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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Profusely and beautifully illustrated throughout,
Visionary Landscapes focuses on recently-created gardens to suggest how the art form is currently evolving, and understanding Japanese garden design principles and practices. Informed and informative,
Visionary Landscapes is a delight to browse through and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Gardening & Horticultural collections in general, and Japanese Gardens supplemental studies reading lists in particular." --
Midwest Book Review"
Visionary Landscapes caters to gardeners who treat horticulture as a craft or artistry, but also serves as an eye-opening piece for the average reader … It's refreshing to read from an author so passionate about his subject." --
Washington Gardener magazine"In
Visionary Landscapes: Japanese Garden Design in North America, Kendall H. Brown explores the work of five contemporary Japanese-style garden designers whom he has designated masters of the art … Several of the book's featured designers evoke Japanese landscape painting in their work." --
American Society of Landscape Architects
