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| Figures | |
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| Plates | |
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| Tables | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Principles | |
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| Why Design? | |
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| Planting Design - an Expression of Function | |
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| Planting Design as Management of Natural Vegetation Processes | |
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| Planting Design for Aesthetic Pleasure | |
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| What is Successful Planting Design? | |
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| Plants as a Medium for Design | |
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| Plants as Living Materials | |
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| Environmental Factors | |
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| Cycles of Plant Growth and Development | |
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| Aftercare | |
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| The Landscape Designer's View of Plants | |
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| Plants as Spatial Elements | |
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| Plants as Ornament | |
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| Plant Selection | |
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| Functional and Aesthetic Considerations in Design | |
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| Spatial Characteristics of Plants | |
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| Spatial Functions of Plants in the Human Landscape | |
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| Ground-level Planting (Carpeting Plants) | |
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| Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants Below Knee Height (Low Planting) | |
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| Knee to Eye Level Planting (Medium Height Planting) | |
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| Planting Above Eye Level (Tall Shrub/Small Tree Planting) | |
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| Tree Planting | |
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| Creating Spaces with Plants | |
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| The Experience of Space | |
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| The Use of Spaces | |
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| The Elements of Spatial Composition | |
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| Enclosure | |
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| Degree of Enclosure | |
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| Permeability of Enclosure | |
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| Dynamics | |
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| Shape | |
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| Vertical Proportion | |
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| Slope | |
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| Focus | |
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| Symmetric Focus | |
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| Asymmetric Focus | |
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| Focus on the Boundary | |
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| External Focus | |
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| Composite Landscape | |
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| Spatial Organizations | |
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| Linear Organizations | |
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| Clustered Organizations | |
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| Contained Organizations | |
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| Hierarchy of Spaces | |
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| Hierarchy According to Function | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Transitions between Abutting Spaces | |
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| Transitions between Interlocking Spaces | |
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| Transitional Spaces | |
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| Entrance Zones | |
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| Visual Properties of Plants | |
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| Subjective and Objective Responses to Plants | |
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| The Analysis of Visual Characteristics | |
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| Form | |
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| Prostrate and Carpeting Forms | |
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| Hummock, Dome and Tussock Forms | |
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| Erect or Ascending Form | |
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| Arching Form | |
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| Palm Form | |
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| Succulents and Sculptural Form | |
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| Oval Upright Form | |
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| Conical Form | |
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| Fastigiate and Columnar Forms | |
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| Tabulate and Level Spreading Form | |
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| Open Irregular Form | |
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| Trained Form | |
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| Line and Pattern | |
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| Ascending Line | |
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| Pendulous Line | |
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| Horizontal Line | |
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| Diagonal Line | |
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| The Quality of Line | |
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| Texture | |
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| Fine Texture | |
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| Coarse Texture | |
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| Medium Texture | |
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| Colour | |
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| Hue | |
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| Value | |
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| Saturation | |
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| Colour Perception | |
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| Colour Effects | |
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| Visual Energy | |
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| Combining Plants | |
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| Principles of Visual Composition | |
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| Five Principles of Visual Composition | |
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| Harmony and Contrast | |
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| Balance | |
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| Emphasis and Accent | |
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| Sequence | |
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| Scafe | |
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| Movement and Viewing Angles | |
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| Unity and Diversity in Planting Design | |
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| Planting Ideas | |
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| Inspiration | |
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| Plant Assemblages | |
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| Plant Communities | |
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| Forest Structures | |
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| Two Principles | |
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| Designing with Canopy Layers | |
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| Some Typical Canopy Structures | |
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| Deciduous Cool Temperate Communities (Europe and North America) | |
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| Three-layer Canopy Structures | |
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| Two-layer Canopy Structures | |
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| Single-layer Canopy Structures | |
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| Evergreen Temperate Communities (New Zealand) | |
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| Emergent Trees/Tree Canopy I Sub-canopy I Shrub Layer/Herb Layer | |
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| Tree Canopy I Shrub and Sapling Layer/Herb Layer | |
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| Bush Canopy I (Shrub and Sapling Layer)/(Field Layer) | |
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| Low Tree Canopy I Shrub and Sapling Layer/Field Layer | |
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| Shrubland Communities | |
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| Herb-dominated Communities | |
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| Design Interpretation | |
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| Horticultural Factors in Plant Associations | |
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| Growth Requirements | |
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| Relative Competitiveness | |
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| Mode of Spread | |
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| Increase by Seed | |
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| Vegetative Increase | |
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| Habit | |
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| Longevity and Life Cycles | |
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| Plant Knowledge | |
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| Process | |
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| A Method for Planting Design | |
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| Inception | |
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| Initial Contact With the Client | |
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| Brief | |
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| Understanding: Gathering and Organizing Information | |
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| Survey | |
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| The Landscape Assessment | |
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| Synthesis - Generating and Organizing Ideas | |
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| Planting Policies | |
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| Design Concept | |
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| Schematic Planting Design | |
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| Masterplan | |
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| Sketch Planting Proposals | |
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| Detailed Planting Design | |
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| Working Drawings | |
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| Specifications | |
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| Realization | |
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| Planting | |
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| Establishment | |
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| Management | |
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| Learning Through the Design Process | |
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| Practice | |
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| Structure Planting | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Forest and Woodland | |
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| Designing Forest and Woodland | |
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| What Functions will the Forest or Woodland Perform? | |
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| What Canopy Structure is Ultimately Required? | |
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| What are the Soil and Climatic Conditions? | |
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| What Forest Species Already Grow Successfully Nearby? | |
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| How Will the Forest or Woodland be Perpetuated? | |
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| Planting Mixes | |
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| High Forest/High Canopy Woodland | |
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| Approaches | |
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| Layer Components | |
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| Nurse Crops | |
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| Developing a Planting Mix | |
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| Constituents of the Mix | |
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| Mix Proportions | |
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| Spacing and Setting Out | |
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| Subsidiary Mixes | |
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| Low Forest/Low Woodland | |
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| Shrub Thicket | |
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| Woodland Scrub | |
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| High Scrub | |
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| Edges | |
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| Tall Edge | |
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| Low Edge | |
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| Outlying Groups | |
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| Clumps and Copses | |
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| Woodland and Forest Belts | |
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| Hedges and Hedgerows | |
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| Hedges | |
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| Hedgerows | |
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| Urban and Garden Hedges | |
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| Perimeter Hedging | |
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| Avenues | |
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| Avenue Species | |
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| Setting Out and Spacing | |
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| Trained Trees and Vines | |
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| Ornamental Planting | |
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| General Planting Areas | |
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| Layout of Planting Areas | |
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| Planting Arrangement | |
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| Canopy Layers | |
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| Successional Growth | |
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| Composition and Scale | |
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| Accents | |
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| Accent Groups | |
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| Planting Patterns | |
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| Ecological Ornamental Planting | |
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| Plant Spacing | |
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| Setting Out | |
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| Raised Planting and Container Planting | |
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| Walls, Pergolas, Trellis and other Vine Supports | |
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| Ornamental Planting in Specialized Habitats | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Index | |