{"product_id":"plant-user-handbook-isbn-9780632058433","title":"Plant User Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessional landscapers and all those involved in creating green spaces have long been in need of a book that is a guide to plant specification, but also makes sense of plants and their cultivation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlant User Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is for practitioners who are professionally engaged in the use of plants in public, commercial and institutional landscapes. Planting schemes are undertaken on the basis of a binding contract – generally between the client (who owns or leases the landscape) and the implementer (the landscape contractor), with the designer acting both as specifier and contract administrator. Within this contractual relationship, planting schemes must be implemented to an agreed timetable. To manage this procedure efficiently, landscape designers and managers need quick access to the factual and scientific background for practical planting design and its implementation through specification writing and contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book covers over 20 well defined topics, and is written by leading experts in the industry. It is arranged into five sections:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreliminaries to plant use and the landscape\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eManaging plant growth on landscape sites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEstablishment and management of trees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEstablishment and management of smaller woody plants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEstablishment and management of herbaceous plants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarefully illustrated with diagrams, black and white photographs and colour plates, this handbook provides a unique resource for professionals wanting to improve their specification skills, as well as to explore creative approaches to design and practical implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e  Foreword by Christie, Hartel and Porter. \u003cp\u003ePreface by Tom La Dell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Preliminaries to plant use and the landscape\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction to plant use in the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Selecting plant species, cultivars and nursery products.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Procuring plants for landscape projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Managing plant growth on landscape sites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Amelioration of underperforming soils.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Soil drainage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Weed control in amenity landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The long term health of plants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Establishment and management of trees\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The establishment of planted nursery stock.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Tree roots and buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Semi-mature trees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Trees in paving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Creating urban woodlands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Establishment and management of smaller woody plants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Shrub mosaics and woodland edge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Ground cover.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Hedges and their management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Pruning shrubs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Climbing plants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Roof gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Establishment and management of herbaceous plants.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Wildflowers in rural landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Wildflower landscapes in the urban environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Aquatic planting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Direct-sown annual meadows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Bedding plants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Bulbous plants for use in designed landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Herbaceous perennials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Amenity and sports turf seed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The management of amenity grasslands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlant index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe color plate section can be found opposite p 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This \u003ci\u003ehandbook\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become an essential guide to the specification of plants and planting for professionals and students.... The book will help landscape architects both to specify planting with more confidence and techical understanding and encourage them to be more adventurous and creative with future planting schemes. This book, deserves a place in every practice library: it should be compulsory reading for everyone involved in the design and implementation of planting. In fact, the Plant User Handbook should be read by all plant users.\" (\u003ci\u003eLandscape Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e April 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book will help landscape professionals enormously with their main knowledge base.\" (\u003ci\u003eGreenscapes\u003c\/i\u003e June 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJames Hitchmough\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader (Associate Professor) at the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield. 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