The Essential Garden Design Workbook
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The Essential Garden Design Workbook is a guide to every stage of designing a garden. By working through it from start to finish, a designer garden is within everyone's reach. This workbook pinpoints all the essential elements for success. Here you will learn how to assess your site and experiment with design ideas that fit well with the garden's surroundings. You will find easy ways to measure large spaces, estimate the height of a tree and find the right proportions for a deck, pathway, or steps. Under the tutelage of a landscape designer and teacher, you will learn how to integrate vertical, horizontal, overhead and ground planes, and select suitable hard landscaping materials and plants. There are clear instructions for drawing up plans from initial site survey through to final design, complete with tips on drawing and rendering detail to give a professional touch.
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