Plant Driven Design - Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit [Hb] by Scott Ogden

Plant Driven Design - Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit [Hb] by Scott Ogden

For too long, garden design has given pride of place to architecture, artifice, and arbitrary principles. The results? Soulless landscapes where plants play subordinate roles.

With passion and eloquence, Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden argue that only when plants are given the respect they deserve does a garden become emotionally resonant. Plant-Driven Design shows designers how to work more confidently with plants, and gives gardeners more confidence to design. The Ogdens boldly challenge design orthodoxy and current trends by examining how to marry plantsmanship and design without sacrificing one to the other.

Supported by extensive lists of plants adapted to specific purposes and sites, Plant-Driven Design explores how plants interact with place. In addition, the authors' experience gardening and designing in a wide variety of climates gives their perspective a unique depth. In ideas, scope, and detail, this book both embraces and transcends regionality. By reclaiming gardens as a home to plants, this groundbreaking work will restore life-affirming vitality to garden design and profoundly affect how we understand and experience gardens.

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ISBN 13	9780881928778
ISBN 10	0881928771
Title	Plant Driven Design - Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit [Hb]
Author	Scott Ogden
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Timber Press
Year published	2008-10-01
Number of pages	284
Prizes	Winner of American Horticultural Society Book Award 2009
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.