Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead: A New Way of Thinking about Shaping Home Grounds and Public Spaces in the Northeast

By Lauren Chase-Rowell, Katherine Hartnett, Mary Tebo Davis, et al.

Book Overview

Most landscape manuals describe a linear sequence of processes: design, plant selection, installation, and ongoing maintenance. Integrated Landscaping is different. It uses natural ecosystems as models, taking a nonlinear, holistic approach that addresses these processes simultaneously. Integrated Landscaping treats each site as a system of plant and animal communities, considering their interrelationships with each other and their environment.

Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead is a valuable resource for anyone concerned with helping to shape the landscape we all share. When we see ourselves as part of the whole, we can see that what we do in places where we live, work, and play has a ripple effect far beyond the space each of us calls home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611682789
• ISBN13: 9781611682786
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"