A JAPANESE GARDEN HANDBOOK
by ANDREW R. DEANE
As part of the merger of Japanese Gardening Organization, Intl. with North American Japanese Garden Association this resource will be relocated to https://najga.org/handbook/. Anyone currently registered will continue to have access to all five parts.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part One: Design and Craft
(covering the aesthetics, artistic principles, garden types, designers, builders, and the transference of this knowledge)
Member’s Section
- Part Two: Essential Elements
(laying out the use of the elemental materials of a Japanese garden: Stone, water, and plantings)
- Part Three: Ancillary Elements
(discussing additional elements that make a garden peculiarly Japanese: Paths, bridges, lanterns, water basins, and stone towers; architecture, gates, walls, fences and borrowed scenery)
- Part Four: Culture and Context
(covering religious, philosophical, geomantic and cultural influences)
- Part Five: Historical Canvas
(providing a brief but useful historical overview)