Product Description

This book provides a comprehensive view of landscape design as it applies to the professional landscape designer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3843156 in Books
• Published on: 1997-11-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 460 pages

From the Back Cover

Written for horticulture and landscaping students and professional landscapers, Landscape Design: A Practical Approach will also serve as a valuable reference for landscape architects because of many practical applications.

This comprehensive guidebook provides a good, basic understanding of the landscape design process, including:

• design analysis,
• study of land forms and planning of land form manipulation,
• area creation and circulation,
• environmental adjustments,
• aesthetics of good design,
• appropriate materials selection, and
• proper use of enriching materials in the landscape.

Additionally, valuable materials covering specification reading and writing, bidding and estimating, and sales are included.

You can't find another landscape designer's manual so chock-full of practical guidelines and handy techniques designed to put you at the forefront of your profession sooner than you thought possible!