{"title":"Gardening Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore bestselling gardening books, garden design books, landscaping books, permaculture books and Japanese garden books at World Safari Shops. Discover Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening, Back to Nature: The Art of Urban Gardening, Fairy Garden for Beginners, The Permaculture City and Japanese Stone Gardens alongside Practical Mini Urban Landscape Gardening, Gardens for Small Country Houses, Canyon Garden, Stop Landscaping Start LifeScaping and A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Browse Garden History of Georgia 1733–1933, Gardens of the Gilded Age, A Woman's Shed, Oasis Modern Desert Homes Around the World, Farming the City, Houses and Gardens of Kyoto, The Education of a Gardener, Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens, Japanese Garden Notes, Living Land, Eco House Book, Building Natural Ponds and Growing and Greating. 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Rainwater\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFlorence Marye\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eLoraine M. Cooney\u003c\/b\u003e (Compiled by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the growth of the garden club movement in the South during the early years of the twentieth century, interest also developed in identifying and recording the region's important gardens and landscapes. 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For this reason, the value of the Japanese stone garden today is arguably even greater than when many of them were created. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifteen gardens are featured in this book: some well known, such as the famous temple gardens of Kyoto, others less so, among them gardens spread through the south of Honshu Island and the southern islands of Shikoku and Kyushu and in faraway Okinawa.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Mansfield\u003c\/b\u003e is a British writer and photojournalist whose work has appeared in over 60 magazines, newspapers and journals worldwide. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eJapan: Islands of the Floating World, Japan's Master Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTokyo: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently resides in Japan, where he is a regular book reviewer for \u003ci\u003eThe Japan Times\u003c\/i\u003e. 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His memoirs, born of a lifetime of sketching, designing, and working on site, are a mixture of engaging personal reminiscence, keen critical intelligence, and practical know-how. They are not only essential reading for today's gardeners, but a master's compelling reflection on the deep sources and informing principles of his art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Education of a Gardene\u003c\/i\u003er offers charming, sometimes pointed anecdotes about patrons, colleagues, and, of course, gardens, together with lucid advice for the gardener. Page discusses how to plan a garden that draws on the energies of the surrounding landscape, determine which plants will do best in which setting, plant for the seasons, handle color, and combine trees, shrubs, and water features to rich and enduring effect. To read The Education of a Gardener is to wander happily through a variety of gardens in the company of a wise, witty, and knowledgeable friend. 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