Quiet beauty : the Japanese gardens of North America

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Quiet beauty : the Japanese gardens of North America

Kendall H. Brown ; photographs by David M. Cobb

Tuttle, c2013

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ISBN 9784805311950

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  • ORIENTAL EXOTICA(Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park,San Francisco,California,1894;Japanese Garden at the Huntington Botanic Garden,San Marino,California,1911(1968,2012) ほか)
  • BUILDING BRIDGES(Shofuso Japanese House and Garden,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,1958;Japanese Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum,Seattle,Washington,1960 ほか)
  • INNOVATION BY ADAPTATION(Japanese Garden in San Mateo Central Park,San Mateo,California,1965;Nikka‐Yuko Japanese Garden,Lethbridge,Alberta,1966 ほか)
  • EXPANSIVE VISIONS(Seiwa’en(Garden of Pure,Clear Harmony and Peace)at the Missouri Botanical Garden,St.Louis,Missouri,1977;Sansho’en(Garden of the Three Islands)/Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden,Glencoe,Illinois,1982 ほか)
  • TRADITIONS TRANSFORMED(Anderson Japanese Gardens,Rockford,Illinois,1978;Japanese Garden at the Montr´eal Botanical Garden,Montr´eal,Qu´ebec,1988 ほか)

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ISBN 9784805311950

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*Gold Medal winner in the 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Home & Garden* "Just flipping through the pages of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America will instantly lower your blood pressure."--The New York Times Book Review Quiet Beauty: Japanese Gardens of North America is an extraordinary look at the most beautiful and serene gardens of the United States and Canada. Most Japanese garden books look to the gardens of Japan. Quiet Beauty explores the treasure trove of Japanese gardens located in North America. Featuring an intimate look at twenty-six gardens, with numerous stunning color photographs of each, that detail their style, history, and special functions, this book explores the ingenuity and range of Japanese landscaping. Japanese gardens have been part of North American culture for almost 150 years. Quiet Beauty is a thought-provoking look at the history of their introduction to the world of North American gardening and how this aspect of Japanese culture has taken root and flourished. Japanese gardens include: Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California Nitobe Memorial Garden, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Japanese Garden, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Texas Garden of the Pine Winds, Denver Botanic Gardena, Colorado Japanese Garden, Montreal Botanical Garden, Quebec Tenshin'en (The Garden of the Heart of Heaven), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Roji'en (Garden of Drops of Dew), The George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Japanese Gardens, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, Margaret T. Hance Park, Arizona Garden of the Pine Wind, Garvan Woodland Garden, Hot Springs, Arkansas

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