Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota's Garden

ISBN: 1634059751

Author: Garland-Lewis, Gemina

Condition: New

Foreword and short story by National Book Award Winner Charles JohnsonIntroduction by Thasa Way, PhDShort story by New York Times Best Selling Author, Jamie FordAcademics, 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 Washingtons most diverse zip codes. An innovator and artist, Kubota created the first drive-through garden to capitalize on Americas 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 Kubotas garden.