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Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer, Claudia West

Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer, Claudia West

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Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer, Claudia West

ISBN: 1604695536    EAN: 9781604695533
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)     
US SRP: $40.00 US 
Binding: Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2015
Pub Date: October 07, 2015
Physical Info: 0.9" H x 10.1" L x 8.6" W (2.4 lbs) 272 pages
Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that look and function more like they do in the wild: robust, diverse, and visually harmonious.
Featuring gorgeous photography and advice for landscapers, Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is dedicated to the idea of a new nature--a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated--that can nourish in our cities and suburbs.
Thomas Rainer is a registered landscape architect, teacher, and writer. He has designed landscapes for the U.S. Capitol grounds, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and The New York Botanical Garden. His work has been featured in the the New York Times, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and Home + Design. He is a principal for the landscape architectural firm Rhodeside and Harwell, teaches planting design for the George Washington University, and writer at the award-winning site Grounded Design.

Claudia West is the ecological sales manager at North Creek Nurseries, a wholesale perennial grower in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. She holds a master's degree of landscape architecture and regional planning from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. West is a sought after speaker on topics such as plant community based design and the application of natural color theories to planting design.
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