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Posted by come_n_up_roses 8 texas usa (My Page) on Mon, Nov 15, 04 at 10:56
| this will be a long term project for me. from what I have seen in large public japanese gardens it looks like a lot of mass plantings, of bamboo, monkey grass, ground covers and ponds. Iwondered what other plants and I would love some ideas on arranging this garden. I have plenty of room and lots of shade. I had planned to do this type of garden this past spring, but we had a little twister that was dipping down thru our neighborhood and ripped out 100 year old red oaks! So now I have much sun back there. I've choosen a new spot to start the Japanese Garden. Any suggestions on Books that I could look for? Thanks rosemary |
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- Posted by kobold Vancouver BC (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 15, 04 at 15:04
| Hi Rosemary! There are many-many excellent books, check it out in the library, but these are very good and you can order from Amazon.com Kiyoshi Seike : A Japanese Touch for Your Garden
Masanobu Kudo
David H. Engel Ortho Books : All about Creating Japanese Gardens Peter Chan : Creating a Japanese Garden Sunniva Harte : Zen Gardening Have fun, Andrea |
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- Posted by mrlee zone7a NY (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 15, 04 at 21:07
| I've seldom seen nice japanese gardens created all at once. I've been working on my entire yard over the past 8 years doing a little at a time, bit by bit. It's more fun that way and becomes an ongoing labor of love with well though out pieces instead of the "one of everything" school of Japanese Gardens One more thought, bamboo is a really tough plant to control and maintain. Try putting some in the wiskey barrel planters that they sell at nurserys. This way they can be moved around at will. |
RE: planning a japanese garden
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| There's a very good book that has info on many famous Japanese gardens (in Japan), it's called Japanese Gardens:Design and Meaning but I can't remember who wrote it. It's very good, it has site plans and cross-sections for all of the gardens, pictures (mainly black-and-white as it is quite old) and also design interpretation and such. A very good book. -Audric |
RE: planning a japanese garden
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| My "mostest favoritest" source for this is the section on design in Japanese Garden Design by Marc P. Keane. He addresses many of the questions of purpose and authenticity that have come up in this forum as well. |
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