Planting Design: Concept, Space And Mass

Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to describe and explain the planting design process as distinct from the horticultural approach to planting design, which concentrates on the individual plant and its attributes.Planting design is a complex process which, although incorporating horticultural and climatic considerations, is under-represented in books for the practitioner. The spatial and three dimensional use of planting is perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of design to convey, especially when the decorative qualities of individual plants are so universally celebrated.The book will not be a dictionary or encyclopaedia of plants, but a handbook for the successful use of planting as a structural and spatial element in landscape and garden design. It will describe and illustrate the association of plant material, the scale of application (small scale garden spaces to large scale landscapes), the selection of species, design considerations etc will all be described and explained with comparisons made between different approaches and techniques.