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/.
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)
The following parts of the Handbook are now available on the NAJGA.ORG website.
- 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)