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Whether looking to landscape a new property or revive and polish a
tired one, Create an Impression, is the first book in an innovative
new landscapig series. The focus is on the front yard and features
23 professionally designed, easy-to-create landscape plans using
commonly available plants.
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.
Veteran garden writer and turf expert Williamson has written a
timely new book that provides comprehensive knowledge and
information on how to grow and maintin a chemical-free lawn. Filled
with photos and illustrations.
Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can
serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate
wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally,
gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all
walks of life, and since the Garden of Eden many iconic gardens
have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers. In this
Very Short Introduction, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all
their splendour, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to
ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting
historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens
from different regions and traditions. Ranging from the gardens of
ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to
the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the
adaptive spirit of human innovation. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very
Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains
hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized
books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas,
and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly
readable.
Since the first edition was published in 1992, Nick Robinson's The
Planting Design Handbook has been widely used as a definitive text
on landscape architecture courses throughout the world. It remains
one of the few titles written by a practicing landscape architect
and educator who is also a horticulturalist and accomplished
plantsman, and which deals with the application of planting design
on a large scale in landscape architecture and urban design
projects. The Planting Design Handbook is distinctive for its
elegant integration of an ecological approach with an understanding
of visual and spatial composition. It emphasizes the role of
vegetation layers and designed plant communities in complex and
diverse plant assemblages for all kinds of sites and uses. This
expanded and comprehensively updated third edition still provides a
complete examination of principles and practice of design for
public, institutional and private landscapes. It takes account of
developments in theory and practice, especially in the use of
perennials, and reflects a variety of media and approaches current
in landscape architecture and design. All chapters have been
revised and re-written to ensure updated references and new
references have been added. Many new photographs of planting and
projects around the world have been included, with examples of
current professional drawings to illustrate the design process. It
is generously illustrated, including a colour section and the
beautifully detailed line drawings of the Chinese architect and
painter Jia-Hua Wu.
The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens explores the key
moments in garden design. Through profiles of 100 of the most
influential gardens, Linda Chisholm explores how social, political,
and economic influences shaped garden design principles. The book
is organised chronologically and by theme, starting with the
medieval garden Alhambra and ending with the modern naturalism of
the Lurie Garden. Sumptuously illustrated, The History of Landscape
Design in 100 Gardens is for garden designers and landscape
architects, design students, and gardening enthusiasts interested
in garden history.
Water running over rocks is a welcome element in any outdoor space,
having the power to soothe or excite. Whether you want a small
feature or a series of waterfalls, this practical guide provides a
host of inspirational ideas for using water and rock in your
garden. Step-by-step photographic sequences and cross-sectional
artworks show how to build a range of features, including a
Rock-edged Pool, a Wildlife Pool and free-standing features such as
a Cobble Fountain or a Brimming Urn. Useful sections look at
introducing fish into a pond, while a helpful chapter on care and
maintenance explains how to keep your water and rock garden in top
condition.
In this companion volume to the bestselling The Midwestern Native
Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants,
Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz offer another
indispensible guide to replacing nonnative plants with native
alternatives. This time, their subject is the native woody species
that are the backbone of our gardens and landscapes. Among other
ecological benefits, native shrubs and trees provide birds and
butterflies with vital food and reproductive sites that nonnative
species cannot offer. And they tend to be hardier and easier to
maintain. The authors provide a comprehensive selection of native
woody alternatives that, season by season, provide effects similar
to those of nonnative shrubs and trees used for ornamental purposes
and shade. These plants are suitable for all garden styles, provide
blooms and fall color, and have the same cultivation requirements
as their nonnative counterparts. Nature notes alert readers to the
native species' unique ecological roles. Unlike other gardening
guides, Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees goes beyond mere
suggestion to provide gardeners with the tools they need to make
informed, thoughtful choices. Knowing which native species to plant
for desired effects empowers landscapers and gardeners to take on a
greater role in protecting our midwestern environment.
It's been more than forty years since the second edition of this
landmark guide to the preservation and restoration of gardens and
landscapes at historic sites was published. Since the last edition
came out, author Rudy Favretti, the nation's foremost authority in
this area, has worked on many significant sites including both
Monticello and Mount Vernon. New to this edition are: *Personal
case studies from the authors' extensive experience in landscape
restoration-preservation * An in-depth look complete with color
images of the archaeological excavations at Bacon's Castle and
Monticello in Virginia *Seventy-three illustrations including eight
color photos *An enlarged and comprehensive bibliography *Fully
updated and added chapters based on new and emerging information in
the field Further, Landscape and Gardens for Historic Buildings
covers a wide array of topics including researching and planning,
maintaining restored landscapes, identifying authentic flora, and
selecting the right historical period, or a series of periods to
show the evolution of the historic landscape.
Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with
edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh,
locally grown foods has swept across the nation. More and more
Americans are looking to grow clean, delicious produce at home,
saving money and natural resources at the same time. And food
plants have been freed from the backyard, gracing the finest
landscapes--even the White House grounds Creasy's expertise on
edibles and how to incorporate them in beautifully designed outdoor
environments was first showcased in the original edition of Edible
Landscaping (Sierra Club Books, 1982), hailed by gardeners
everywhere as a groundbreaking classic. Now this highly anticipated
new edition presents the latest design and how-to information in a
glorious full-color format, featuring more than 300 inspiring
photographs. Drawing on the author's decades of research and
experience, the book presents everything you need to know to create
an inviting home landscape that will yield mouthwatering
vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries. The comprehensive
Encyclopedia of Edibles--a book in itself--provides horticultural
information, culinary uses, sources, and recommended varieties; and
appendices cover the basics of planting and maintenance and of
controlling pests and diseases using organic and environmentally
friendly practices.
Orchids are widely considered to be the most highly evolved of all
flowering plants. They are amongst the most beautiful flowers of
the entire plant kingdom, combining exotic looks with a diverse set
of characteristics. Orchid plants are capable of growing indoors
and outdoors, and are no doubt unique difficult to grow
successfully. Among flower crops, orchids play a key role in Indian
floral economy as they share sizeable export. The vast area and the
varied agro-climatic conditions of our country, ranging from
tropical to temperate region make possible to grow all kinds of
orchids. In this context, a need of simple book on recent advances
in cultivation and management of orchid is highly demanded by
students of Horticulture & Forestry and florists of India.
Thus, this book is brought about mainly to fulfil the above
requirement and is also the outcome of our teaching, research and
field experiences of several years. Orchid's morphology,
propagation methods, cultivation, breeding, post harvest
management, diseases and insect pest management describes in
details in this book.
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