Aimed at professional and novice garden and landscape designers; covers the background history and design consideration of naturalistic planting. Architecture (Landscape) & Town Planning; gardening
1. Introduction - what is naturalism?, 1;
2. Recent Developments in
Naturalistic Planting, 3; Profile: Noel Kingsbury, 6;
3. Sustainability and
Planting Design, 7; Site Characteristics, 7; Plant Characteristics, 8; Design
Considerations, 9; Borton Percy, Yonshire, 9; Small-scale Successional
Planting, 10; Profile: Nigel Dunnett, 10;
4. Natural Design Techniques, 12;
Intermingling, 12; Natural Dispersion, 12; Drifts, 13; Random Scattering, 13;
Key/Accent Plants, 13; Planes, 14; Blocks, 15;
5. Naturalistic Matrices, 16;
Intermingling with Accents, 16; Meadow - Random Scattering with Accents, 18;
Coppiced Woodland - Accents with Intermingling, 19; The Small Garden -
Natural Dispersion and Intermingling, 20; Profile: Keith Willey, 22;
6.
Naturalistic Groupings, 23; Lady Form - Drifts, Accents and Natural
Dispersion, 23; Lady Form - Planes, 24; An Oxfordshire Garden - Drifts,
Accents and Blocks, 25; Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park - Blocks, 26; Profile: Dan
Pearson, 28;
7. Practical issues - implementation and Maintenance, 29;
Perennial Weeds, 30; Organic Matter and Soil improvement, 30; Fertilizers,
30; Mulching, 30; Slug Predation], 31; Planting, 31; Irrigation, 31;
8. The
Design Perspective, 32; Imposing] a Geometry, 32; Creating a Backdrop, 32;
Working with Architecture and the Landscape, 33; Creating Middle Ground, 33;
Creating Spaces, 33; Profile: Brita von Schoenalch and Tim Rees, 34;
9.
Conclusion and the Way Forward, 35; Bibliography and Further Reading, 36;
Appendix - Summary of Practical Points, 37; Glossary, 38; Gardens to Visit,
40; Plant List, 42; Index, 45; 1.1 Gradient summary, 2; 2.1 The development
of a naturalistic ethos, 5; 3.1 Ecosystems and resource implications, 7; 3.2
Percentages for successional planting, 10; 3.3 Small-scale successional
planting scheme, 10; 4.1 Natural dispersion, 12; 4.2 Drifts, 13; 4.3 Accents,
14; 4.4 Planes, 14; 4.5 Blocks, 15; 5.1 Samples - planting plans, 16; 5.2
Samples - plant details, 17; 5.3 Site plan Webbs of Wychbold - Interinging
with accents, 17; 5.4 Meadow planting, 18; 5.5 Recipes for early season, late
season and native coppice planting, 19; 5.6 The small garden - natural
dispersion and interminging, 20; 5.7 The small garden - plant selections, 21;
6.1 Lady For - drifts, accents and natural dispersion, 23; 6.2 Lady For -
plant selections, 24; 6.3 Lady For - planes, 24; 6.4 An Oxfordshire garden -
drifts, accents and blocks, 25; 6.5 Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park - blocks, 26;
6.6 Plants used of Pensthorpe and their natural habitats, 27.
