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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: An Overview of the Landscape Industry | |
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| Landscape Designing | |
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| Using Drawing Instruments | |
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| The Purpose of the Drawing Tools | |
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| The Tools and How They Work | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Lettering | |
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| The Importance of Lettering | |
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| Methods of Lettering | |
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| Graphic Materials and Techniques | |
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| Same Design, Different Views | |
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| Landscape Symbols | |
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| Explaining an Idea With Symbols | |
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| Labeling | |
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| Design Sheet Layout | |
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| Different Drawings for Different Requirements | |
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| Graphic Media | |
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| The Layout of Graphic Presentations | |
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| The Site | |
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| Site Features and Characteristics | |
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| Sources of Site Information | |
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| Reading the Terrain | |
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| Grading the Land | |
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| Preparing a Base Map | |
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| The Landscape Process | |
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| Landscaping as a Process | |
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| Interviewing the Client | |
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| Diagrams and Drawings Within the Design Process | |
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| The Outdoor Room Concept | |
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| Outdoor Use Areas | |
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| The Outdoor Room Concept | |
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| Plant Selection | |
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| The Origins of Landscape Plants | |
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| Plant Forms Available | |
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| Plant Nomenclature | |
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| Selecting the Proper Plant | |
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| Computer-Aided Plant Selection | |
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| The Principles of Design | |
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| The Foundation for Designing | |
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| Applying the Principles of Design to Landscape Designing | |
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| Material Characteristics Supportive of the Design Principles | |
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| Flowers | |
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| The Uses and Limitations of Flowers in the Landscape | |
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| Different Flowers Have Different Life Spans | |
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| Flower Beds and Flower Borders | |
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| Designing Flower Plantings | |
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| Xeriscaping | |
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| Xeriscape: Water-wise Landscaping | |
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| The Benefits of Xeriscaping | |
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| The Seven Principles of Xeriscaping | |
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| Applying Xeriscape Principles to Designing | |
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| Hardscape: An Umbrella Term | |
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| Selection Criteria | |
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| Changing Levels in the Landscape | |
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| Walks, Drives, and Stepping Stones | |
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| Water Features | |
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| Constructing a Recirculating Water Feature | |
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| Outdoor Lighting | |
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| Landscape Enrichment Is Something Extra | |
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| Tangible and Intangible/Natural and Fabricated | |
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| Is the Enrichment Item Necessary? | |
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| Technology is Dynamic | |
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| The Necessary and the Novel | |
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| Sources of New Technology | |
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| The Forms and the Types of Technology in Landscaping | |
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| The Future | |
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| Cost and Price | |
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| Estimates and Bids | |
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| Specifications | |
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| Preparing the Estimate | |
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| Secton 2 | |
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| The Landscape Take-Off | |
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| The Necessary Calculations | |
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| Sources of the Data | |
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| Standardized Technique Is Important | |
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| Typical Sequence of Calculations for Take-Offs | |
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| Typical Calculations Required for Take-Offs | |
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| Pit and Ball Calculations | |
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| The Importance of Contracts | |
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| The Components of a Contract | |
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| Types of Contractual Associations | |
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| How Landscape Contractors Are Selected | |
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| The Advantages and Disadvantages | |
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| The Need for Documents | |
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| The Documents | |
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| The Complete Contract | |
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| Project Manuals | |
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| Masterformat | |
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| Standard and Customized Specifications | |
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| Uniformity in Preparation of Project Manuals | |
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| The Writers | |
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| Methods of Specifying | |
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| Sources of Specification Data | |
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| Closed and Open Specifications | |
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| When Changes Are Needed 20: Human Resources: The Needs and Opportunities | |
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| Staffing: The Industry's Number One Problem | |
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| The Career Opportunities | |
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| Qualities Needed for Career Success | |
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| Successful Match-Up: Creating a Win-Win Relationship | |
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| The Importance of Proper Installation | |
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| The Necessary Tools | |
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| The Soil for Installation | |
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| Root Forms of Landscape Plants | |
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| The Time to Transplant | |
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| Methods of Installation | |
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| Mulching | |
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| Using Antitranspirants | |
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| Problems of Arid Regions | |
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| Planting in the Southeast | |
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| Selecting the Proper Grass | |
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| Comparison of Turfgrasses | |
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| Purchasing Grass Seed | |
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| Mixtures, Blends, and Single-Species Lawns | |
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| Selecting the Method of Lawn Installation | |
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| Proper Lawn Construction | |
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| Calibrating a Spreader | |
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| Types of Landscape Irrigation Systems | |
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| The Terminology of Landscape Irrigation | |
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| Sprinkler Irrigation | |
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| Sizing Irrigation Pipe | |
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| Matching Water Flow and Pressure With P | |