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Articles in this edition include:
Designing the Invisible: A Dialogue Between Nature and Human Imagination
A Japanese Landscape Hiding in London.
From soil to surface: A journey in Japanese Plastering.
Muzentei Garden by Mirei Shigemori: Mythology
in Abstract.
Potential UK native species for Japanese-style gardens.
The Stagecraft of the Bamboo Fence Course participants and Ueyakato staff at Tairyu-Sanso Garden. Photocredit: ©Ueyakato Landscape, Photos: Yujiro Sagami I’m a JGS member and landscape designer in the South
With Senior Gardener Steve Candy from Kingston Lacy Snowdrop planting. Here at Kingston Lacy, vast swathes of snowdrops have appeared and over the next few weeks we will be planting
Jobs of the Month, With Senior Gardener Steve Candy from Kingston Lacy Continue with the endless leaf clearing. We like to leave circles of leaves in the short term around
