| Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls Revised, Update Edition Contributor(s): Dunnett, Nigel (Author), Kingsbury, Noel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0881929115 ISBN-13: 9780881929119 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) OUR PRICE: $33.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: This book introduces a revolutionary new concept to gardeners. Planting on roofs and walls began in Europe, but it is now becoming popular all over the world. Green roofs and walls reduce pollution and run-off, and also help insulate and reduce the maintenance needs of buildings. Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls discusses the practical techniques required to make planting on roofs and walls a reality. It describes how roofs may be modified to bear the weight of vegetation, considers the different options for drainage layers and growing media, and lists the plants suitable for different climates and environments. This informative book will encourage gardeners everywhere to consider the enormous benefits to be gained from planting on their roofs and walls. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Landscape - Gardening | Ornamental Plants - Gardening | Container |
| Dewey: 635.967 |
| LCCN: 2007041846 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 8.06" W x 9.49" (2.50 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
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Contributor Bio(s): Dunnett, Nigel: - Nigel Dunnett is a Reader in Urban Horticulture in the landscape department at the University of Sheffield, where he has developed innovative research programs on naturalistic and ecologically informed planting for gardens and public landscapes. He is director of The Green Roof Centre, Sheffield, and acts widely as a consultant on green roof design and planting, and sustainable garden and landscape design in general. He writes regularly for landscape and garden publications, including Gardens Illustrated and The Garden. With Noël Kingsbury he wrote Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls; with Andy Clayden, Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape. Kingsbury, Noel: -Noel Kingsbury is a researcher, writer, and teacher. A gardener since childhood, he has run a nursery, designed gardens and public spaces, and done doctoral research at the University of Sheffield's Department of Landscape on the ecology of ornamental perennials. He lives and gardens in the Welsh Borders near Hay-on-Wye. |
