{"product_id":"planting-design-9781138026056","title":"Planting Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandscape designers have long understood the use of plants to provide beauty, aesthetic pleasure and visual stimulation while supporting a broad range of functional goals. However, the potential for plants in the landscape to elicit human involvement and provide mental stimulation and restoration is much less well understood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book meshes the art of planting design with an understanding of how humans respond to natural environments. Beginning with an understanding of human needs, preferences and responses to landscape, the author interprets the ways in which an understanding of the human-environment interaction can inform planting design. Many of the principles and techniques that may be used in planting design are beautifully illustrated in full colour with examples by leading landscape architects and designers from the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Asia, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eAndrea Cochran, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, San Francisco, CA\u0026lt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ePlanting Design\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a comprehensive overview of the scientific theories which explain why people have such strong emotional responses to nature. Dr. Mooney then distills this research into practical design principles that help us understand how our aesthetic preferences are formed through spatial structure, pattern, colour and light. This book validated many of the intuitive decisions I made over years of practice - it will be an interesting read as well as a source of inspiration for both the novice garden designer and the seasoned landscape architect.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003cem\u003eAndrea Cochran, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This ambitious book attempts to ground planting design in research-based decisions that extend beyond traditional categories of knowledge such as horticulture and aesthetics to include human-centered concepts of the environment. Across seven chapters of history and theory, Patrick Mooney ASLA, a landscape architect who teaches at the University of British Columbia, includes examples from projects by Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, Melody Redekop, and Kongjian Yu, FASLA, among others. Mooney argues in his book for integrating new understandings of the ways humans interact with their environments, synthesizing ideas across several fields to advocate for designing multifunctional landscapes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLandscape Architecture Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e Vol. 110 No. 7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Preferred Landscape 2. The Restorative Landscape 3. Horticultural Considerations in Planting Design 4. Functional and Aesthetic Criteria in Planting Design 5. Space and Place 6. The Elements of Design 7. Color\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019449762135,"sku":"9781138026056","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138026056.jpg?v=1750780304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/planting-design-9781138026056","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}