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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edith A. Roberts , Elsa Rehmann , Darrell G. MorrisonPublisher: University of Georgia Press Imprint: University of Georgia Press Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9780820318516ISBN 10: 0820318515 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 30 December 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsDarrel Morrison's excellent introduction to the 1996 reprint places American Plants for American Gardens in its ecological historic context. He writes of the early history of ecology, native landscape trends, the decline and reemergence of ecological design, and the significance of the book. . . . American Plants for American Gardens is still one of the best books I have seen in respect to holistic natural design in the residential landscape. -- Journal of the New England Garden History Society The book itself has great value, particularly because so little is written for gardeners about plant communities, and because we are not routinely taught how important these are for informing us about the creation of healthy and somewhat self-sustaining landscapes. . . .In short, for anyone intent on planning a landscape that will be coherent in its feel and have the benefit of naturally occurring plant associations, this is a useful book to have. -- Grow Native Massachusetts Darrel Morrison's excellent introduction to the 1996 reprint places American Plants for American Gardens in its ecological historic context. He writes of the early history of ecology, native landscape trends, the decline and reemergence of ecological design, and the significance of the book. . . . American Plants for American Gardens is still one of the best books I have seen in respect to holistic natural design in the residential landscape.-- Journal of the New England Garden History Society Darrel Morrison's excellent introduction to the 1996 reprint places American Plants for American Gardens in its ecological historic context. He writes of the early history of ecology, native landscape trends, the decline and reemergence of ecological design, and the significance of the book. . . . American Plants for American Gardens is still one of the best books I have seen in respect to holistic natural design in the residential landscape. -- Journal of the New England Garden History Society Author InformationElsa Rehmann (Author) ELSA REHMANN was a landscape architect and a writer and lecturer on landscape gardening. Edith A. Roberts (Author) EDITH A. ROBERTS was a professor of botany at Vassar College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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