Gardening with Grasses - Rilegato

Michael King; Piet Oudolf

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0711212023 ISBN 13: 9780711212022

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln, 1998

Riassunto

Ornamental grasses are among the most important plants used by garden designers. This book shows how to use them to transform a garden. Grasses lend an architectural quality to a garden; they provide texture, background interest and a year-round range of subtle colours. They are also highly versatile, hardy and reliable. Many are evergreen and some perform better in shade, particularly useful in awkward corners where other plants struggle. The distinctive appearance of grasses makes them invaluable in combinations with flowering annuals or textured perennials. A catalogue of over 150 varieties and cultivars gives details of the best ornamental grasses, sedges and bamboos for a wide range of garden situations.

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They succeed handsomely in presenting a clearly-reasoned approach to design. (Garden)

If you want to understand the medium in which garden making of the future is going to work, you can find it all here in the illustrations. Oudolf is held to be one of the great horticultural innovators (Fred Whitsey Daily Telegraph)

Due to the continuing interest in the subject, its superb illustrations, and informative text, it has become a classic. (Lancashire Magazine)

L'autore:

Michael King is a distinguished garden designer, writer and photographer. He has contributed many articles to magazines for both amateur gardeners and professional landscape architects. Recurring themes are planting design and the role of contemporary gardens in society.

Piet Oudolf is a native of Holland and originally studied to be an architect. Instead of designing buildings he became the founder of New Wave planting, a movement which takes inspiration from nature but employs artistic skill in creating planting schemes. As a plantsman, his aim is to emphasize the form, texture, and natural harmony of plants, and as a skilled plant breeder, he creates new varieties for these and other design purposes. He has designed gardens in Holland and Germany, and a public park in Sweden. The garden he designed with Arne Maynard for the Chelsea 2000 Flower Show won the Best Garden Award. His own garden and nursery near Arnhem, Holland, has become world-famous.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0711212023
• ISBN 13: 9780711212022
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 152