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CLOUD PRUNING
In Western cultures, we plant with abandon; we cultivate abundance and work from a more-is-better mantra. Japanese gardens, conversely, embrace a limited palette and strive to create atmosphere and mood through careful and extreme manipulation of a small set of resources. Niwaki is the art of training trees into interesting forms and unique structures that grace Japanese gardens. Modern, eclectic garden styles provide beautiful spaces for these works of art, and learning to create your own is getting easier. Jake Hobson’s new book, The Art of Creative Pruning (Timber Press, 2011), an increase in aesthetic pruning courses throughout the United States, and the sale of beautiful Niwaki tools support this growing trend. Join us in the gallery for beautiful examples of Niwaki. More
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LEAF MAGAZINE
summer 2012