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''Aesthetica Botanica'' visits the homes of artists, florists, gardeners and other plant enthusiasts who share their stories and tips on caring for and decorating with plants. With handy chapters on green plants, cacti and succulents, and flowers, this book caters to any inclination providing practical information alongside photographs.
Aesthetica Botanica: a life with plants
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''Aesthetica Botanica'' visits the homes of artists, florists, gardeners and other plant enthusiasts who share their stories and tips on caring for and decorating with plants. With handy chapters on green plants, cacti and succulents, and flowers, this book caters to any inclination providing practical information alongside photographs.
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Gardens of the High Line
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Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it is much more than that; it’s a central plaza, a cultural center, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling city that is free for all to enjoy. But above all else, it is a beautiful, dynamic garden with plantings designed by Piet Oudolf, one of the world’s(...)
Gardens of the High Line
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Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it is much more than that; it’s a central plaza, a cultural center, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling city that is free for all to enjoy. But above all else, it is a beautiful, dynamic garden with plantings designed by Piet Oudolf, one of the world’s most extraordinary garden designers. "Gardens of the High Line", by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke, offers an in-depth view into the planting designs, plant palette, and maintenance of this landmark achievement. It reveals a four-season garden that is filled with native and exotic plants, drought-tolerant perennials, and grasses that thrive and spread. It also offers inspiration and advice to home gardeners and garden designers looking to recreate its iconic, naturalistic style. Featuring stunning photographs by Rick Darke and an introduction by Robert Hammond, the founder of the Friends of the High Line, this large-trim, photo-driven book is a must-have for anyone who appreciates the nature of design.
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Le jardin japonais
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Cette étude très complète explore l’art du jardin japonais à travers les 800 ans de l’histoire de ce genre. Écrivaine et paysagiste, Sophie Walker apporte un éclairage nouveau, grâce à un ensemble de textes et à la présentation de plus de 100 jardins, allant de ceux des anciens sanctuaires shinto aux jardins zen contemporains, en passant par les jardins impériaux. Des(...)
Le jardin japonais
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Cette étude très complète explore l’art du jardin japonais à travers les 800 ans de l’histoire de ce genre. Écrivaine et paysagiste, Sophie Walker apporte un éclairage nouveau, grâce à un ensemble de textes et à la présentation de plus de 100 jardins, allant de ceux des anciens sanctuaires shinto aux jardins zen contemporains, en passant par les jardins impériaux. Des artistes, des architectes et d’autres spécialistes de premier plan livrent également leurs points de vue.
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In the 21st century the architects and designers of urban spaces face great challenges to integrate nature in order to transform 'cement forests' into 'forest cities'. Perhaps the best solution is to go green with vertical landscapes. More than just a decorative trend, this is a means of bringing life and greenery into metropolitan areas by using different framing systems(...)
Going green with vertical landscapes
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In the 21st century the architects and designers of urban spaces face great challenges to integrate nature in order to transform 'cement forests' into 'forest cities'. Perhaps the best solution is to go green with vertical landscapes. More than just a decorative trend, this is a means of bringing life and greenery into metropolitan areas by using different framing systems to create compositions of plant life and adapt them to diverse settings, including offices, factories, parking lots, hotels, and installations within larger parks. Enriched by the reflections of the inventive protagonists of this fertile new aesthetic, Going Green with Vertical Landscapes is organised by theme and canvases early experiments conducted by famous design companies such as Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN), Fytogreen Australia and RYUICHI ASHIZAWA ARCHITECTS & associates. All of these projects combine man-made materials, recent technologies, and diverse types of vegetation to conquer the vertical dimension.
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While the New York Botanical Garden, the High Line, and Central Park are familiar names and places, other venues, such as Roosevelt Park, the Inwood Heather Garden, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the Chinese Scholar's Garden, remain relatively under-visited and under-appreciated. In addition to parks and three botanical gardens, public horticulture in New York encompasses(...)
City green: public gardens of New York
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While the New York Botanical Garden, the High Line, and Central Park are familiar names and places, other venues, such as Roosevelt Park, the Inwood Heather Garden, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the Chinese Scholar's Garden, remain relatively under-visited and under-appreciated. In addition to parks and three botanical gardens, public horticulture in New York encompasses community- and conservancy-sponsored gardens, vest pocket parks, museum gardens, and even indoor atria. ''City Green: Public Gardens of New York'' focuses on the vitality, variety, and beauty of the city's garden landscapes in a time when the appreciation for how gardens enhance the quality of urban life is on the rise.
