Spirited stone : lessons from Kubota's garden / photography by Gemina Garland-Lewis ; foreword, Charles Johnson.

By:

Garland-Lewis, Gemina [phtographer.]

Contributor(s):

Johnson, Charles, 1948- [writer of foreword.]

Material type: Text

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781634059756
1634059751

Other title:

Lessons from Kubota's garden

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

712.509797772 23

LOC classification:

SB466.U65 S43 2020

Awards:

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Award of Excellence in Gardening & Gardens, 2021

Summary: "Academics, novelists, poets, and garden enthusiasts examine the legacy of immigrant and nurseryman Fujitaro Kubota, whose unique gardens transformed Seattle's regional landscape in the 20th century. A self-taught gardener, Kubota built a thriving landscape business, eventually assembling 20 acres in south Seattle that he shaped into a beautiful and enduring Japanese garden. Today, this public park serves one of Washington's most diverse zip codes. An innovator and artist, Kubota created the first "drive-through" garden to capitalize on America's love for the automobile. While incarcerated at Minidoka prison camp during World War II, Kubota also created a memorable garden in the desert. To Kubota, everything has spirit. Rocks and stones pulsed with life, he said, and that energy is still apparent in his gardens today. Photographs by Gemina Garland-Lewis and Nathan Wirth are interwoven with original poetry by Samuel Green, Claudia Castro-Luna, and others to make this a unique book where every page presents a different view of Kubota's garden."--Amazon.com.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	New Books	SB466.U65 S43 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700022842

Total holds: 0

Includes index.

"Academics, novelists, poets, and garden enthusiasts examine the legacy of immigrant and nurseryman Fujitaro Kubota, whose unique gardens transformed Seattle's regional landscape in the 20th century. A self-taught gardener, Kubota built a thriving landscape business, eventually assembling 20 acres in south Seattle that he shaped into a beautiful and enduring Japanese garden. Today, this public park serves one of Washington's most diverse zip codes. An innovator and artist, Kubota created the first "drive-through" garden to capitalize on America's love for the automobile. While incarcerated at Minidoka prison camp during World War II, Kubota also created a memorable garden in the desert. To Kubota, everything has spirit. Rocks and stones pulsed with life, he said, and that energy is still apparent in his gardens today. Photographs by Gemina Garland-Lewis and Nathan Wirth are interwoven with original poetry by Samuel Green, Claudia Castro-Luna, and others to make this a unique book where every page presents a different view of Kubota's garden."--Amazon.com.

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Award of Excellence in Gardening & Gardens, 2021