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Lolly Tai - The Magic of Children´s Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design - 9781439914472 - V9781439914472
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The Magic of Children´s Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design

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Description for The Magic of Children´s Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AMV; WMD; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5182. .

Children’s gardens are magical places where kids can interact with plants, see where food and fibers grow, and experience the role of birds, butterflies, and bees in nature. These gardens do more than just expose youngsters to outdoor environments, they also provide marvelous teaching opportunities for them to visit a small plot, care for vegetables and flowers, and interact in creative spaces designed to stimulate all five senses. 

In The Magic of Children’s Gardens, landscape architect Lolly Tai provides the primary goals, concepts and key considerations for designing outdoor spaces that are attractive to and suitable for children especially in urban environments. Tai presents ... Read more

The Magic of Children’s Gardens features hundreds of comprehensive drawings and gorgeous photographs of successful children’s outdoor environments, detailed explanations of the design process, and the criteria needed to create attractive and pleasing gardens for children to augment their physical, mental, and emotional development.

Exposing youth to well-planned outdoor environments promotes our next generation of environmental stewards. The Magic of Children's Gardens offers practitioners a guide to designing these valued spaces.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439914472
SKU
V9781439914472
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Lolly Tai
Lolly Tai is Professor of Landscape Architecture at Temple University, and co-author of award-winning book, Designing Outdoor Environments for Children.

Reviews for The Magic of Children´s Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design
"The Magic of Children's Gardens is an unparalleled resource for anyone—whether landscape designer, horticulturist, educator, or community leader—who seeks a better understanding of how the design of contemporary children's gardens has evolved to most effectively spark the interest and imagination of today's kids. Lolly Tai has compiled detailed profiles of exemplary gardens across America, each including design intents, plant lists, technical ... Read more

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