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What if, one step at a time, we could make our gardens and
landscapes more eco-friendly? Barbara W. Ellis's colorful,
comprehensive guide shows homeowners, gardeners, garden designers,
and landscapers how to do just that for the large and beautiful
Chesapeake Bay watershed region. This area includes Maryland,
Virginia, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and part of West Virginia
(translating to portions of USDA Zones 6, 7, and 8). Here,
mid-Atlantic gardeners, from beginners to advanced, will find the
essential tools for taking steps to make their gardens part of the
solution through long-term planning and planting. The guide is
built from the ground up around six simple but powerful principles
that anyone can use: Reduce lawn Build plant diversity Grow native
plants Manage water runoff Welcome wildlife Garden wisely Included
are detailed instructions for assessing and designing your
particular garden or landscape site; choosing and caring for trees,
shrubs, vines, ground covers, and flowers; and succeeding with such
conditions as shade or poor soil. From rain gardens to woodland
gardens, meadow gardens to wildlife gardens, and much more, this
indispensable guide features more than 300 color photographs.
Published in association with the Adkins Arboretum.
The 18th-century phenomenon of the English Landscape Garden was so
widespread that even today, when so much has been built over or
otherwise changed, one is never far from an example throughout
England. Although seemingly natural, the English Landscape Garden
was generally the result of considerable contrivance, effort and
design skill, the result of `the art that conceals art'. It might
involve digging lakes, raising or levelling hills, and planting
trees, sometimes in vast numbers. Nature was arranged and shown to
best advantage. The English landscape garden took many forms, and
the variety of manifestations was and remains remarkable. A great
number survive, if sometimes in modified form, and can be visited
and appreciated. The book is structured so as to give the
background to, and motivation for, creating the landscape garden;
to summarise the chronology of its development; to chart the most
significant writers and theorists; and to consider the range of the
many forms it took. The story of the landscape garden is complex,
multi-layered and constantly changing in emphasis for such an
apparently simple and straightforward construct. This book will
help to uncover some of the richness that lies behind a meaningful
part of the environment. The book can be regarded as a companion to
the volume already published by Historic England, The English
Landscape Garden in Europe.
A practical, accessible, and lushly photographed guide to making
your garden a place of beauty and inspiration during the winter
months as well as throughout the year. Why put all of our gardening
effort into planting only for the magnificent but short months of
summer? The dramatic stillness of the garden in winter provides its
own opportunities to deepen our connection with nature. In
Winterland, accomplished landscape designer Cathy Rees guides
readers through the basics of creating rich and compelling
all-season environments-exploring shape, scale, texture, layering,
contrast, plant choices, lighting, garden structures and
sculptures, and more. Design strategies are reinforced by practical
advice on garden care, pruning, maintenance, and coexisting with
animals and birds. Winterland gives beginning and experienced
gardeners alike the tools to develop outdoor havens that will
evolve over seasons and years to become true garden sanctuaries.
Create your own small garden with expert gardener Joe Swift. Green
spaces are the perfect antidote to fast city living. Learn how to
create your own small garden with expert gardener Joe Swift's
practical, easy-to-follow advice. From courtyards to rooftops,
transform awkward and unexciting spaces with inspirational ideas
and solutions. Whatever you want your green space to look like and
be used for, Joe's no-nonsense approach guides you through issues
such as privacy, boundaries and shade, to growing plants in areas
with little to no soil. The wider environmental benefits are
significant - helping to reduce pollution and minimise the heat
island effect (a result of the hardscape in towns and cities). The
plants will increase biodiversity, and many will be an important
year-round resource for wildlife. In this book, Joe covers a vast
range of exciting, impactful and innovative ways to stamp your
personality on your outdoor space. He demonstrates how to use
paving, boundaries, containers, furniture, water and sculpture to
help structure and define, and how to give the starring role to the
plants you choose to draw the seasons into our towns and cities.
Joe Swift is an author, TV presenter and garden designer. He makes
regular appearances on BBC's Gardener's World and the RHS Flower
Shows
The only comprehensive guide to wood specifically for landscape architects. Wood, with its unique warmth and richness, takes us back to the roots of our building heritage and back to the landscape. Lightweight, simple, and clean to work with, it is one of the most versatile building materials, and–thanks in part to its natural origin–one that is also especially well-suited to the designed landscape. Wood in the Landscape gives you the information you need to exploit wood’s full potential in your design work. The first comprehensive guide to the properties, use, selection, and installation of woodwritten from the landscape architect’s perspective, it is destined to become a staple in your practice. Wood in the Landscape provides full, detailed coverage of all relevant technical aspects of working with wood–including the physical properties and characteristics of wood as well as finishes, fasteners, and adhesives. It examines the construction methodologies used to build a range of common structures, from fences and decking to gazebos and bridges, and shows how to avoid common problems that can adversely affect durability – particularly important when it comes to outdoor settings. Generously supplemented with over 100 photographs and illustrations, Wood in the Landscape is a terrific source of ideas that will inspire you to explore the many exciting possibilities for using wood to enhance your landscape designs. Wood in the Landscape is an invaluable resource for landscape architects, landscape designers, and architects who provide site-planning services.
