Australian planting design
Thompson, Paul2012
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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.
Main title:
Australian planting design / Paul Thompson.
Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, ©2012.
Collation:
xi, 211 p., [44] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Previously published: South Melbourne : Lothian Books, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.Also available online.
Audience:
Technical/Vocational/TAFE.Tertiary/Undergraduate.General.
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Contents:
Space -- Light -- Earth from -- Water -- Case study: a boggy garden -- Structures -- Vegetation -- Choosing plants -- Plant form and shape -- Safety in numbers -- Case study: a sandy garden -- Designing with weland and water plants -- Creating a subtropical rainforest environment -- Balancing plant types -- Fire and vegetation -- Design and form -- Case study: a coastal garden -- Case study: a quiet retreat -- Interpreting the Australian landscape -- Case study: a pioneering garden -- The dynamic garden -- Case study: a haven for wildlife -- Plant lists.
ISBN:
9780643107014
Dewey class:
712.60994
Language:
English
BRN:
7279
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