Zen in your garden / Jenny Hendy.

Zen in your garden : (cover title)

Hendy, Jenny, 1961- (Author).

Summary:

"Discover the essence of Zen and transform your garden unto a sacred space with this practical introduction to the art of Japanese garden design."

Record details

ISBN: 0804832897
ISBN: 0804847533
ISBN: 9780804832892
ISBN: 9780804847537
Physical Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Tuttle Pub., 2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1 Beginning with Zen -- Introduction -- Japanese esthetics -- The Zen approach -- Leading the eye -- pt. 2 Design -- A modern interpretation -- Adapting local materials -- Thought before action -- Awakening to the garden -- Dry mountain water -- Symbolic rock -- Dry garden design -- Symbolic water -- Water garden origins -- Water in your garden -- Woodland gardens -- Moss gardens -- Tuning in to nature -- Making a garden for wildlife -- Courtyard gardens -- A room with a view -- pt. 3 Making a garden -- Planning a water feature -- Building a natural pond -- Formal pools and other features -- Stepping stones and bridges -- Selecting and placing rock -- Surfacing and planting the dry garden -- Stepping stones and pathways -- Decking and boardwalks -- Sceens -- Solid backdrops -- Gates and entranceways -- The tea house -- Seating and garden furniture -- Sculptural form -- Creating a focus -- Lighting -- pt. 4 Planting -- Spring -- Summer -- Fall -- Winter -- Planting philosophy -- Foliage as sculpture -- The green garden -- Flowers -- Trees in the landscape -- Pruning and shaping plants -- pt. 5 Plant portraits -- Bamboo -- Ground cover -- Trees -- Evergreens -- Shrubs and climbers -- Water plants -- Plants for shaping -- Perennials and bulbs -- Mosses and ferns.