Landscape Design: A Practical Approach

Hannebaum, Leroy G.

ISBN 10: 0130821837 ISBN 13: 9780130821836

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1994

Written by a "hands-on" landscape designer with over 26 years of field experience, this is a practical and comprehensive text that covers all aspects of landscape design, including strong sections on landscape construction design--decks, patios, retaining walls, fences, water features, and earth berms--that benefit from the author's practical experience as a designer/builder.

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From the Back Cover

Written for horticulture and landscaping students and professional landscapers, Landscape Design: A Practical Approach will also serve as a valuable reference for landscape architects because of many practical applications.

This comprehensive guidebook provides a good, basic understanding of the landscape design process, including:

design analysis,
study of land forms and planning of land form manipulation,
area creation and circulation,
environmental adjustments,
aesthetics of good design,
appropriate materials selection, and
proper use of enriching materials in the landscape.

Additionally, valuable materials covering specification reading and writing, bidding and estimating, and sales are included.

You can't find another landscape designer's manual so chock-full of practical guidelines and handy techniques designed to put you at the forefront of your profession sooner than you thought possible!

Synopsis

New edition of a text for landscape design and horticulture students covering the basic principles of plantings and architecture, along with chapters on special landscape problems of business and rental properties; specifications, estimations, and bids; using computers; and designing automatic irrigation systems. Drawings and photos (in b&w and col

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