| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part 1 Garden; Space; Spatial Movement; Contained Spaces; Creating an Illusion; Separating Space; Elevated View; Light; Earth Form; Soil Conditions; Shaping your Garden; Drainage; Digging the Ground; Water; Case Study A Boggy Garden; Structures; Selecting Materials; Slopes and Changes of Level; Paving Surfaces; A place for concrete; Stone; Timber; Metals and other modern materials; Vegetation; Botanical Groups and Natural Process; Provenance and Genetic Variation; Cultivars; Horticultural Understanding; Fungal Attack; Insects and Bugs; Climate |
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Part 2 Planting DesignChoosing Plants; Environmental Weeds; Trees in the Landscape; Sunshading with Australian Trees; Shrubs and Their Range; Low Cover; Grasses; Plant Form and Shape; Senses and Garden; Fragrance; Texture and Colour; The Effect of Light; Foliage Colour; Flower Colour; Foliage Shapes; Safety in Numbers; How many trees?; How many shrubs?; Space for small shrubs; Case Study A Sandy Garden; Plants for low cover; Grasses, Herbs, Bulbs and Low Heathland Flora; Designing with Wetlands and Water Plants; Ordering Water Plants; Nutrient Transfer; Oxygenating Plants; Algae in Ponds |
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Creating a Subtropical Rainforest EnvironmentBalancing Plant Types; Variety Yet Unity; Making a List; Mixing and Matching; Cross Linking; Containing the Garden; Trees as Screens; Shrub Screens; Climbers for Screening; Hedges; Windbreaks; Erosion Control; Lawn Options; Grassland Plants; Fire and Vegetation; Protection; Regeneration; Design and Form; Imagine the Picture; Coordinating Elements; Organisation of a Concept; Planning the Planted Form; Large Gardens; Medium Gardens; Small Gardens; Smaller Still -- the Micro-garden; Case Study A Coastal Garden; Case Study A Quiet Retreat |
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Interpreting the Australian LandscapeLocal Character; Theme; Style; Formal and Informal; Case Study A Pioneering Garden; Part 3 Time and Change; The Dynamic Garden; Change over Time; Achieving Balance; Rotational Planting; Anticipating Change; Seasonal Change; Care; Maintenance -- the Options; Guiding Growth; Designing for Change; Change through Understanding; The Effects of Competition; Maintaining Clear Objectives; Knowing when to Intervene; Designer-Client Association; The Historic Garden; Case Study A Haven for Wildlife; Plant Lists; Naming of Plants; Hedging Plants; Tall Narrow Plants |
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Plants for Grass SwardsWater Plants; Plants for Wet or Moist Margin Areas; Genera that will Tolerate both Wet and Dry Conditions; Specimen or Feature Plants; Endnotes; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; General Index; Botanical Index |
| Summary |
Australian Planting Design identifies and explores all aspects of developing better planting designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and encouraging readers to look with fresh eyes, to create anew. This new edition guides the reader through all the stages of designing a new garden and helps to visualise the garden through an understanding of space, light, earth form, structures and vegetation. It discusses the choosing of plants, their form and shape, balancing plant types, fire and vegetation, design and form. The final section of the book looks at the dynamic garden |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gardens -- Australia -- Design
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Gardens, Australian.
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Landscape gardening -- Australia
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GARDENING -- Garden Design.
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Gardens, Australian
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Gardens -- Design
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Landscape gardening
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780643107021 |
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0643107029 |
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