Landscape design with plants
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Landscape design with plants
Published for the Landscape Institute [by] Butterworth Architecture, 1994
2nd ed., paperback ed
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Previous ed.: i.e. 1st ed. : Heinemann Newnes, 1977
Paperback edition omits Part III Plant and tree information sheets
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Deals with designing trees and plants, with the technical aspects of planting and the choice of species for problem sites and special habitats. This edition reflects recent technical developments and includes chapters on tropical and sub-tropical planning, Australian and semi-arid plants, interior planting, establishment of trees and shrubs, biomass - together with major revisions to existing chapters. Essentially a reference and source book for the landscape architect and designer, the book is designed for managers of gardens, parks and public land and to planners, students and gardeners.
Table of Contents
- Part I - Design: Introduction
- Trees in the countryside
- Planting for forestry
- Trees in urban areas
- Shrubs and groundcover, Herbacious plants and bulbs
- Water plants
- Part II - Techniques: The use and management of plant species native to Britain
- Urban landscape and roof gardens
- Transplanting semi-mature trees
- Reclamation and planting of industrial and urban wasteland
- The landscaping of reservoir margins
- Plants and air pollution
- the use of vegetation in slope stabilisation
- Planting in tropical lowland areas
- Planting in hot, acrid climates
- The functional uses of Australian plants
- Landscape management and the fourth design dimensions
- The establishment of trees and shrubs from seed
- The establishment of trees and shrubs
- Design and management of interior landscape.
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