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There can be no reputable garden design course which does not mention the name Michael Littlewood. And there are few students, or indeed design professionals, who do not, at some point, gratefully crib from the scaled drawings of hard landscape features found in his Landscape Detailing series Surfaces, Enclosures, Water and Structures. These they can use to indicate clearly to clients and contractors precisely how they want that path, terrace, or bridge etc to be constructed. But in the field of landscape architecture, softscape is very much and quite unfairly seen as the poor relation, despite the fact that plants are very much the icing on the cake in most gardens. And certainly as students we were not made aware of the Tree Detailing volume of his series. Of course, since we were trained gardeners before we were trained designers, much of this is second nature to us. But there will be many a practice that is at least initially not so knowledgeable or experienced in this field and for them this updated edition will, quite frankly, be a godsend. - Robert Webber and Lesley Hegarty Garden Designers November 2013 I am a landscape architecture student and I was given an assignment to complete on the subject of construction detailing. This assignment required me to design a site using a large number of trees along with contemporary surface materials utilising CAD software. Being that trees are not my strong point, I decided to research book stores on the web regarding information on this discipline. After reviewing a number of sample books I came across Tree Detailing. This book is fantastic. It is clear and concise and packed with illustrations and the cross section drawings were able to help me no end. I believe it is only book out there of its kind on tree detailing The book helped me (a novice at tree and construction detailing) so much that I passed my assignment with quite a high grade. Thank you Michael for your expertise on this subject. - Jamie Seymour Landscape Architecture Student September 2013 Michael Littlewoods Tree Detailing book is another very welcome addition to his landscape detailing volumes. Aimed at professionals working in the disciplines of landscape architecture, garden design and landscape construction, it will also prove invaluable to students of those disciplines. Its comprehensive content makes it a useful single point of reference, impressively including every aspect of detailing with trees and providing a high level of detail to an area of specification that is often given less vigorous attention than hard landscape detailing Information of this depth is often hard to find in an easily accessible format that can be communicated between designer and contractor. This book goes a long way to addressing this issue with its clear illustrations that can be easily adapted to the most difficult situations, such as those on roof gardens, in containers and adjacent to buildings. Upon looking through its educated content it becomes apparent how important it is to plant and maintain new trees and to retain mature trees successfully for future generations to enjoy. - Ian Smith BA (Hons) MSGD Landscape & Garden Designer January 2014 More information about Tree Detailing can be see in Michael Littlewood's informative article, accessible by using the link below.

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Michael Littlewood is a qualified landscape architect and environmental planner with extensive experience of organic gardening and sustainable land use projects around the world. He has studied biodynamics and permaculture and applies this knowledge to maintain and develop his own organic garden. His designs incorporate eco-building, bio-engineering, renewable energy systems, water harvesting, waste treatments, organic food production, natural swimming pools, and wildlife and nature conservation. Michael is the author of several publications and posters on organic gardening, natural swimming pools and landscape construction.

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