THE JAPANESE GARDEN

By EdySutio

A RESPONSE TO NATURE: Introduces the Japanese concept of the garden, the major styles and ways to adapt these styles to your own garden

DESIGNING YOUR GARDEN: Provides step-by-step guidance in analyzing your site and needs and developing a design using essential Japanese principles to create a garden that suits you best.

GARDEN COMPONENTS: In a Japanese garden, earth, provides the matrix for the basic elements: stone, water, and plants. These natural elements, in various forms and combinations, make the garden.

PLANTS : Most Japanese gardens have plants as basic components, but their functions often differ from those in occidental gardens. This chapter offers some basics about plant selection and use.

PROFILE OF A JAPANESE GARDEN : The owners of the garden featured in this chapter have built a sanctuary that is thoroughly Japanese and yet thoughtfully adapted to an American setting and to the homeowner’s needs.