The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui for Gardens

Illustrating Feng Shui
This column must be prefaced with the thought that, for a great many of our clients, perception is reality. That's something I hold onto whenever I get involved in trying to understand and use feng shui, the ancient Chinese method for arranging harmonious, balanced spaces.  I am far from a devotee of the art (or science, as some would have it), but I'm aware that some of my clients know a thing or two about it - and that knowing something myself is essential to working with them successfully or at all. There are literally hundreds of books about feng shui.  Of the half dozen I've read, none is better suited to the needs of the watershaper than The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui for Gardens by Lillian Too (Element, 1999). There are a couple of key points that make Too's perspective on feng shui so useful:  First, she