The Essential Garden Design Workbook

Author : Rosemary Alexander
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604691433
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Garden Design Workbook written by Rosemary Alexander and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Garden Design Workbook guides the reader through every stage of planning a garden — how to survey a site, how to choose landscaping materials, and how to develop planting schemes. This fully revised and updated second edition features new U.S. case studies and new photographs. Valuable tips on green gardening are new to this edition, and include how to harvest rainwater, how to design a green roof, tips on sustainable planting, and a guide to composting. Tailor-made for hands-on gardeners, the workbook approach is accessible, practical, and can be used to create a garden from scratch and to redesign an existing garden. Gardeners will find easy ways to measure large spaces, estimate the height of a tree, and find the right proportions for a deck. They'll also find tips on space, light, and color. Includes hundreds of easy-to-follow line drawings and diagrams.

Author : Vanessa Gardner Nagel
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 0881929433
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Garden Design written by Vanessa Gardner Nagel and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing a garden is a complex task. Where do you start? What kind of skills do you need? What are the logical steps in creating a design? How do you communicate your ideas to a client, and how do you accommodate a client’s requests while maintaining the integrity of the project? The answers to these questions, and many more, can all be found in Understanding Garden Design. Most books on garden design focus on only one or a few aspects of garden design—choosing plants or creating a hardscape, for example. This comprehensive, accessible book lays out the entire process from start to finish in clear, precise language that avoids the pitfalls of “designspeak.” In fact, garden owners and clients of garden designers who want to understand more about the designer’s craft will be able to profit from the book’s lessons. Among the many topics covered are how to document a site, how to determine what a client needs and wants from the garden, how to take architectural features into consideration, how to think about circulation and lay out paths, how to use basic design principles, how to work with plants, and how to create a final design. Practical aspects are clearly laid out, including working with contractors and staying on top of the various phases of construction. This thorough handbook is profusely illustrated with helpful photographs and diagrams. A particularly interesting tool is the hypothetical garden plan that appears in each chapter to show how to apply the topics at hand. A practical, logical approach to the planning, design, and installation of a garden, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students, landscape professionals, and garden designers.

Author : Rosemary Alexander
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604696613
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Garden Design Workbook written by Rosemary Alexander and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling classic completely revised and updated The third edition of The Essential Garden Design Workbook is fully updated with new color photograph and illustrations, garden plans, and growing information for the top fifty plants no designer should be without. You’ll also find updated information on designing with computer-aided design (CAD), details on sustainability ad biodiversity, and important advice on working with contractors.

Author : John Brookes
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Garden Design written by John Brookes and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step guide to creating garden designs that includes instructions for blueprints, using patterns, and measuring.

Author : Love Albrecht Howard
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 0881929042
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So You Want to Be a Garden Designer written by Love Albrecht Howard and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day talented and passionate gardeners think to themselves, “There must be a way to turn this into a career.” So You Want to Be a Garden Designer helps them turn that dream into reality by providing the practical, step-by-step information every budding designer needs to develop and nurture a thriving garden design business. A successful, self-made garden designer herself, Love Albrecht Howard conveys not only the basic skills required for the profession, but also the crucial details that can mean the difference between success and failure. Among the many questions she explores with warmth, humor, and a big dose of reality are: • What do I need to learn? • How do I tackle fences, stairs, decks, and other construction projects? • How can I avoid using chemicals? • What’s the best way to deal with challenging personalities? With extensive photographs, practical drawings, and clearheaded advice, So You Want to Be a Garden Designer is the comprehensive manual that all garden designers will wish they’d had from the start.

Author : Ann Lovejoy
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 157954987X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School written by Ann Lovejoy and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2004-05-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new paperback edition of Ann Lovejoy's spectacular organic gardening book brings a lifetime's worth of experience and knowledge from one of this country's leading gardening experts. In it she shows readers how to apply her organic design principles to any site, large or small, to create healthy, self-sufficient gardens that are easy to care for, ecologically sound, and enduringly beautiful.

Author : Rosemary Alexander
Publisher : Michael Joseph
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Gardening School written by Rosemary Alexander and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The English Gardening School is based on the courses held at the English Gardening School on the design, planting and maintenance of gardens. Combining planning with practice, this teaching manual will be invaluable to both amateur and professional gardeners, enabling them to create beautiful gardens with confidence and imagination."--Back cover.

Author : Janet Macunovich
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Your Gardens and Landscapes written by Janet Macunovich and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2000-01-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical approach to design and transform your yard and garden into a spectacular landscape.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465470786
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Landscape Design written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be inspired to imagine the garden of your dreams with this guide that will help you plan, build, and plant your perfect outdoor space. Whether you're aiming for a total redesign or targeting a specific area, Encyclopedia of Landscape Design offers fresh and achievable ideas for every gardener: grasp the fundamentals of landscape and garden design, find a style that's right for you, and create the structures and planting plans to bring your ideas to life. Produced by a team of award-winning horticultural experts, Encyclopedia of Landscape Design offers extensive design inspiration backed up with solid practical content, including step-by-step landscape structures and planting techniques.

Author : John Brookes
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essentials of Garden Design written by John Brookes and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the most original and creative garden designers in the world--a comprehensive, gloriously illustrated, easy-to-follow manual for designing gardens from the smallest to largest, most humble to most lavish.