Fundamentals of Garden Designing

R.K. Roy

ISBN 10: 9381450307 / ISBN 13: 9789381450307

Published by New India Publishing Agency, 2013

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Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History of gardening in India. 3. Principles of garden designing. 5. Planning a garden. 6. Features and structures. 7. Laws. 8. Plants for the garden ornamental trees. 9. Ornamental shrubs. 10. Ornamental climbers. 11. Ornamental annuals. 12. House plants. 13. Bougainvilleas. 14. Chrysanthemum. 15. Coleus. 16. Rose. 17. Hedge, edge and topiary. 18. Bulbous and Rhizomatous plants. 19. Cacti and succulents. 20. Bonsal. This book contains technical information on various aspects of garden designing viz., principles, styles, features, types of gardens, special gardens plants, maintenance calendar besides source of plant materials and firms who undertake jobs of garden development. A comprehensive account on all relevant aspects of garden designing has been provided step by step in this book in a concise and simple way. Sample designs, drawings and coloured photographs have been provided for better illustrations which make the book more useful. Each different features of the garden has been dealt separately with illustrations and photographs. This book will fulfill dearth of technical and practical information on the subject under Indian conditions. Moreover this will serve as a useful reference book for the students of floriculture and landscaping. Nevertheless academicians, horticulturists, amateurs, home gardeners, professionals and plant lovers as a whole will also benefitted. The endeavour is to project this as a handbook providing fundamentals of garden designing in a very simple and concise manner so that it becomes accessible by a large number of users.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fundamentals of Garden Designing
• Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9381450307
• ISBN 13: 9789381450307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

This perplexity of common people inspired me to record technical information in concise way on garden designing in the form of this book. The main purpose is to provide basic information on design, features, plants, maintenance and how to combine these in the form of gardens. The way these have been illustrated with examples, photographs and list of plants for each feature will certainly help all for finalizing various issues of garden developments. Students of ornamental horticulture and researchers will find s on historical aspects, principles and various styles of garden designing of the world supported with relevant reference for further studies. Amateur garden lovers and house owners who like to do designing, selection of plants for their own garden, will find the practical guidelines contained in the book most useful. Professionals, who are associated with designing and development of gardens, will find complete guidelines in the form of designs, features, plants and maintenance of specialized gardens to fulfill the requirements of various situations like factories, temples, avenues, airports, home etc. Those who like to get the garden development job thorough agencies / landscape contractors will find relevant information in the appendix. Even sources of supplies in different region have been provided for facilitating procurement of plant and sundries. By that way, the book will serve as a complete guide for those who are in need of technical information on garden development.