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Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts, and Other Miniatures [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

George Schenk (Author)
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March 15, 1997
A delightful book that encourages gardeners to pay closer attention to the subtle beauty of miniature landscapes and introduces one of the glories of Japanese gardens into American designs. The author writes entertainingly of mosses on rocks and walls, in containers, and as a lush ground cover, and he presents a gallery of his favorite moss species.

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Schenk, author of three other horticultural books, points out that traces of moss have been found in 400-million-year-old fossils. There are 15,000 living moss species, 1,200 of them in North America. Schenk defines the varieties of moss plants and follows with chapters on moss gardens in Japan (a garden in Kyoto was designed in the fourteenth century) and on gardens in Europe and North America. There are chapters on mossy rocks, moss carpets, alpine gardens, growing moss in containers, and the use of moss as ground covers beneath bonsai trees. Schenk lists approximatety 60 plants alphabetically by genus, with advice on propagating, cultivating, and transplanting. Includes 97 color photographs. George Cohen

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"Read [this book] if you want to gain a healthy respect for and excitement about mosses."
—Joel M. Lerner, Washington Post, February 17, 2001 (The Washington Post )

"Schenk has a gift of gab as great his gift of vision. He introduces his subjects enticingly, then starts to get technical ...Indeed, there is much more here than any one of us would suspect possible. The photographs, too, are amazingly varied, considering they are all of moss ...Schenk's book will open our eyes and instruct our fingers. His own dirt-stained hands are his offered proof of his right to write this book — and a most convincing one."
—Ann Lovejoy, Seattle Times, February 1, 2000 (Seattle Times )

"The book's best feature is its stunning close-up photography. High-quality color photographs by the author and others lovingly bring these tiny plants into view. These modest plants are anything but humble when seen close-up. For those of us who see beautry in a moss carpet or a lichen-covered rock, here, finally, is a book worthy of a place on the gardening shelf."
—Jim Bennett, Fine Gardening, January/February 1998 (Fine Gardening )

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 262 pages
  • Publisher: Timber Press (March 15, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0881923702
  • ISBN-13: 978-0881923704
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Moss Gardening is marvelous!, July 2, 2000
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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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Impressively illustrated with glorious full color photographs of the many & various moods of moss gardening from a tilled sand Zen meditation complete with mossy stones to wild, serene woodlands carpeted with lush colonies glowing in slanting sunshine, this is one Edenesque read. If you know of anyone with moss on their minds, this is a unique love story of one fellow who bent down to earth to study these little green plants. As magnificent as the subject itself. Very well done!
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good one, August 2, 1999
This review is from: Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts, and Other Miniatures (Hardcover)
I recommend this book to begineers, it is nicely written and easy to understand. Will definitely encourage you into moss growing.

I would have appreciated a mean of identifying the types of moss that already grow in my garden, maybe some magnified pictures ? There are in this book but maybe not close enough. Although there are 15000 types of moss, maybe it is too tricky.

Good book anyway

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Esoteric, beautiful, reverent book for moss & lichen lovers, June 19, 2002
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This is a beautiful book, and I treasure it. I've shared it with several others who value the green mosses and lichens of the outdoors and they were also impressed. It is high quality paper, every picture (abundant) is in color. The descriptions are thorough. It is a treasured book of mine, one of my favorites for information and for pleasure. The joy of moss and worts.
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THE MOSS plant earns our respect, even our sense of awe, as one of the world's lengthier successes in the business of living. Read the first page
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primitive miniatures, volunteer mosses, moss gardener, lively roof, moss gardening, carpeting mosses, alpine gardening, terrarium garden, map lichen, moss carpet, woodland mosses, terrestrial mosses, mossy garden, other mosses, spore capsules, sunny ground, many mosses, filmy ferns, true mosses, fern house, garden mosses, container garden, spore cases, companion plants, white moss
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North America, New Zealand, Pacific Northwest, United States, British Columbia, New World, Pacific Rim, Florence Free, Doe Run, Method Five, Method Three, North Vancouver, New York, North Carolina, Salisbury Lawns
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