The Art of Setting Stones

These are essays for the philosophical gardener (or the gardening philosopher) that reveal the beauty and mean of traditional Japanese gardens. In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and planting become interconnected.

These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen descriptions and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Peter Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship and organize our lives and communities. The Art of Setting Stones is filled with passages of alluring beauty.

Author: Marc Peter Keane. Paperback, 154 pages