The essential garden design workbook
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 eco-design techniques and installations and includes advice on how to harvest rainwater, how to design a green roof, tips on sustainable planting, and a guide to composting. Tailor-made for hands-on gardeners, the workbook approach is accessible…
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- Full title :The essential garden design workbook / Rosemary Alexander
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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 eco-design techniques and installations and includes advice on how to harvest rainwater, how to design a green roof, tips on sustainable planting, and a guide to composting. Tailor-made for hands-on gardeners, the workbook approach is accessible, practical, and can be used to create a garden from scratch and to redesign an existing garden. Gardeners will find easy ways to measure large spaces, estimate the height of a tree, and find the right proportions for a deck. They'll also find tips on space, light, and colour. It includes hundreds of easy-to-follow line drawings and diagrams
Guides you through every stage of designing a garden. Hundreds of explanatory drawings and quick-reference diagrams make this workbook a vital addition to your garden-planning library
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2009
- Edition:2. ed., rev. and updated with new eco-design tips
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Timber Press
- Place of Publication:Portland, Or
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009
Notes
Research, preparation, and design appraisal. Developing the design: focusing on the ground plane. Finalizing the garden layout plan. Creating a planting plan. Visualizing and constructing the design
The Physical Object
- Description:304 s. : : delvis farvelagte illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780881929751, 0881929751
- oclc:ocn768082451
- LC Classification:SB473
- Dewey Decimal:712 .6
Table of Contents
Research, preparation, and design appraisal -- Developing the design: focusing on the ground plane -- Finalizing the garden layout plan -- Creating a planting plan -- Visualizing and constructing the design.
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