Supervisor: Hideo Aoki (Aoki Hideo) / Author: Aoki Style Gardening Method Research Group
An invitation to innovative gardening, "Aoki Style Gardening Method."
This book goes a step further than Seibundo Shinkosha's previously published "Planting Gathering Technique Book" (2015) and "Planting Gathering Method" (2017), introducing Aoki's unique gardening method of expressing planting techniques as art.
Hideo Aoki began his journey from cut flowers to gardening in 1997, and initially encountered many difficulties in his pursuit of long-lasting and beautiful flowers. However, he did not give up, and even as an amateur, he established his own unique methods and overcame each obstacle one by one. Although he faced many difficulties in the early days, his perseverance paid off as he personally engaged in cultivating and improving flower seedlings.
The wall baskets that Hideo Aoki started are both an overwhelming scale with a diameter of 80cm and an artistic quality, and he continued to test his techniques by exhibiting them in local contests. However, because Aoki's gardening methods differ from conventional organizations and traditional methods, he had disagreements with the Japan Hanging Basket Association, of which he was a member for a time, and resigned in 2003.
Since then, Aoki's research has deepened, and he has relied on flower seedling growers to produce a multitude of new flower seedlings and foliage plants that have become an integral part of the Aoki horticultural method. Those who have received his training have benefited greatly, and his students are committed to further developing Aoki's methods.
This new book was produced by Aoki himself and his devoted students, including current students, disciples, and alumni, and is imbued with their unwavering commitment to the continuation and development of Aoki's horticultural techniques.
Looking to the future rather than back to the past, Aoki's gardening methods have been faithfully promoted, and the methods have been imitated by many people and spread throughout the market. However, the belief in Aoki's gardening methods is to support growers and improve horticulture from the ground up, and this is the essence of his gardening methods, the Aoki Gardening Method.
Hideo Aoki and his students continue to research new methods. The future is the future, the past is the past. The Aoki method of gardening will continue to evolve. This is his belief, and it is at the heart of this book.
Released 23/09/09
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