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Best books to learn Japanese gardens, in order

A Japanese garden is an aesthetic language, so the arc runs from the philosophy and history behind it to the vocabulary of stone, water, and plant, then to hands-on placement and pruning. Grasping the intent, borrowed scenery, asymmetry, restraint, before you set a single stone keeps your garden from becoming a pile of ornaments and lets each element carry meaning.

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