Niwaki Field Report No. 2
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The second edition of the Niwaki Field Report explores the push and pull of nature versus nurture… read the full description.
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Niwaki Field Report • No. 2 is in stock:
- 15.9oz
- 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.5"
- Taki Jinja mountain shrine with Jake Hobson
- Kitsune with Will Thom and Zoe Williams
- The poetics of pruning by Sophie Walker
- Portland Japanese Garden & the Pacific Northwest by Alex Edouard
- The giant of suburbia by Alex Edouard
- Izumo pine hedges by Jake Hobson
- Snow monsters of Japan by Will Thom and Soeda Kohei
- Dinner at Beth’s (Chatto) by John Warland
- Toshi Landscape by Benjamin Kato and Yuri Kimura
- Lessons from the nursery by Jake Hobson
- Reading list, compiled by our contributors
- ISBN: 978-1-9191642-1-2
Product description
The second edition of the Niwaki Field Report explores the push and pull of nature versus nurture, with a special emphasis on Japanese approaches to the subject, as well as a characteristically Niwaki focus on trees.
Sophie Walker draws on her extensive travels in Japan to reveal how philosophical and cultural beliefs inform the practical steps taken by a Japanese gardener, while Jake Hobson explores a sacred forest shrine in Gifu and Alex Edouard reports back from a revelatory visit to Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon. Back in the UK, John Warland catches up with Beth Chatto’s granddaughter to explore her revolutionary legacy and her enduring impact on gardeners today. Our fearless correspondents also hunt tall trees and dodge Sasquatch in Olympic National Park, risk hypothermia and Yeti abduction in Yamagata, and share misty-eyed advice on life, love and trees, to entertain, astonish and educate new and loyal readers alike.
Best usage
Turn off all screens, find a quiet, comfortable spot away from disturbances and take a horticultural holiday in your head.
NB the majority of the text is in English, with a Japanese summary of each article and translations of all captions.