Design for Gardens

Name: Design for Gardens
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ISBN: 9780881924411

ISBN-10: 0881924415

ISBN-13: 9780881924411

Edition: 2000

Authors: Joseph Hudak

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Successful garden designs offer a careful arrangement of form, texture, proportion and color harmony. In Design for Gardens, Joseph Hudak provides valuable insight into major components of garden design, from grading the land to building water features.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 217
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Joseph Hudak was the plant materials instructor for twenty years in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and also taught at the Radcliffe Seminars Program. He serves as Landscape Design Advisor for the National Garden Clubs and received the Meritorious Service Award for lifetime achievements from the American Horticultural Society.

Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Gardening Innovations Through the Centuries	p. 15
Basic Agenda for Evaluating Your Site	p. 44
Outlining Your Goals	p. 44
Open Space	p. 47
Soil Composition	p. 49
Surface-Water Drainage	p. 50
Factors of Sun, Shade, Wind, and Dryness	p. 51
Major Components of Garden Design	p. 54
Formal or Symmetric Details	p. 54
Informal or Asymmetric Details	p. 59
Naturalized or Rustic Details	p. 60
Earth Grading	p. 62
Water Features	p. 64
Walls	p. 74
Fences	p. 80
Walks and Steps	p. 87
Terraces and Decks	p. 91
Outdoor Rooms	p. 97
Proportionate Size in Plants and Construction	p. 100
Form in Plants and Construction	p. 102
Texture in Plants and Construction	p. 103
Placement of Plants and Construction	p. 105
Color Harmony in Plants and Construction	p. 107
Creating a Site Program	p. 108
Making a Map	p. 108
Exploring a Basic Layout	p. 111
Unifying the Design	p. 113
Design Principles of Order	p. 113
Design Values	p. 119
The Stimulus of Color	p. 129
Color Fundamentals	p. 129
The Color Wheel	p. 130
Dimensions of Color	p. 133
The Color of Light	p. 133
Adjusting Light Intensity	p. 134
Effects of Color	p. 134
Seasonal Color in Plants	p. 135
Evergreen Plant Considerations	p. 139
Needle Evergreen Trees and Shrubs	p. 141
Dwarf Conifers	p. 142
Broadleaf Evergreen Trees, Shrubs, and Vines	p. 144
Palms	p. 146
Deciduous and Herbaceous Plant Considerations	p. 149
Deciduous Trees, Shrubs, and Vines	p. 149
Cactuses	p. 153
Herbaceous Perennials, Bulbs, Ferns, Ornamental Grasses, and Annuals	p. 155
Selecting Plants for Gardens	p. 161
Types of Vegetation	p. 164
Plant Outlines and Garden Meanings	p. 169
Hedges	p. 172
Espaliers	p. 176
Plants in Containers	p. 179
Plant Positioning	p. 180
Seasonal Assets	p. 182
Effects of Shade	p. 183
Soil Moisture Adaptation	p. 186
Xeriscapes	p. 187
Overgrowth	p. 188
Foundation Planting	p. 190
Five Years to Fulfillment: A Renovation Odyssey	p. 196
Metric Conversion Chart	p. 211
Index	p. 213
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