Cutting back
Subtitle: my apprenticeship in the gardens of Kyoto
By: Leslie Buck
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781604697933
Subjects: Japanese Gardens; Study and teaching; Pruning; Apprentices
Description: This absorbing debut memoir recounts an American gardener's apprenticeship with the most prestigious gardening firm in Kyoto. --Publisher.
Table of contents: title: Watchful Turtle is given a pine test; title: A seed sprouts in Tokyo Gardens; title: Flying into the gardens; title: "Senteishi desu"; title: Tying the knot with the Kyoto craftsmen; title: Reaching for the unexpected fruit; title: Stepping into jikatabi; title: Garden bling keeps the garden clean; title: All the twigs work with speed; title: A seasonal garden is about to change; title: Surviving Masahiro's Island; title: Communicating in silence; title: Working under the tree of thorns; title: Shifting perspectives in the landscape; title: Shearing with emotions; title: Songs from the Emerald Opera; title: Tanuki discovers garden spirits; title: Mother makes a secret offering; title: Room with a view of nature; title: Feminine strength in the maple grove; title: Guardian angel tells a white lie; title: Finding heart in the landscape; title: Black coffee warms the white garden; title: Craftswoman turns the kaleidoscope.