Borchardt, Wolfgang: Pflanzenverwendung

Plant Applications - The Design Book Whether a professional or private passion, this basic reference work opens up whole new perspectives for designing with plants. The author has discovered a systematic approach behind countless design examples and effective plantings that make it easy to use the plants as best suited to every situation. The important aesthetic features of the plants - their habit, colours, textures, structures and contours - are discussed in detail. Different, site-dependent expressions of form are just as fascinating as seasonal and lifelong changes to plants and plantings. The use of generally applicable design principles - establishing and balancing contrasts, arrangements, hierarchies, classification, repetition and enhancement - make it easy to find effective plant groupings, while planting plans are made transparent and comprehensible through the use of a simple algorithm. The topics at a glance: -Experiential quality through forms and colours -Designing means ordering -Designing with trees and shrubs -A diversity of colours and forms with perennials, roses and summer flowers -From the basic concept to the planting plan