Planting the landscape
Subtitle: a professional approach to garden design
By: Nancy A. Leszczynski.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York; Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Planting design.; Gardens -- Design.; Landscape design.
Description: From idea through implementation, Planting the Landscape shows you how to read the landscape. Planting design poses exciting but complex challenges for the landscape architect, demanding creativity, practical know-how, and the ability to integrate the natural with the planned-all through the living medium of plants that grow and change over time. This is a guide to both the art and the science of planting design-with step-by-step coverage of every stage of the design process, from initial idea through implementation. Combining history, design principles, and horticultural practice in a single volume, it provides the reader with a solid grasp of the history and evolution of specific design forms; environmental considerations and plant affinities; design concepts, principles, and analysis; how to create a design vocabulary and develop a plant palette; how to compose a planting design and the essentials of planting and maintenance. Planting the Landscape is an excellent design companion for landscape architecture professionals and students.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.