Planting Design
Concept, Space and Mass
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Published on 27. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-4051-4932-7 (ISBN)
Description
The purpose of this book is to describe and explain the planting design process as distinct from the horticultural approach to planting design, which concentrates on the individual plant and its attributes. Planting design is a complex process which, although incorporating horticultural and climatic considerations, is under-represented in books for the practitioner. The spatial and three dimensional use of planting is perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of design to convey, especially when the decorative qualities of individual plants are so universally celebrated.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
300
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-4932-7 (9781405149327)
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Persons
Andrew Wilson originally trained and practiced as a landscape architect before turning to a career in garden design, spurred on by his role as Director of Garden Design Studies at the Inchbald School of Design, London. He has since been Chairman of the Society of Garden Designers, Vice Principal of the Inchbald School, written several books and won awards for his garden designs in practice with landscape architect Graham Pockett, as Pockett Wilson Garden & Landscape Design. He currently teaches, writes and designs on a freelance basis in the UK and overseas and has recently launched a new company, The Tutor Group, which concentrates on continuing professional development for garden designers and landscape architects. Peter Thurman trained as a horticulturist at Kew and as an arboriculturist before moving into the commercial nursery business and into garden design and teaching. He lectured regularly at the Inchbald School of Design on plants and planting design and still teaches at Merrist Wood, Surrey and Plumpton College, Sussex. Peter has written several books and now works as a freelance garden designer and arboricultural surveyor and advisor.
Content
Introduction. An inspirational view of planting design. The scale of endeavour. The limitations on plant selection. Spatial principles. Woodlands and hedges. Meadows and prairies. Gardens and borders. Edges and boundaries. Water and wetland. Specimens and statements. Concepts and strategies