The Essential Garden Design Workbook: Completely Revised and Expanded by Rosemary Alexander

This third edition of The Essential Garden Design Workbook is fully updated with current design trends, new photography and illustrations, modern garden plans, and growing information for fifty of the most popular plants. “Invaluable resource ... this expanded classic is for anyone interested in designing beautiful, successful gardens.” ―Michigan Gardener? The Essential Garden Design Workbook has been the go-to guide for students, professionals, and any gardener passionate about well-designed outdoor spaces. Now, eminent designer-educator Rosemary Alexander has teamed up with rising design star Rachel Myers for a complete update. New garden plans, new photos and diagrams, and updated profiles of 50 top plants offer timely insights for today’s designers. Advice on designing for sustainability and diversity has been added, along with guidance on planning for garden spaces large and small, using computer-aided design, and starting a garden design business. Detailed sections that lead you through the entire process―pre-design, concept, layout, planning, planting, and maintenance―are more relevant than ever. Invaluable for experienced pros and the next generation alike, this expanded classic is for anyone interested in designing beautiful, successful gardens. Read more

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From the Publisher The Essential Garden Design Workbook A new edition from a trusted expert. Invaluable information on starting a garden design business, with tips on everything from creating contracts to appraising a site. Chapter 1. Setting up your business Chapter 2. First contact to site appraisal Chapter 3. Starting work in the studio Details the entire design process from concept and layout to planning, planting, and maintaining. New information in this edition includes lessons on computer-aided design, advice on working with contractors, and details on designing for sustainability and diversity. Chapter 4. Starting the design process Chapter 5. Design solutions and decisions Chapter 6. Concept stage Chapter 7. Functional elements for the modern garden Chapter 8. Garden layout plan Chapter 9. Planting Chapter 10. Drawing up your planting plan New garden plans and profiles of fifty plants round out the text. Chapter 11. Moving toward building the garden Chapter 12. Plant sourcing, construction, and beyond Rosemary Alexander A world-recognized leader in horticulture and design training, Rosemary’s iconic book, The Essential Garden Design Workbook, is widely embraced as a must-have by students of garden and landscape design. Now this fully revised edition will meet the needs of the next generation of design students. Sowing Beauty Planting in a Post-Wild World Grasses for Gardens and Lanscapes Temperate Garden Plant Families Buying Options Add to Cart Add to Cart Buying Options Customer Reviews 114 526 25 11 Price — no data $23 10 $24 97 $32 99 Learn how to recreate Hitchmough’s masterful, romantic style. An inspiring call to action dedicated to the idea of a new nature—a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated—that can flourish in our cities and suburbs. This design-forward guide profiles the best ornamental grasses for use in landscapes and gardens—along with advice for successful cultivation. Learn how to identify the most important temperate plant families.