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The humble Japanese knotweed, called ‘itadori’ in Japan, is native to East Asia but also notorious for its success in other parts of the world, so much so that it has been classified as an invasive species in several countries. It is feared in Europe, North America, and Australia, where it is actively eradicated. In following photographer Watanabe Koichi in his research(...)
Moving plants: Koichi Watanabe
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The humble Japanese knotweed, called ‘itadori’ in Japan, is native to East Asia but also notorious for its success in other parts of the world, so much so that it has been classified as an invasive species in several countries. It is feared in Europe, North America, and Australia, where it is actively eradicated. In following photographer Watanabe Koichi in his research and quest to track it down everywhere, we stray into the entanglement created by the movement of people and capital in the modern age, itself a giant moving thicket of nature, knowledge, technology, and industry that is not only intertwined on huge scales of complexity, but also reciprocally impacting.
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Jardins et jardiniers laurentiens fait le point sur les potagers et les jardiniers des principales villes de la vallée du Saint-Laurent entre 1660 et 1800. Dans toute colonie et, à plus forte raison, dans un pays où la végétation est en dormance une bonne moitié de l'année, l'alimentation est une préoccupation constante. Un potager devient vite une nécessité. Sont-ils(...)
Jardins et jardiniers laurentiens 1660-1800 : creuse la terre, creuse temps
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Jardins et jardiniers laurentiens fait le point sur les potagers et les jardiniers des principales villes de la vallée du Saint-Laurent entre 1660 et 1800. Dans toute colonie et, à plus forte raison, dans un pays où la végétation est en dormance une bonne moitié de l'année, l'alimentation est une préoccupation constante. Un potager devient vite une nécessité. Sont-ils aussi nombreux qu'on le dit ? Que produit-on et quels sont les légumes préférés de la majorité ? Le potager répond-il aux besoins d'une maisonnée et à combien peut-on l'évaluer ? Autant de sujets abordés dans ce livre. La plupart des potagers sont gérés par leur propriétaire, mais certains sont confiés à l'expertise de jardiniers de métier. Cette étude retrace l'origine de ces derniers, évalue leur formation, leur équipement, leurs techniques horticoles, leurs conditions de travail et leur niveau de vie.
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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(...)
Planting in a post-wild world: designing plant communities for resilient landscapes
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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 ?ourish 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 re?ective of natural systems and thrives within our built world.
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Landscapes and gardens
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Using ten landscape architectural projects on three continents, 'Landscapes and Gardens' presents the case for green landscapes and public gardens in the city. The authors discuss, through short essays, their approach to public open space, green landscapes, and human-scaled gardens. Highlighting strategies for the design of public landscapes and gardens, the use of(...)
Landscapes and gardens
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Using ten landscape architectural projects on three continents, 'Landscapes and Gardens' presents the case for green landscapes and public gardens in the city. The authors discuss, through short essays, their approach to public open space, green landscapes, and human-scaled gardens. Highlighting strategies for the design of public landscapes and gardens, the use of appropriate materials and plant species, and how site and climate influence the final design, this is a collection of images of gardens, big and small, providing inspiration for those who love parks, gardens, and gardening.
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The floral ghost
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This one-of-a-kind collaboration between author Susan Orlean and artist Philip Taaffe unites the literary and the visual, the nostalgic and the optimistic. Taking inspiration from the rapidly dwindling "flower district" of New York City, Orlean and Taaffe offer tandem musings on the conceit of "the floral ghost." Orlean’s essay, one of her first botanically themed(...)
The floral ghost
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This one-of-a-kind collaboration between author Susan Orlean and artist Philip Taaffe unites the literary and the visual, the nostalgic and the optimistic. Taking inspiration from the rapidly dwindling "flower district" of New York City, Orlean and Taaffe offer tandem musings on the conceit of "the floral ghost." Orlean’s essay, one of her first botanically themed writings since she penned the widely lauded The Orchid Thief, reflects on a poignant moment when she first visited the district in its resplendent heyday.
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