THE UPDATED, AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO SPORTS FIELD MANAGEMENT THAT
INCLUDES THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN, AND ON, THE FIELD The updated
Third Edition of Sports Fields: Design, Construction, and
Maintenance is a comprehensive reference for professionals who are
responsible for the design, construction, renovation, and
maintenance of athletic facilities. This book contains illustrative
examples of specific design elements of the most popular sports
facilities. This Third Edition contains new chapters on safety,
public relations, and professionalism for future sports field
managers, as well as fresh drawings and photos that highlight
innovative field layout, grading, irrigation, and drainage. All-new
case studies review best practices and techniques for sports fields
ranging from youth and high school fields to fields that are
designed for professional athletes. This text is also an ideal
resource for anyone studying for Sports Field Manager Certification
(offered by STMA). Features new case studies that include design
and management best practices for all levels and types of sports
facilities Offers new chapters on safety, public relations, and
professionalism for future sports field managers Includes new
illustrations and photos of innovative field layout, grading,
irrigation, and drainage Contains the most recent information on
sand-based field systems and synthetic turf Presents discussions of
a range of fields including baseball, softball, football, soccer,
lacrosse, field hockey, tennis, and track and field Sports Fields:
Design, Construction, and Maintenance, Third Edition is a blueprint
for field managers, designers, and builders for successful sports
field projects.
Sculpting the Land, by award winning landscape architect Diana
Armstrong Bell, is a homage to her unique interpretation of the
possibilities of landscape design. A selection of her aesthetically
compelling projects, many of which have won international design
competitions, show the influence of her study of abstract art,
particularly the work of Kazimir Malevich. Diana has developed her
own individual approach to landscape design and here she reveals
how these unique designs came to be imagined. Inspired by
earthworks, lines and patterns in the landscape which over time can
appear as land art, spending time in a landscape, observing,
listening and gathering clues about its past and how they inform a
new story, are all part of the process. All hand-drawn in pencil,
ink, collage and watercolour, the book showcases a remarkable
collection of art, which is used to develop and present design
ideas. Diana focusses on large scale public landscapes in the urban
realm, with many of the landscapes being created on 'brownfield'
sites including Parco Franco Verga in Milan, Lac de Senart in
France, Rochester Riverside Park and Electra Park in London.
Build a natural pond for wildlife, beauty, and quiet contemplation
Typical backyard ponds are a complicated mess of pipes, pumps,
filters, and nasty chemicals designed to adjust pH and keep algae
at bay. Hardly the bucolic, natural ecosystem beloved by
dragonflies, frogs, and songbirds. The antidote is a natural pond,
free of hassle, cost, and complexity and designed as a fully
functional ecosystem, ideal for biodiversity, swimming, irrigation,
and quiet contemplation. Building Natural Ponds is the first
step-by-step guide to designing and building natural ponds that use
no pumps, filters, chemicals, or electricity and mimic native ponds
in both aesthetics and functionality. Highly illustrated with
how-to drawings and photographs, coverage includes: Understanding
pond ecosystems and natural algae control Planning, design, siting,
and pond aesthetics Step-by-step guidance for construction, plants
and fish, and maintenance and trouble shooting Scaling up to large
ponds, pools, bogs, and rain gardens. Whether you're a backyard
gardener looking to add a small serene natural water feature or a
homesteader with visions of a large pond for fish, swimming, and
irrigation, Building Natural Ponds is the complete guide to
building ponds in tune with nature, where plants, insects, and
amphibians thrive in blissful serenity. Robert Pavlis , a Master
Gardener with over 40 years of gardening experience, is owner and
developer of Aspen Grove Gardens, a six-acre botanical garden
featuring over 2,500 varieties of plants. A well-respected speaker
and teacher, Robert has published articles in Mother Earth News ,
Ontario Gardening magazine, the widely read blog GardenMyths.com,
which explodes common gardening myths and gardening information
site GardenFundamentals.com.
