- ISBN13: 9780881929751
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The Essential Garden Design Workbook guides the reader through every stage of planning a garden — how to survey a site, how to choose landscaping materials, and how to develop planting schemes. This fully revised and updated second edition features new U.S. case studies and new photographs. Valuable tips on green gardening are new to this edition, and include how to harvest rainwater, how to design a green roof, tips on sustainable planting, and a guide to composti… More >>
The Essential Garden Design Workbook: Second Edition
#1 by Perilous Penelope on April 6, 2010 - 12:05 pm
Although the author refers to European landscaping, the design theory is still the same if applied in the US. This book is particularly useful for urban gardens as the examples given are, generally, for long, narrow lots. There are plenty of examples and drawings. A newly inspired invidividual wishing to further his knowledge about landscaping should start with this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by S. Chaus on April 6, 2010 - 2:02 pm
Very good book! This is a must have book for a beginner landscape design. A lot of examples to understand a process of garden design. I would most definitely recommend this book!!
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Katey Mulligan on April 6, 2010 - 2:12 pm
Whether you’re a landscape designer or hands-on gardener, this is an excellent step-by-step workbook. There are many such guidebooks on the market but this is the most comprehensive. It’s packed with sketches to illustrate each point the author makes and offers a space-planning system for anyone suffering moments of ‘writer’s block.’ Having worked as a landscape desginer for many years, I pick up this book regularly and rediscover something new each time.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Gang Chen on April 6, 2010 - 4:23 pm
This book covers all phases of garden design, from original research, obtaining the owner’s requirements, site survey sketch, checklist and inventory, to conceptual diagrams, presentation plans, theme plan, preliminary garden layout plan and final planting plans.
It discusses space, light, proportion and scale, color plates, ground plane, vertical plane, overhead plane, materials, texture, principles of planting design, planting styles, practical considerations, seasonal effects, and rendering techniques for various plans. It also has a plant list and plant hardiness zones at the end. This is one of few books that actually discuss the design aspect of gardens / landscaping. Very practical!
Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of “LEED GA Exam Guide,” “Architectural Practice Simplified,” “Planting Design Illustrated,” and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Garden Guru on April 6, 2010 - 4:55 pm
I have been looking for a garden design book for some time that would be heavy on how to lay out the design professionally on paper. This book goes through the progression of the design process and shows each step in the process. It has been extremely helpful in my designing of a three acre property.
Rating: 5 / 5