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020    9781604697933 (hardcover) 
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092    635.0952076|bBUC 
100 1  Buck, Leslie,|d1965-|eauthor. 
245 10 Cutting back :|bmy apprenticeship in the gardens of Kyoto 
       /|cLeslie Buck. 
264  1 Portland, Oregon :|bTimber Press,|c2017. 
300    279 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to 
       put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. 
       Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and 
       professional security, she became the first American woman
       to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping 
       companies in Kyoto. Cutting Back recounts Buck’s bold 
       journey and the revelations she has along the way. During 
       her apprenticeship in Japan, she learns that the best 
       Kyoto gardens look so natural they appear untouched by 
       human hands, even though her crew spends hours 
       meticulously cleaning every pebble in the streams. She is 
       taught how to bring nature’s essence into a garden scene, 
       how to design with native plants, and how to subtly direct
       a visitor through a landscape. But she learns the most 
       important lessons from her fellow gardeners: how to 
       balance strength with grace, seriousness with humor, and 
       technique with heart. 
600 10 Buck, Leslie,|d1965- 
650  0 Gardens, Japanese|xStudy and teaching|zJapan|zKyoto. 
650  0 Pruning|xStudy and teaching|zJapan|zKyoto. 
650  0 Apprentices|zJapan|zKyoto.