Garden design & planning

This is a practical step-by-step guide to building a wide variety of wooden garden structures including sheds, summerhouses, play houses, decking, steps, bridges, fencing, gateways, arches, gazebos, trellises, planters, and much more. It is packed w..

Yangzhou, an historically important site in the Jiangsu province, is one of the most affluent cities in China. This book explores the historical background of Yangzhou gardens and traditional houses in detail, through architectural surveys that offe..

Nobody wants to spend time in a tired, underperforming yard. But how to achieve a low-cost, low-maintenance yard that's environmentally savvy as well as beautiful - a place that works for every need? How do the pros do it? Award-winning landscape ar..

Zen gardens are among the most stunning tourist attractions in the world. These one-of-a-kind Japanese spaces were initially designed to aid Zen Buddhist monks in their regular practice of meditation and introspection. Every day, monks would rake th..

Thе Jараnеѕе rосk garden оr "drу lаndѕсаре" gаrdеn, оftеn саllеd а zеn gаrdеn, сrеаtеѕ а mіnіаturе ѕtуlіzеd lаndѕсаре thrоugh carefully composed аrrаngеmеntѕ оf rосkѕ, wаtеr fеаturеѕ, mоѕѕ, рrunеd trееѕ аnd buѕhеѕ, аnd uѕеѕ grаvеl оr ѕаnd thаt іѕ rа..