Uegaki, Chieri
Summary: "A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE UGECali, Joseph
Summary: "Learn how to create a tranquil outdoor space at home with this practical and inspiring guide! With instructive drawings and step-by-step techniques, Inside Your Japanese Garden walks you through designing and creating your very own Japanese garden. From small projects like benches and gates, to larger undertakings like bridges and mud walls, this book provides a wide variety of ways to enhance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 CALChesshire, Charles
Summary: This inspiring book offers expert information on how to create the perfect Japanese-style garden in any location, large or small. It presents the history of Japanese gardens and the principles underlying them. Sections on the five classic Japanese garden styles (pond gardens, dry gardens, tea gardens, stroll gardens, and courtyard gardens) explain their key characteristics with practical tips...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz Books, an imprint of Anness Publishing Ltd 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 CHEKijima, Toshio
Summary: Japanese Style Companion Planting brings the techniques of a master farmer in Japan to home gardeners all over the world, with over 175 easy-to-follow color illustrations and detailed texts. Japanese gardeners typically work with small plots and are experts at making the most efficient use of available garden space. They have long understood that when compatible vegetables and fruits are grown...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 KIJOguchi, Motomi
Summary: In this book, renowned garden designer Motomi Oguchi offers the reader a step-by-step, practical approach to creating Japanese gardens, drawn from a wealth of experience that covers thirty years and encompasses the design of more than 400 gardens. The author uses real examples from gardens he has designed, constructed, and photographed to illustrate his key points, approaching each work from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 OGUKawaguchi, Yoko
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated book provides an inspirational and practical introduction to the traditions of Japanese Zen gardens, using natural materials such as wood, bamboo, rocks and pebbles. Emphasizing the value of shape in trees and shrubs with the subtlety of color through the varied greens of foliage and moss, Authentic Japanese Gardens explains how western plants and materials can be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IMM Lifestyle Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 KAWYoshikawa, Isao
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joie, Inc. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0952 YOSBuck, Leslie
Summary: This absorbing debut memoir recounts an American gardener's apprenticeship with the most prestigious gardening firm in Kyoto. --Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUCK, LESLIE BUCBuck, Leslie
Summary: At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping companies in Kyoto. Cutting Back recounts Buck's bold journey and the revelations she has along the way. During her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio [a division of] Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BUCK, LESLIE BucHelphand, Kenneth I.
Contents: War and gardens -- Trench gardens : the Western Front in World War I -- Ghetto gardens : Nazi Europe, 1939-44 -- Barbed-wire gardens : Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees in Europe and Asia in the world wars -- Stone gardens : Japanese American internment camps, 1942-45 -- Postwar : gardens after the war -- Digging deeper : the spriit of defiant gardens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0904 HELGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: Volunteering at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the early 1900s, Jewish cousins Rebecca and Ana must find the real culprit when they are unfairly blamed for a series of mishaps in the Japanese garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREMcHoy, Peter.
Summary: This superb handbook encourages you to look at what you want from your garden and shows how to achieve it. There are original plans for over 50 gardens, grouped into the most popular styles, including Japanese gardens, low-maintenance gardens and wildlife gardens. Packed with clear advice and inspirational projects, this is ideal for those wishing to design, transform and enhance a garden room.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Southwater 2011