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Keywords in American Landscape Design (Center for Advanced Studies in Visual Art)

This beautifully illustrated historical dictionary of landscape design vocabulary used in North America from the 17th to the mid-19th century defines a selection of one hundred terms and concepts used in garden planning and landscape architecture. Ranging from alcove, arbor, and arch to veranda, wilderness, and wood, each term presents a wealth of documentation, textual sources, and imagery. The broad geographic scope of the texts reveals patterns of regional usage, while the chronological range provides evidence of changing design practice and landscape vocabulary over time. Drawing upon a wealth of newly compiled documentation and accompanied by more than 1,000 images, this dictionary forms the most complete published reference to date on the history of American garden design, and reveals landscape history as integral to the study of American cultural history.


Keywords in American Landscape Design (Center for Advanced Studies in Visual Art)

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Terence Conran’s Garden DIY: Over 75 Projects and Design Ideas for Making the Most of Your Garden

Add flair to your garden and value to your property! What does your garden need to look its best–a comfortable bench to rest on while appreciating the beauty around you? A summer house to use for storage…or as an artist’s studio? A delightfully bubbling water sculpture? This companion to Terence Conran’s innovative DIY By Design takes do-it-yourself outdoors with these, and other, projects for gardens big and small. Dazzling photographs offer an inspiring glimpse of what others have done, as well as advice on planning a garden and what practicalities to consider. The projects cover five major areas of design: Seating and Eating; Garden Houses; Patios, Paths, and Ponds; Supports and Dividers; and Containers–and there’s a complete discussion of tools, materials, and techniques. 130 fail-safe color illustrations enable you to construct an octagonal tree seat, barbecue, rabbit run, jardiniere, walk-through pergola, and more–30 projects in all. 160 pages (all in color), 9 1/2 x 11.


Terence Conran’s Garden DIY: Over 75 Projects and Design Ideas for Making the Most of Your Garden

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Turf Managers’ Handbook for Golf Course Construction, Renovation, and Grow-In

For the first time a book finally combines field experience with the fundamentals of turf science to help you understand the concepts involved in proper grown-in management, and to troubleshoot problems on-site throughout the management process. A major goal os this unique handbook is to outline and detail the numerous quality control issues that face golf course superintendents and managers—to serve as a guideline for the multitude of questions that need to be addressed before, during and after construction. It stresses the magnitude and importance of finish construction and grow-in as it relates to turf maintenance, turf performance and the playability of the course—from its opening into the future. A great resource to help educate owners and developers about the details of the grow-in sequence and its budgetary requirements.


Turf Managers’ Handbook for Golf Course Construction, Renovation, and Grow-In

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