Professional Planting Design

An Architectural and Horticultural Approach for Creating Mixed Bed Plantings

Scott C. Scarfone

272 pages, parution le 11/04/2007

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A comprehensive guide to the "high art" of designing mixed bed plantings

When done successfully, mixed beds represent the pinnacle of planting design-a living work of art in which small trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, bulbs, tropicals, and groundcovers combine to create a true feeling of place. Professional Planting Design: An Architectural and Horticultural Approach for Creating Mixed Bed Plantings initiates you into the principles of planting design and helps you develop the ability to think about the planting design process, so that you can develop your own effective compositions that sustain multi-seasonal interest.

Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, Professional Planting Design covers the basics as well as the advanced concepts of planting design including: selecting plant characteristics, types of mixed bed plantings, structuring and composing mixed beds, creating mixed palettes for seasonal variation, designing in elevation and plan view, and choosing plants. You'll find coverage of design, landscape architecture, and horticulture interwoven throughout the guide, along with detailed steps for developing mixed bed planting compositions at a variety of scales for projects on both residential and commercial sites.

Clear and concise yet thorough, this book will supplement your talent with the knowledge you need to create harmonious mixed plantings in the landscape that will provide continual interest throughout the seasons.

Sommaire

Planting Design: A Unique Design Profession
Mixed Planting Basics
The Power of Succession
Applying Design Fundamentals to Planting Design
Structuring and Adorning the Mixed Planting Composition
Form-Based Approach to Mixed Planting Design
Designing in Plan View: Creating the Beds
Composing and Structuring a Mixed Bed
Specifying Plants by Their Characteristics
Understanding the Planting Environment
Completing the Process: Selecting the Plants

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Scott C. Scarfone
Parution	11/04/2007
Nb. de pages	272
Format	20 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	745g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780471761396
ISBN13	978-0-471-76139-6