Gardens of the Spirit: Create Your Own Sacred Spaces [Hardcover]

Roni Jay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0788169300 | ISBN-13: 978-0788169304

Gardens provide fresh food, beauty for the eyes, & a restful place for the soul. Now create your own special garden, using history s most lovely & exotic landscapes as examples: a tranquil, meditative Japanese Zen garden; an Islamic garden filled with fruit, roses & water; a medieval Christian garden with pathways, arbors & fountains; & an Italian Renaissance garden, with gravel paths, pool & fountain, arbors, & statues. Explains plant symbolism, so you can carefully choose your flowers & shrubbery, & see how to grow a healing garden with medicinal herbs. Gorgeous full-color photos capture the splendor of fine gardens from England to the Far East.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Pub. (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788169300
• ISBN-13: 978-0788169304
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,216,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating tour of the spiritual foundation of gardens, July 18, 1999

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This review is from: Gardens Of The Spirit: Create Your Own Sacred Spaces (Paperback)

The author takes us on a tour of gardens from a number of different cultures. He describes and explains the importance of color, values, beliefs, and spiritual factors in the design of gardens and in the selection of plants, colors and other factors. The book is loaded with interesting facts and insights. The photos are beautiful. It is book to be enjoyed one page at a time and well worth picking up many times to flip through the pages. Only fault is that the pages are packed with information and the relatively small size of the book results in a small font....so you'll need your reading glasses. Enjoy!!

5.0 out of 5 stars A Spiritual Feast, June 18, 2010

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Scott B. Kelley (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gardens Of The Spirit: Create Your Own Sacred Spaces (Paperback)

This is one of my favorite gardening books. It features so many beauiful, peaceful gardens, from Eastern styles like Taoist Gardens and Zen Gardens to Western styles like English Knot Gardens and Italian Renaissance Gardens. All these categories are not explored exhaustively; rather, the history and characteristics of each are briefly addressed, accompanied by gorgeous photos of famous representative gardens. Each section ends with a simple garden plan in the style described. The last section deals with the Healing Garden, and bonus features throughout on topics such as Feng Shui and the Language of Flowers are sure to delight. There wasn't a garden in this book that I didn't want to create myself, and the plans made me think I could! This volume, though not large, packs a lot of value in 140 pages. It is an incredible bargain at the price.