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Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Japanese Garden Trees | 
 enlarge | Author: Jake Hobson
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 16839
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 9.1 x 1
ISBN: 0881928356
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.977
EAN: 9780881928358
ASIN: 0881928356
Publication Date: April 1, 2007
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Product Description
Over the years, Japanese gardeners have fine-tuned a distinctive set of pruning techniques that coax out the essential characters of their garden trees, or niwaki. In this highly practical book, Western gardeners are encouraged to draw upon the techniques and sculpt their own garden trees to unique effect. After discussing the principles that underpin the techniques, the author offers in-depth guidelines for shaping pines, azaleas, conifers, broadleaved evergreens, bamboos, and deciduous trees. Complete with abundant photographs, personal anecdotes and a wealth of advice, this unprecedented resource will inspire gardeners everywhere to transform their own trees into niwaki.
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 Finally! June 10, 2007
M. Chilton (Reston, VA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Very good book for those of us who love our Japanese gardens and want to incoporate Niwaki techniques. Highly recommended book to add to your collection of books on Japanese gardens and their care. There's not another one like it on the market today.
I love that the author is a sculptor and realized that his art could be translated into a living form of trees.
Best Book On Japanese Pruning December 16, 2007
James E. Crabbe (Eugene, OR)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
There is a lot of information out there on bonsai but I have always been more interested in the Japanese garden trees and until this book there has been very little information out there on how to care for and prune Japanese garden trees and shrubs. As far as I know the author even translated/invented the English name for them, "Niwaki" for which there previously was none. The best part of the book though is how the author urges the reader to apply the techniques he presents in the book to his or her own style of gardening transcending the idea of Japanese Gardens in the traditional sense. Get this book and "Get Stuck In".
Niwaki August 31, 2007
Paul Paquin (NY)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have a very nice Japanese maple and a few other ornamentals and have been looking for a book that describes ways to prune to achieve alternative desirable effects. I have some excellent books on pruning of trees and shrubs, but this one is clearly different from the pack, and very good as well. If you are looking for guidance on how to achieve the look and feel of Japanese ornamentals, this book is the one you need.
Better than expected. July 23, 2007
Ferrol T. Johnson (Springville, Indiana)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a must have for the Japanese garden enthusiast. Books about pruning and training trees for the Japanese garden are hard to find. Thanks to the Jake Hobson for writing this excellent book.
Pruning for the look of a Japanese garden November 26, 2007
R. Harris (Alabama)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found Jake Hobson's "Niwaki" a wealth of information on pruning shrubs and trees to look at home in a Japanese garden, with excellent photographs and how-to drawings. It's like Bonsai without the pot.
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