![]() This isn't just a book for keen gardeners, it's a source of art and design ideas and concepts for anyone in need of inspiration and visual stimulation.". "Packed with over 300 images and poetic prose, The Japanese Garden takes you on a journey. Walker covers their history and meaning, unravelling a little of their mystery."- The Sunday Times, Home: Gardening "Just leafing through Sophie Walker's The Japanese Garden brings a feeling of calm and tranquillity. Will make you want to book a flight to Kyoto immediately.". "An incredible ode to the beauty and tranquillity of the country's gardening tradition. In Japan, the gardens are designed to encourage those who admire them to think, too."- The Daily Telegraph, Gardening As Walker says: "Many a great thought has occurred while weeding the garden". Japanese gardening isn't so alien, as anyone who has found connection and peace in their garden will know. Rather, however, Walker's point is that we should embrace the ethos of Japanese gardening – that it exists to transport our minds and build our inner worlds, rather than be used to expand our experience of what is around us – and channel that appreciation of nature into garden design. The book could act as a very good alternative guide to an ambitious horticultural trip. ![]() " The Japanese Garden offers an explanation of the semantic foundations of Japanese garden design. The driving principle is not anthropocentricism, but rather keeping in step with the providence of the universe." - Lee Ufan "Japanese gardens present a world that is profoundly un-human. It's another way of ordering your vision, and it slows down your vision." - Richard Serra The gardens impose that effort on you if you want to see them. "The act of seeing, and the concentration of seeing, takes an effort. "Sophie Walker: a name to watch." - Independent I love her writing she brings the ancient art of these gardens into the context of today."- Luciano Giubbilei, garden designer What is so significant/exceptional about Sophie's book is the way in which her essays unveil the very contemporary relevance of the subject. "There are many books that have been written on Japanese gardens, on their beauty, their philosophy and their history.
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