Download or read book Pocket Gardens written by Michael Freeman and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2008 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining Japanese skill in the management of space with the art of garden design has produced a very particular kind of miniature garden. A part of the Japanese architectural canon for at least a thousand years, it is called tsubo-niwa after a unit of measurement that is two person-sized tatami mats placed side by side.