The Resource Planting in a post-wild world : designing plant communities for resilient landscapes, Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
Planting in a post-wild world : designing plant communities for resilient landscapes, Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
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Resource Information
The item Planting in a post-wild world : designing plant communities for resilient landscapes, Thomas Rainer and Claudia West represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- Summary
- An "alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful, and diverse."--Page 4 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Contents
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- Principles of designed plant communities -- The inspiration of the wild -- The design process -- Creating and managing a plant community
- Introduction: Nature as it was, nature as it could be. A new optimism : the future of planting design ; Bridging the gap between nature and our gardens ; The inspiration of naturally occurring plant communities ; Connecting with our memory of nature -- Principles of designed plant communities. Developing an understanding ; What makes a designed plant community different? ; The role of native species ; Essential principles -- The inspiration of the wild. Our wild hearts ; Landscape archetypes ; Grasslands ; Woodlands and shrublands ; Forests ; Edges -- The design process. Honoring the three essential relationships ; Relating plants to place ; Relating plants to people ; Relating plants to other plants -- Creating and managing a plant community. Site preparation : the design process continues ; Installation : using a plant's natural growth cycle to your advantage ; Efficient and successful planting ; Creative management : keeping designs legible and functional -- Conclusion. A meditation on three gardens ; Why designed plant communities? Why now?
- Isbn
- 9781604695533
- Label
- Planting in a post-wild world : designing plant communities for resilient landscapes
- Title
- Planting in a post-wild world
- Title remainder
- designing plant communities for resilient landscapes
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An "alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful, and diverse."--Page 4 of cover
- Cataloging source
- DNAL/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rainer, Thomas
- Dewey number
- 712
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- West, Claudia
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gardens
- Plant communities
- Label
- Planting in a post-wild world : designing plant communities for resilient landscapes, Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 258) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Principles of designed plant communities -- The inspiration of the wild -- The design process -- Creating and managing a plant community
- Introduction: Nature as it was, nature as it could be. A new optimism : the future of planting design ; Bridging the gap between nature and our gardens ; The inspiration of naturally occurring plant communities ; Connecting with our memory of nature -- Principles of designed plant communities. Developing an understanding ; What makes a designed plant community different? ; The role of native species ; Essential principles -- The inspiration of the wild. Our wild hearts ; Landscape archetypes ; Grasslands ; Woodlands and shrublands ; Forests ; Edges -- The design process. Honoring the three essential relationships ; Relating plants to place ; Relating plants to people ; Relating plants to other plants -- Creating and managing a plant community. Site preparation : the design process continues ; Installation : using a plant's natural growth cycle to your advantage ; Efficient and successful planting ; Creative management : keeping designs legible and functional -- Conclusion. A meditation on three gardens ; Why designed plant communities? Why now?
- Control code
- ocn910073224
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9781604695533
- Lccn
- 2015019338
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910073224
- Label
- Planting in a post-wild world : designing plant communities for resilient landscapes, Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 258) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Principles of designed plant communities -- The inspiration of the wild -- The design process -- Creating and managing a plant community
- Introduction: Nature as it was, nature as it could be. A new optimism : the future of planting design ; Bridging the gap between nature and our gardens ; The inspiration of naturally occurring plant communities ; Connecting with our memory of nature -- Principles of designed plant communities. Developing an understanding ; What makes a designed plant community different? ; The role of native species ; Essential principles -- The inspiration of the wild. Our wild hearts ; Landscape archetypes ; Grasslands ; Woodlands and shrublands ; Forests ; Edges -- The design process. Honoring the three essential relationships ; Relating plants to place ; Relating plants to people ; Relating plants to other plants -- Creating and managing a plant community. Site preparation : the design process continues ; Installation : using a plant's natural growth cycle to your advantage ; Efficient and successful planting ; Creative management : keeping designs legible and functional -- Conclusion. A meditation on three gardens ; Why designed plant communities? Why now?
- Control code
- ocn910073224
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9781604695533
- Lccn
- 2015019338
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910073224
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