Overview
Landscape architects, design professionals and contractors alike require a good working knowledge of how to achieve plant establishment under a variety of conditions and situations. Overlooking the physiological needs of plants can lead to potential problems that can have negative financial and design impacts. Plants and Planting on Landscape Sites is a practical book giving practitioners in landscape design the essential horticultural knowledge and concepts needed to understand the limits of the material they are working with and make informed decisions. From specification to supervision, this book provides concrete advice along with practical examples for each stage of a typical project. It contains sections on: the landscape site; selecting, assessing and purchasing plants; understanding nursery practice; forms and types of transplant traded; seeds and direct seeding; pre-planting site work; transplanting; and care in the establishment phase. Specially commissioned high quality line diagrams and full colour photographs are used throughout to demonstrate meaning and give examples. Peter Thoday is an experienced consultant, international lecturer in landscape management, and past president of The Institute of Horticulture, who has had numerous roles in high-profile projects, such as Horticultural Director of the Eden Project. Written by an expert, this book is as an essential tool for landscape architects, project managers, contractors and nursery managers.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Ralph Thoday (Thoday Associates, UK)
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Imprint: CABI Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.523kg
ISBN: 9781780646183
ISBN 10: 1780646186
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 30 September 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
(Peter Thoday is) a reliable and trustworthy dispenser of sound technical advice....I have no hesitation in thoroughly commending this book in the expectation that many others will benefit from his extensive knowledge. --Colin Brown, LanDesigns Associates Ltd, Chartered Landscape Architects, UK When designing the Eden Project, I was working alongside Peter....he was a gentle and authoritative guide, as he is in this book. Easy to read and containing sensible, practical advice for anyone involved with commercial landscape planting....this book will calmly explain the issues you are facing and how to make decisions during initial assessment, design, specification and execution of work site. --Dominic Cole, Dominic Cole Landscape Architects, UK
"""(Peter Thoday is) a reliable and trustworthy dispenser of sound technical advice....I have no hesitation in thoroughly commending this book in the expectation that many others will benefit from his extensive knowledge.""--Colin Brown, LanDesigns Associates Ltd, Chartered Landscape Architects, UK ""When designing the Eden Project, I was working alongside Peter....he was a gentle and authoritative guide, as he is in this book. Easy to read and containing sensible, practical advice for anyone involved with commercial landscape planting....this book will calmly explain the issues you are facing and how to make decisions during initial assessment, design, specification and execution of work site.""--Dominic Cole, Dominic Cole Landscape Architects, UK"
Author Information
Peter Thoday is with Thoday Associates, UK.
