Japanese Gardening Organization proudly presents this amazing work by Andrew A. Dean.  Part One is available to anyone wishing to lean about Japanese gardens. 

Parts Two – Five are available to supporters of Japanese Gardening Organization.  For more information and access to these four books, see JGO membership.

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)

• Appendix A: Traditional Measures
• Appendix B: Numeral Influences
• Appendix C: Common Flora
• Appendix D: Gardens Cited