Introduction: The Intimate Relationship of House and Garden -- Chapter 1. Approaches, Entrances, and Front Gardens -- Soba Restaurant in a Wooded Retreat -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- Creating the Garden -- Constructing a Stone Walkway -- Constructing a Misu Gaki Bamboo Fence -- General Techniques: How to Handle Bamboo -- Modest Sukiya-style Environment for a Sukiya-style House -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- Creating the Garden -- Entrance Gate and a Gyo-style Nobedan -- Approach and Entrance Variations -- Economic "Weed" Garden for the Sakura Noodle Restaurant -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- Making the "Weed" Garden -- Chapter 2. Courtyard and Dry Landscape Gardens -- Small Courtyard Garden for a Modest Home -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- Creating the Garden -- Creating an Ajiro Gaki Plaited Bamboo Fence -- Creating a Nure-en Deck -- Tsubo Niwa and Kare Sansui Variations -- "Ancient" Dry Landscape Garden for a Modern Three-story Residence -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- Creating the Design -- Creating a Stone Bridge -- Creating a Katsura Gaki Bamboo Fence -- General Techniques: Garden Sand and Pattern Making -- Chapter 3. Tea Gardens, Tree Gardens -- Tea Garden of the Author's Residence -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- Creating the Garden -- Tea Garden Variations -- Harmonious Blend of Japanese and Western Style -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- General Techniques: Constructing a Basic Crane-and-Turtle Island -- General Techniques: Restoration of a Waterfall and Gogan Setting -- General Techniques: Planting and Arranging Garden Trees -- General Techniques: Handling Stone -- Chapter 4. Interior and Veranda Gardens in Commercial Spaces -- Garden of Large-scale Bonsai -- Theme, Layout, and Elements -- Creating the Garden -- Constructing the Indoor Stream Garden -- Constructing an Indoor Tea Garden -- Constructing a Small Veranda Garden -- Terrace Garden of Fujiiso Hotel -- Creating the Garden -- Constructing the Ryoanji Gaki -- General Techniques: Assembling and Placing Stone Lanterns -- Chapter 5. Special Touches, Restoration, and Maintenance -- Making a Basic Fuyugakoi -- Transplanting Trees -- Yukitsuri -- Kadomatsu -- Restoring a Bamboo Fence -- Maintenance and Restoration.