Naturalistic Planting Design
Nigel Dunnett’s famous meadows and nature-inspired plantings have lifted the spirits of city dwellers for decades. This book offers the opportunity to get inside the work of this pioneering designer and learn how to select the right plants for a site, layer them to maintain interest through the seasons, and build plant communities that are biodiverse, beautiful and self-sustaining.
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“Every page is – literally – brilliant.”
— Mary Keen, The Daily Telegraph
“Nigel’s low-input, high-impact ideas are so important.”
— Piet Oudolf
What reviewers said.
Every page is – literally – brilliant.
— Mary Keen, The Daily Telegraph
Nigel’s low-input, high-impact ideas are so important.
— Piet Oudolf
Nigel Dunnett.
For three decades, Nigel Dunnett worked out what a city planting could be — not as decoration, not as horticulture's polite cousin, but as a serious response to where, and how, and with what we now grow plants in public. He read Botany at Bristol, took his PhD at the University of Sheffield in 1996, and remained in its School of Architecture and Landscape until his death, becoming Professor of Planting Design and Urban Horticulture in 2011.
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| Binding | Hardback |
|---|---|
| Extent | 240 pages |
| Dimensions | 261 × 219 × 25 mm |
| ISBN | 9780993389269 |