Professional Planting Design
Scott C. Scarfone
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Description for Professional Planting Design
Paperback. Professional Planting Design bridges the gap between the one group of "plant" books that attempt to discuss "design" and another group of more academic and theoretical planting design theory books. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (some col.), plans. BIC Classification: AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 582.
"This is a great reference book for planting design, which is an arena where so many of us are hugely challenged. Information in it is well written, engaging, useful, accessible, and original."
-- Holly H. Shimizu, Executive Director, United States Botanic Garden
"This is a great reference book for planting design, which is an arena where so many of us are hugely challenged. Information in it is well written, engaging, useful, accessible, and original."
-- Holly H. Shimizu, Executive Director, United States Botanic Garden
"A unique blend of classic planting-design principles and ecological plant-selection criteria."
-- Scot Medbury, President, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
"After reading the book, you will be able to experiment with nature and use its myriad of facets to make your own original statement. You will be ready to take risks and design exciting and original gardens."
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471761396
SKU
V9780471761396
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Scott C. Scarfone
Scott C. Scarfone, ASLA, is a principal at Oasis Design Group, a landscape architecture, planning, and design firm he founded in historic Fells Point in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an instructor in the continuing education programs at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, The School of the Chicago Botanic Garden in Chicago, and Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland. He frequently ... Read more
Reviews for Professional Planting Design
"The great mysteries of successful planting design are unraveled by landscape architect Scott Scarfone in Professional Planting Design. Scarfone sets out the guidelines to allow anyone from an avid amateur gardener to a professional landscape designer or architect to create a living work of art with plants." (The American Gardner, May/June 2008) "Using mainly black and white drawings and ... Read more