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Create Your Own Japanese Garden: A Practical Guide

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Although this is a nice book, it is not as good as the reviews led me to believe. The attractive photos focus on primarily a few gardens that the author himself has made. In at least a couple of cases, the gardens were built where cars had been parked. I kept wondering where the cars went. I am sure the owners did not get rid of them.
The book has been praised for telling readers how to build elements of the gardens. This is true for a few fences and such in the featured gardens. However, I am sure other books in my collection have more information about building more things.

This is not really a how-to book. The author shows, in detail, how to recreate some gardens that he created for clients. While this is interesting, you really can't create your own Japanese garden using this book.

After buying and reading many books on design of Japanese gardens and being dissatisfied because of no detailed help, this book was refreshing. This book bridges the gap between concept and digging a hole to plant a tree. Is well worth the cost.

This is an excellent book for those of us wishing to create their own Japanese style garden. There are numerous explanations and detailed instructions for creating various elements that are not described in most books on this subject. I can't wait for Spring to begin.

Create Your Own Japanese Garden: A Practical Guideinspired me to not only create my own Japanese garden, but I am adding an outdoor shower designed along the lines of a very small tea house. I hope this is not considered disrespectful of the Japanese culture!

Love this great book! Motomi Oguchi's first in English!
I have it displayed like a coffee table book, and relish over as a tresure I can disappear away into... Our tropically themed yard that has unparralled panoramic views offering one perfection longings of West, North and East will be comlimented and made more elegant with some Japanese themes running the spine of our yard... Japanese rock walkways, lit gracefully with stone lanturns... Something permanent in this ever un-permanent world. Yes, the true escape is home...
Love the details in this book and strict attention to tradition.
Lot's of photo's!!!
"Domo", Motomi Oguchi for your wonderful agricultural gifts...
I will be checking out Joseph Cali's new books, also.

A very informative book with pictures showing great details of Japanese gardens with construction tips. The illustrations show the tranquility of these gardens with layouts for some.