Outdoors : the garden design book for the twenty-first century
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Outdoors : the garden design book for the twenty-first century
Conran Octopus, c2007
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Includes index
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Description
"Outdoors" covers a range of garden uses, from relaxation to entertainment. Readers are encouraged to look beyond the garden gate to consider garden styles worldwide. The book provides practical information on how to fulfil the requirements for each garden type and as well as presenting classic solutions, the authors provide imaginative, inspirational and up to date alternatives. Today's designed gardens also provide the appropriate means for putting conservation philosophies into practice whether it be for wildlife, recycling or water-wise gardening. This work includes practical advice on how to design your own garden and fifteen case studies throughout the book, personally chosen by the authors, demonstrate how innovative design can be translated to the garden whether on a grand scale or in the creative detailing that sets one garden apart from another. This exciting book, redefines garden design for the twenty-first century and shows the best and most stimulating examples from around the world. Whether you live in the town or country and regardless of the size of your garden, "Outdoors" will be an invaluable source of information and inspiration.
Table of Contents
Introduction 10. Inspiration in Garden Design: two personal essays 12. Sir Terence Conran and Diarmuid Gavin in conversation 16. Gardens in the Rural Environment 24. (Art in rural gardens, borrowed landscapes, building terraces. Planting - contemporary planting, landforms, paths, unusual boundaries, unusual planting, water features.) Gardens in the Urban Environment 40. (Borrowed landscapes, courtyards, roof terraces, focal points, garden rooms, lighting, paths. Planting - general, unusual shelter, vertical planting, walls and fences, water in the garden.) Gardens for Entertainment 64. (Al fresco dining, outdoor kitchens, bbqs, furniture, shade and shelter, pavilions, decks, dance floors, fire pits, audio/visual, equipment, lighting, water features, art. Planting - containers, architectural, low maintenance, minimalist, scent and texture, vibrant colours.) Gardens for Nature 100. (Meadows, lawns, boundaries, woodland, treehouses, natural pools, beehives, ladybird houses, roof houses, etc Planting - awareness of native plants, aquatic, meadow planting.) Family Gardens 136. (Play equipment, tunnels, wendy houses, mazes, pools, sandpits, spaces for children to plant, water features Planting - barrier plants, containers, herbs, vegetables, colour, scent, texture, robust plants.) Productive Gardens162. (Kitchen gardens, potager, glasshouses, melon pits, fruit stores, cold frames, irrigation techniques, patios, balconies, roof gardens, cloches, hedges, borders. Planting - espaliered, freestanding, soft fruit, underglass, arches, containers.) Gardens for Relaxing In 198. (Gazebos, summerhouses, tea houses, conservatories, running water, shimes, sculpture, speciment plants, lighting, hammocks, sound systems. Planting - plants that capture light, plants that rustle, year round interest, scent, relaxing colours.) A Place to Work 218. (Route to work, paths, screens, lighting, furniture, views. Planting - architectural, screening, shelter, specimens.) Practicalities 238. (How to plan/design a garden, design brief, site survey, inspiration, materials.) For Reference 260.
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