The modern professional planting designer : creating beautiful, sustainable, resilient gardens for the twenty-first century /

"This is the first book to give context to the main techniques used in contemporary garden design today, and reveals how to achieve professional-level solutions in gardens large and small by exploring and explaining a variety of tips and tools and providing a guiding framework to support the de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fisher Tomlin, Andrew (Author)
Other Authors:	Thompson, Jo (Landscape architect) (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 2025.
Subjects:	Planting design. Gardens > Design. Landscape design. Landscape architects. Aménagement végétal. Jardins > Architecture. Aménagement paysager. Architectes paysagistes. landscape gardening. landscape architects. Planting design handbooks. Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Jo Thompson
Introduction
1. What makes a great planting design?
2. Finding your planting design voice
3. Solving the right challenge
4. Define--the project brief
5. Finding your narrative: telling stories with plants
6. Developing your planting structure
7. Contemporary approaches to planting composition
8. Selecting your plants
9. Succession and seasonal impact
10. Towards a sustainable planting approach
11. Communicating your design ideas
Afterword: Your career in planting design.