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 visualize the garden through an understanding of space, light, earthform, 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 and the importance of designing for change.Australian Planting Design focuses on how Australian plants may be used in gardens, whatever their size, function or site. It shows the way to use our plants to form a variety of satisfying, interesting and purposeful areas for both people and nature.As the availability of a much wider range of Australian plants grows, so too does our understanding of their qualities and habits. This new edition guides the reader through all the stages of designing a new garden. It identifies and explores all aspects of developing better designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and encouraging readers to look with fresh eyes.
| ISBN: | 9780643107014 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2012 |
| Author: | Paul Thompson |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Gardening |
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 visualize the garden through an understanding of space, light, earthform, 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 and the importance of designing for change.Australian Planting Design focuses on how Australian plants may be used in gardens, whatever their size, function or site. It shows the way to use our plants to form a variety of satisfying, interesting and purposeful areas for both people and nature.As the availability of a much wider range of Australian plants grows, so too does our understanding of their qualities and habits. This new edition guides the reader through all the stages of designing a new garden. It identifies and explores all aspects of developing better designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and encouraging readers to look with fresh eyes.
Australian Planting Design, Second Edition features in the following genres: Gardening
Australian Planting Design, Second Edition is available in Paperback
Australian Planting Design, Second Edition was written by Paul Thompson and published by CSIRO Publishing
Australian Planting Design, Second Edition has 272 pages