Plants in the landscape

Plants in the landscape

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Book Description
From design to maintenance, the Second Edition of Plants in the Landscape offers a definitive account of the functions and interrelationships of all segments of the landscape industry. It is designed for students interested in a career working with plants and for professionals who need a complete reference source for contemporary principles and practices. Beginning with a case study on site planning, landscape design, and development, Plants in the Landscape goes on to look at plant ecology and classification, aesthetic and functional design, contracting procedures, and landscape construction--including detailed coverage of the latest planting techniques. Additional topics are shown below. This highly practical edition offers more than 500 drawings and photographs. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher
Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Booth, Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design (ISBN 0881334782); Dahl-Molnar, Anatomy of a Park: The Essentials of Recreation Area Planning and Design, Third Edition (ISBN 1577662806); Kohnke-Franzmeier, Soil Science Simplified, Fourth Edition (ISBN 0881338133); Murphy, Landscape Architecture Theory: An Evolving Body of Thought (ISBN 1577663578); and Powell-Rossetti, The Healthy Indoor Plant: A Guide to Successful Indoor Gardening (ISBN 1577661575). --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Plants in the landscape,Philip L Carpenter,Theodore D Walker,W. H. Freeman,0716707780

Book Contents:

1. Pleasures & Problems of a Rock Garden
2. Pocket Garden Herbs (American Horticultural Society Practical Guides)
3. Roses Under the Sun: A Guide for Raising Roses in Florida
4. Seasonal Notebooks: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
5. Secret Garden Spaces
6. Sir John Vanbrugh and Landscape Architecture in Baroque England, 1690-1730
7. Starlancer Official Strategies and Secrets: Official Strategies and Secrets (Strategies & Secrets)
8. Success with Seeds
9. Taylor's Guide to Growing North America's Favorite Plants
10. Taylor's Guide to Herbs : A Fully Illustrated Encyclopedia of More Than 400 Useful, Interesting, and Ornamental Herbs (Taylor's Gardening Guides)

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