In the 1970s, in the region of the Landes, between Bayonne and
Peyrehorade, on the banks of the Adour River, the photographer
Jeannette Leroy and the art dealer Paul Haim created a sculpture
garden around a modest farm, La Petite Escalere. With the help of
the faithful gardener Gilbert Carty, amidst canals, bridges, paths
made of railway ties, and many trees and flowers, they installed
about 50 works, some of them monumental, by artists such as Rodin,
Maillol, Niki de Saint Phalle, Zao Wou-Ki, Francoise Lacampagne,
Cardenas, Mark Di Suvero, Leger, Matta, Zigor... Paul positioned
the sculptures, and to help them vanish into the natural
environment Jeannette would plant a shrub, a rosebush, dahlias, an
oak, a maple, a gingko, a Caucasian walnut... "I don't want this
garden to become ridiculous!" she said. Paul Haim has evoked the
bewitching beauty of La Petite Escalere better than anyone else:
"The nonchalant visitor will pass from the shade of Les Barthes to
the brightness of the Moura, from the freshness of the fountains to
the suffocating heat of the forest. Coming around a bush, he allows
himselfto be surprised by an unusual presence. Immutable. ... Far
from the agitations of the world, sinking into nothing-ness,
watching the clouds go by, contemplating the places of joy." Text
in English and French.
Piet Oudolf, one of world's most visionary and influential
landscape gardeners, is at the forefront of the New Perennial
planting movement. This glorious full-colour volume features
twenty-three of Oudolf's most beautiful public and private gardens.
Noel Kingsbury's accessible text places Oudolf's work in context,
and explains how each garden and the plants selected for it fit the
specific environment, while Oudolf's detailed plans provide
inspiration and insight for all those interested in small personal
gardens and the design of large-scale public landscapes alike.
Andrew Mikolajski's Garden Design offers a complete breakdown of
the process involved in creating a garden, from making an initial
assessment of the site's possibilities to applying design
principles and choosing plants and landscaping materials. It is
aimed at amateurs who have no previous knowledge of garden-making
but will also be of value to professionals entering the trade. Most
books on garden design are either very technical or are
predominantly picture books. This manual is different. A lively and
provocative read, it is full of handy hints and tips for creating
the perfect outdoor environment. Readers are encouraged to explore
and question established ideas about good garden design, and will
be sure to grow in confidence as they learn how to make informed
decisions about every aspect of the garden design process.
The essential elements of a dry Japanese garden are few: rocks,
gravel, moss. Simultaneously a sensual matrix, a symbolic form and
a memory theatre, these gardens exhibit beautiful miniaturization
and precise craftsmanship. However, their apparent minimalism
belies a deeper complexity. In Zen Landscapes, Allen S. Weiss takes
readers on a journey through these exquisite sites, explaining how
Japanese gardens must be approached according to the play of scale,
surroundings and seasons, as well as in relation to other arts,
thus revealing them as living landscapes rather than abstract
designs. These gardens are inspired by the Zen aesthetics of the
tea ceremony, manifested in poetry, painting, calligraphy,
architecture, cuisine and ceramics. Japanese art favours suggestion
and allusion, valuing the threshold between the distinct and the
inchoate, between figuration and abstraction, and Weiss argues that
ceramics play a crucial role here, relating as much to the
site-specificity of landscape as to the ritualized codes of the tea
ceremony and the everyday gestures of the culinary table. With more
than 100 stunning colour photographs, Zen Landscapes is the first
in-depth study in the West to examine the correspondences between
gardens and ceramics. A fascinating look at landscape art and its
relation to the customs and craftsmanship of the Japanese arts, it
will appeal to readers interested in landscape design and Japan's
art and culture.
Unleash the potential of your yard by transforming it into a
beautiful and vibrant space offering a continuous supply of food
Journey into the good food movement by unleashing the potential of
your yard, transforming it into a beautiful and vibrant space that
offers a continuous supply of food. Using dozens of beautiful color
photographs and watercolor planting charts, infographics, and
landscaping designs, Your Edible Yard is the comprehensive how-to
guide you need to turn your yard into a bountiful feast. It
features: Practical gardening methods and maintenance from weeding
to wintering, including foodscaping, container gardening, and
saving seeds Permaculture principles including soil building
techniques, garden preparation, raised beds, and natural/non-toxic
DIY pesticide alternatives How to integrate culinary and medicinal
herbs, edible flowers, mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, and wild
edibles Gardening resources: where to go for help, buy seeds, and
source supplies on a budget Instructions on preserving, fermenting,
freezing, drying, and making simple medicines General tips, such as
how to find loopholes in laws preventing edible front yards.
Whether you're a beginner or experienced gardener in the city, the
suburbs, or the country, this manual is the A-Z guide for how to
make use of the space you have, highlighting the colorful and
abundant array that edible landscapes promise.
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