"Landscape designers have long understood the use of plants to provide beauty, aesthetic pleasure and visual stimulation while supporting a broad range of functional goals. However, the potential for plants in the landscape to elicit human involvement and provide mental stimulat…
An "alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to …
An "alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to …
Illustrating recent urban solutions that meet the current requirements of design, ecology, sociology and economy, this book addresses the subject of designing inner-city spaces.
"In Wasteland, Vittoria Di Palma takes on the 'anti-picturesque, ' offering an account of landscapes that have traditionally drawn fear and contempt."--Jacket.