Friday, 14 April 2017

Horticulture meets Ecology

Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
https://www.amazon.com/Planting-Post-Wild-World-Communities-Landscapes/dp/1604695536/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491303730&sr=8-1&keywords=planting+in+a+post+wild+world 



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. Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is an inspiring call to action dedicated to the idea of a new nature—a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated—that can flourish in our cities and suburbs. This is both a post-wild manifesto and practical guide that describes how to incorporate and layer plants into plant communities to create an environment that is reflective of natural systems and thrives within our built world.

Thomas Rainer
https://www.thomasrainer.com/about-1/

Thomas Rainer is a registered landscape architect, teacher, and author living in Arlington, Virginia. Thomas, a leading voice in ecological landscape design. Thomas is a specialist in applying innovative planting concepts to create ecologically-functional designed landscapes.

There is a need for a new kind of expertise--a hybrid of horticulture and ecology--to develop the next generation of green infrastructure.

https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog/2017/3/25/green-infrastructure-10-has-failed

Nigel Dunnet
http://www.nigeldunnett.com/about/

Professor of Planting Design, Urban Horticulture and Vegetation Technology in the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield. He has pioneered the use of innovative approaches to landscape planting, and in the multi-functional use of vegetation in the built environment.

Dutch Designer Piet Oudolf:

http://oudolf.com/references

 

 
 

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