires constant maintenance. The author even says that if you make a garden, you must be willing to care for it constantly as though it were your own child. This made me really appreciate even more the work that goes into the serenity and beauty of a Japanese garden. This is an inspirational book that I will cherish.

A must buy to get an insight of Japanese garden feel.

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