Landscaping Principles and Practices Residential Design Workbook

Sixth Edition
Ferrell Bridwell

This workbook accompanies the newly reorganized and updated edition of Landscaping Principles and Practices, which offers a comprehensive introduction to landscape management.

New material covers such current topics as xeriscaping and landscape calculations to provide students with the latest in landscaping techniques and management.

Excellent for launching students into landscaping careers!

Features:

• text is organized to logically follow the three branches of the landscape industry: design, contracting, and maintenance
• emphasizes the business aspects of landscaping, with expanded coverage of landscape contracting, including landscape calculations, contracts, and specifications
• provides new information on xeriscaping, irrigation, computer applications, total quality management, customer service, and more!
• a new Residential Design Workbook provides practical application of design theory

Contents:

Landscape Designing,
Using Drawing Instruments,
Lettering,
Graphic Materials and Techniques,
Site Analysis,
The Landscape Process,
The Outdoor Room Concept,
Plant Selection,
The Principles of Design,
Flowers, Xeriscaping,
Enclosure,
Surfacing,
Enrichment,
Computers in Design,
Pricing Designs,
Landscape Contracting,
Landscape Calculations,
Understanding Contracts and Contractors,
Contract Documents,
Specifications,
Plant Installation,
Selecting the Proper Lawn Grass,
Lawn Construction,
Landscape Irrigation,
Interior Plantscapes,
Landscape Maintenance,
Maintaining Landscape Plants,
Care of the Lawn,
Winterization of the Landscape,
Pricing Landscape Maintenance,
Appendix A,
Appendix B,
Appendix C,
Glossary,
Index