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Complete Planting Design Course: Plans and Styles for Every Garden
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781845334123
- Book Title
- Complete Planting Design Course : Plans and Styles for Every Garden
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Gardening
- Topic
- General, Ornamental Plants, Garden Design
- Item Weight
- 32.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 10.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Octopus
ISBN-10
1845334124
ISBN-13
9781845334123
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70959753
Product Key Features
Book Title
Complete Planting Design Course : Plans and Styles for Every Garden
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
General, Ornamental Plants, Garden Design
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Gardening
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
32.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
10.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Seventh Grade
Dewey Decimal
712.6
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Table Of Content
Contents, 1 Introduction, 2 Planting Design: Form, texture, colour. Plant form. The importance of form in plant association. Flower form. Plant texture. Colour. Seasonal changes. Emotional response to colour. Colour schemes. 3 Plan Association: The use of unity and contrast in planting. Planting in triangles. Visual balance. Repetition. 4 The Use of Plants: Structural, ground cover, ornamental, focal point, functional, Trees , Shrubs, Ground cover, Herbaceous and new wave perennial planting, Natives, Grasses, Bulbs, Roses, Ferns, Bamboos. 5 Plant Selection: Understanding botanical names, Site analysis to determine plant choice, Location, How the site is to be used, Scale, soil, aspect, wind, temperature, frost pockets, Soil analysis to determine plant choice, Soil types and characteristics, PH, The importance of knowing and understanding the soil, Improving the soil, Adding organic matter, Prepartion of planting beds, Weed eradication, Fertilisers, Planting style analysis, Style, mood, theme. The role of planting, Trees, Horticultural qualities, Ecological planting, Factors affecting plant growth, Biodiversity. 6 Planting Plans: The client brief, Planting plans, Elevations from planting plans, Concept/mood boards. 7 Planting Styles and Themes: Dry/mediterranean, Woodland/shade, The typical mixed border, Cottage Style, Low maintanence, Contemporary, Minimalist/modern/high-tech, Container gardens, 8 Aspects of Business: Documentation, Plant supply , Plant schedules , Tree sizes, Tree planting, British standards, Report writing, Schedule of work, Maintenance schedule, Costings, Gardening law, Glossary, Index, Acknowledgements.
Synopsis
The book takes a comprehensive approach to the complex process of Planting Design. It shows how to choose and combine plants for specific effects: for year-round colour and interest; for drama and movement; and to overcome site difficulties. From initial vision to finished planting, the book clearly explains the practical steps, considerations, opportunities and decisions that need to be taken. This process can be applied to readers' own gardens, and it will also allow them to take their skills further into other people's gardens., This comprehensive design course will help you to see plants anew for their innate qualities while creating three-dimensional planting schemes for every purpose, season and location., Complete Planting Design Course takes a comprehensive approach to the complex process of Planting Design. It shows how to choose and combine plants for specific effects: for year-round color and interest; for drama and movement; and to overcome site difficulties. From initial vision to finished planting, the book clearly explains the practical steps, considerations, opportunities and decisions that need to be taken. This process can be applied to readers' own gardens, and it will also allow them to take their skills further into other people's gardens.
LC Classification Number
SB473
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