Каталог «The Japanese Garden» – углубленное исследование, охватывающее 800 лет искусства японского сада. Эта книга – наиболее полное исследование, опубликованное на сегодняшний день. Автор и дизайнер садов Софи Уокер по-новому смотрит на японские сады, подробно исследуя сад в серии эссе и с помощью 100 примеров: от древних синтоистских святилищ и императорских садов до современных ансамблей. The Japanese Garden offers an explanation of the semantic foundations of Japanese garden design... The book could act as a very good alternative guide to an ambitious horticultural trip. Rather, however, Walker's point is that we should embrace the ethos of Japanese gardening – that it exists to transport our minds and build our inner worlds, rather than be used to expand our experience of what is around us – and channel that appreciation of nature into garden design... Japanese gardening isn't so alien, as anyone who has found connection and peace in their garden will know. As Walker says: "Many a great thought has occurred while weeding the garden". In Japan, the gardens are designed to encourage those who admire them to think, too. – Daily Telegraph