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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 712 EAN: 9780881927405 ISBN: 0881927406 Label: Timber Press Manufacturer: Timber Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: November 15, 2005 Publisher: Timber Press Studio: Timber Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A great attempt with an emphasis on the horticultural aspect of Planting DesignThere are three main factors to consider in Planting Design: aesthetics, horticulture, and symbolism of plants. "Gardeners and garden designers seek inspiration from a variety of sources. Among these, nature is perhaps a relative recent choice, a reflection of changing attitudes toward natural world..." Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury wrote. They continued to cover nature and gardens (use of plants with wild character, nature-inspired planting pattern, use of native species, avoiding formality, biodiversity, etc), ecology and habitat (ecological fit, visual ecology, etc), planting in space, plants on display, the mechanics of planting design, planting in time, and practicalities (soil preparation, plant selection, etc) and maintenance. Planting Design is the most important aspect of landscape education and practice. It is also a subject that is very difficult to teach or to learn. "Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space" can alleviate this problem. We need people to do research on Planting Design from different angles. Piet Oudolf is an innovative designer, horticulturist and plantsman, and Noel Kingsbury is an advocate of naturalistic planting. "Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space" is a result of their cooperation. It has 176 pages and many spectacular color interior photos. It is a great attempt with an emphasis on the horticultural aspect of Planting Design. Gang Chen, Author of "LEED AP Exam Guide" & "Planting Design Illustrated." LEED AP, AIA Rating:  - Disappointed, incredibly disappointed.I would describe myself as a fan of Oudolf – by adopting and adapting some of his raison-être our own garden has changed beyond recognition, with masses of seasonal interest throughout the year. Kingsbury ghosted Oudolf’s original work, Designing with Plants with some aplomb, Henk Gerritsen’s turn of phrase in Dream Plants and More Dream Plants was always light, witty and insightful and while Gardening with Grasses seemed to bow to certain conventionalities, for European readers, the book opened up new vistas of possibilities. But with this offering the writers have run out of steam, or rather Kingsbury has as Oudolf appears to have participated little in the book’s creation. This time Kingsbury’s style is leaden – is the book a re-working of his recent thesis? It stinks of academia. Timber Press has done an excellent job re the images on the hard and dust cover (and this time all the pages are in the right order and the captions are all in English – not the case with my copies of previous work attributed to Oudolf that they have published). But as publishers they mislead in their suggestion that in this book ‘home gardeners … will find invaluable advice in this new approach’. First of all the approach is not new, secondly the style is so leaden most would start to doze while reading it and thirdly not all home gardeners have the opportunity for creating public amenities for their community. For professionals the book may be of use but, as another reviewer has suggested, the narrative raises more questions than it answers, and the lists are short and somewhat mean. Next time Oudolf’s name appears on the cover of a new book I will wait until I get my hands on a copy so see what, if anything, is new and inspirational. In the meanwhile I will continue to use my dog-eared copies of previous work attributed to him which are well worth purchasing. Rating: - Planting Design - Gardens in Time and SpaceThis book raises more questions than it answers. It says that planners of public open spaces and parks are reluctant to use perennial plantings because of concerns about durability and maintenance. The general gardening public is also ill-informed about how individual species compete, spread and how long they will survive in their gardens as this information is never provided by garden centres and retailers. Yet the book singularly fails to provide the answers needed to build confidence in the form of intermingled naturalistic perennial plantings favoured by the authors. Maybe the answers are not yet entirely known and we must wait the outcome of Noel Kingsbury's ongoing research. However, `Planting Design – gardens in time and space' has extended the debate about the reslience and longevity of naturalistic plantings and will have avid Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury fans craving for more in a future sequel.  Try searching the Internet for "Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space" or Ebay for "Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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