Elements of planting design /
Richard L Austin
- New York : John Wiley & sons, 2002.
- ix, 176 p. : ill. maps
'Portions of this text were originally developed by the author as "Designing with Plants" and "Designing the Natural Landscape," published in 1982 and 1984 by Van Nostrand Reinhold'_Acknowledgments. Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
hapter 1. The Ecology of Planting Design-- Chapter 2. A Process for Planting Design-- Chapter 3. Designing with Plants-- Chapter 4. Planting Plan Graphics-- Chapter 5. Resources-- Bibliography-- Index.
Plants can determine the visual characteristics of a designed site. This book helps readers balance technical site requirements with the aesthetics of a site, providing coverage of planting design for differently sized projects and residential and commercial sites.