xl, 373 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.

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pt. I PRINCIPLES -- 1.Why Design? -- Planting Design -- an Expression of Function -- Planting Design as Intervention in Ecological Processes -- Planting Design for Aesthetic Pleasure -- So What is Successful Planting Design? -- Habitat Loss and Climate Change -- 2.Plants as a Medium for Design -- Pl...

4.Creating Spaces with Plants -- The Experience of Space -- The Use of Spaces -- The Elements of Spatial Composition -- Enclosure -- Degree of Enclosure -- Permeability and Transparency of Enclosure -- Dynamics -- Shape -- Vertical Proportion -- Slope -- Focus -- Symmetric Focus -- Asymmetric Focus...

Erect or Upright Form and Veil Planting -- Palm Form -- Succulents and Sculptural Form -- Oval Upright Form -- Conical, Columnar and Fastigiate Forms -- Tabulate and Level-spreading Form -- Open Irregular Form -- Trained Form -- Line and Pattern -- Ascending Line -- Pendulous Line -- Horizontal Line...

Two Principles -- Ground Cover and Diversity -- Typical Canopy Structures as Models for Design -- Deciduous Cool Temperate Communities (North-west Europe and North America) -- Three-layer Canopy Structures -- Two-layer Canopy Structures -- Single-layer Canopy Structures -- Layers Within Layers -- La...

Initial Contact With the Client -- Brief -- Understanding -- Gathering and Organizing Information -- Survey -- Assessment -- Synthesis -- Generating and Organizing Ideas -- Planting Strategy -- Design Concept -- Schematic or Outline Planting Design -- Masterplan -- Sketch Planting Proposals -- Detai...

What Forest Species Already Grow Successfully Nearby? -- How will the Forest or Woodland be Perpetuated? -- Planting Mixes -- High Forest/High Canopy Woodland -- Approaches -- Layer Components -- Nurse Crops -- Developing a Planting Mix -- Constituents of the Mix -- Mix Proportions -- Spacing and Se...

Colonization of Urban Plantings -- Planting Patterns -- Plant Spacing -- Setting Out -- Urban and Garden Hedges -- Raised Planting and Container Planting -- Trained Trees and Vines -- Walls, Pergolas, Trellis and other Vine and Epiphyte Supports -- Ornamental Planting in Specialized Habitats.