Lucy Huntington

The Basics of Planting Design

David Stevens

Richard Key

From surveying the site to introducing the plants, here’s all you’ll need to create outdoor perfection. Presented by a team of experts—with more than 220 diagrams and color photos, plus charts and lists—it covers the three major areas: basic planning and style; “hard landscaping” (walls, fences, paving, and similar features); and flowers, shrubs, trees and other plants. Select from numerous planting schemes; add color; plant ornamentally; devise fabulous rock, water, and wild gardens; and more.

The Complete Book of Garden Design, Construction and Planting

Planting design is the selection and use of plants to achieve a designer's objectives. There are now many new and interesting planting ideas and fashions, but municipal planting in particular and some gardens as well, can be pretty dire through lack of careful planting design. What is needed for all garden designers - who may well have come to design via a deep interest in plants - is an understanding of the basics of this vitally important design discipline: designs are three-dimensional, to be walked in and round, and viewed from all sides; designs will change over time; plants live and die and need to be tended for maximum effect; there is a huge choice of plants, a working knowledge of which takes experience. There are many pitfalls to be met in planting, therefore, which can be largely avoided by getting the basics of planting design right. This book will help the designer to build a solid foundation for their future success and experience

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