planting design handbook

[...]... structure to a new community (Design and drawing, Landscape Design Associates) Planting can create the floor, walls and ceiling of intimate outdoor rooms The function complex (after Papanek, 1985) Ground-level planting (carpeting plants) Planting below knee height (low planting) Knee to eye level planting Medium shrub planting Tall shrub planting Trees Degrees of enclosure Permeability of enclosure... groundcover planting Stages of development of woodland planting Trees: form and space Large-scale structure planting of woodland belts creates a framework for various land uses Small-scale structure planting of trees, shrubs and hedges creates spaces for various people and uses This axonometric vividly illustrates how tree planting will form the green spatial structure to a new community (Design and... structure planting which will form a strong nature-like structure for recreation and conservation (Design and drawing: Landscape Design Associates) 173 Masterplan for a regional park This shows how different planting functions and types are fundamental to the landscape structure of the site (Design and drawing: Priest Mansergh Graham Landscape Architects) 174 Sketch views of the structure planting in... previous figure (Design and drawing: Priest Mansergh Graham Landscape Architects) 175 Sketch design for a residential courtyard Note the use of colour to indicate arrangement of groundcover species (Design and drawing: Dietmar Bostfleisch, studio of Landscape Architecture) 176 Sketch illustrations of planting proposals for an hotel development showing the structural role of planting (Design and drawing:... showing detailed planting proposals for a business park Species, stock sizes and planting densities are given but not numbers and locations (Design and drawing: Nick Robinson) 187 Part of detailed planting proposals for an industrial site illustrated in cross section (Design and drawing: Weddle Landscape Architects) 188 xiv Figures 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Detailed planting proposals... construction/working drawing for urban amenity planting to a commercial development Note the full plant names and quantities annotated on the plan (Design and drawing: Ian White Associates) Part of drawing showing ornamental planting and woodland edge planting linked by a ‘semi-ornamental’ shrub structure planting mix The proposals are for a private garden (Design and drawing: Richard Sneesby, Landscape... entrances (Design and drawing: Nick Robinson) Part of a drawing showing ornamental shrub and tree planting around a unit in a technology park (Design and drawing: Ian White Associates, Landscape Architects) Part of a drawing showing planting for a residential development Note the domestic character of the planting which includes familiar garden species such as lavender, rose, tree mallow and hosta (Design. .. establish (Design and drawing: Ian White Associates, Landscape Architects) Construction drawing for outfield planting using species mixes The schedules indicate numbers, age and stock sizes of each species in each mix (Design and drawing: Richard Sneesby, Landscape Architect) An example of a repeating unit for woodland planting The setting out of units would be shown on a separate plan (Design and... impression of the character and scale of the planting (Design and drawing: Julia Williams, Landscape Architect) 178 Sketch proposals for a private garden Shadows are used to help explain the heights of planting and spatial form The canopy of the large tree is drawn transparent to show the courtyard below (Design and drawing: Nick Robinson) 179 An example of planting composition studies (Drawing: Nick... shrubs (Design and drawing: Kris Burrows, Landscape Designer) Construction drawing for ornamental planting in an office courtyard Species are identified by key letters which would be explained in a schedule on the drawing Note that the first letters of genus and species are used to aid quick identification (Design and drawing: Appleton Deeley Partnership) Part of construction drawing for ornamental planting . Why Design? 3 Planting Design – an Expression of Function 4 Planting Design as Management of Natural Vegetation Processes 6 Planting Design for Aesthetic Pleasure 8 What is Successful Planting Design? . Generating and Organizing Ideas 168 Planting Policies 168 Design Concept 168 Schematic Planting Design 170 Masterplan 170 Sketch Planting Proposals 170 Detailed Planting Design 180 Working Drawings 186 Specifications.