
For too long, garden design has given pride of place to architecture, artifice, and arbitrary principles. The results? Soulless landscapes where plants play subordinate roles.With passion and eloquence, Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden argue that only when plants are given the respect they deserve does a garden become emotionally resonant. Plant-Driven Design shows designers how to work more ...
Hardcover: 284 pages
Publisher: Timber Press; First Edition edition (October 14, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0881928771
ISBN-13: 978-0881928778
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 0.9 x 11.1 inches
Amazon Rank: 451983
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Plant-Driven Design encourages using plants appropriate for a particular location. True sustainability in our gardens comes from using plant material which is indigenous and doesn't try to overcome local conditions. So much plant material is sold tha...
with plants, and gives gardeners more confidence to design. The Ogdens boldly challenge design orthodoxy and current trends by examining how to marry plantsmanship and design without sacrificing one to the other.Supported by extensive lists of plants adapted to specific purposes and sites, Plant-Driven Design explores how plants interact with place. In addition, the authors' experience gardening and designing in a wide variety of climates gives their perspective a unique depth. In ideas, scope, and detail, this book both embraces and transcends regionality. By reclaiming gardens as a home to plants, this groundbreaking work will restore life-affirming vitality to garden design and profoundly affect how we understand and experience gardens.