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Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead
Most landscape manuals describe a linear sequence of processes: design, plant selection, installation, and ongoing maintenance. Integrated Landscaping is different. It uses natural ecosystems as models, taking a nonlinear, holistic approach that addresses these processes simultaneously. Integrated Landscaping treats each site as a system of plant and animal communities, considering their interrelationships with each other and their environment.

Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead is a valuable resource for anyone concerned with helping to shape the landscape we all share. When we see ourselves as part of the whole, we can see that what we do in places where we live, work, and play has a ripple effect far beyond the space each of us calls home.
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Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead
Most landscape manuals describe a linear sequence of processes: design, plant selection, installation, and ongoing maintenance. Integrated Landscaping is different. It uses natural ecosystems as models, taking a nonlinear, holistic approach that addresses these processes simultaneously. Integrated Landscaping treats each site as a system of plant and animal communities, considering their interrelationships with each other and their environment.

Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead is a valuable resource for anyone concerned with helping to shape the landscape we all share. When we see ourselves as part of the whole, we can see that what we do in places where we live, work, and play has a ripple effect far beyond the space each of us calls home.
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Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead

Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead

Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead

Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead

Overview

Most landscape manuals describe a linear sequence of processes: design, plant selection, installation, and ongoing maintenance. Integrated Landscaping is different. It uses natural ecosystems as models, taking a nonlinear, holistic approach that addresses these processes simultaneously. Integrated Landscaping treats each site as a system of plant and animal communities, considering their interrelationships with each other and their environment.

Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead is a valuable resource for anyone concerned with helping to shape the landscape we all share. When we see ourselves as part of the whole, we can see that what we do in places where we live, work, and play has a ripple effect far beyond the space each of us calls home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611682786
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
Publication date: 02/20/2012
Series: UNH Non-Series Title
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

LAUREN CHASE-ROWELL is a landscape designer and permaculturist. MARY TEBO DAVIS is University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension's community forestry educator. KATHERINE HARTNETT is a geographer and advocate for low-impact living. MARILYN WYZGA is a professional artist and teaching naturalist.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
How this landscape manual differs from others
Ways you can use this manual
NATURAL LANDSCAPE IN TRANSITION: THE CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID GROWTH
The consequences of rapid growth: loss of open lands, proliferation of invasive species, and threats to wildlife
An overview of invasive species and their impacts
Fragmenting landscapes: the wildlife connection
Facing the challenges to Northeast’s disappearing natural landscape
THE INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE: PHILOSOPHY, BENEFITS, AND PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE PRACTICE
Integrated landscaping: A holistic approach
Integrated landscapes imitate natural ecosystems
Benefits of integrated landscaping
Ten natural principles to guide your landscaping practices
OUTSIDE AND ONSITE: TAKING STOCK OF WHAT YOU HAVE
Scope of the inventory
Learn about your soil
Assessing wildlife habitat through the seasons
Taking stock: the inventory process
DESIGNING LANDSCAPES WITH ESTABLISHMENT AND CARE IN MIND
Creating the base plan: putting it on paper
Adding layers to your base plan
Develop a wish list of needs and desires
Create a functional bubble diagram
Your conceptual plan
Designing for wildlife
Designing for shorelines
THE PLANT SYSTEMS APPROACH
Locating and creating plant systems for the integrated landscape
Choosing plants for your system
Dealing with invasive species
Plant systems for wildlife
The Plant-System models
Matrix of Plant System Models
Plant-System Model Descriptions
Plant-System Model Illustrations
Models 1–12
Plant Chart
The planting plan: designing the plant system and selecting plants
ESTABLISHING PLANT SYSTEMS
Protect existing plants
Lay out your planting bed
Select healthy plants
Planting
Thoughts on lawns and mowing
CARING FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT SYSTEMS
A lower-maintenance landscape
Through the seasons
Care and maintenance tips for future years
Healthy plant systems grow and change over time
Now, get up and get out!
APPENDIXES
Best Bets: Woody and Herbaceous Plants
Plant Lists
Inventory Worksheets
Additional Resources
Selecting woody plants for shoreland landscapes
Landscape Practices Aligned with the Ecological Principles
New USDA Hardiness Zone Map
About the Authors

What People are Saying About This

Douglas W. Tallamy

“From initial design to plant choice to installation, this book will guide you in the creation of a beautiful, functional, and enriching landscape, regardless of the size of your property or budget.”

Linda Chestney

“The beauty of this book is that is is so well organized, offers helpful information, and it embraces the concept of a landscape the looks and feels like it belongs in its setting! I am biased in that I hired one of the authors (Lauren Chase-Rowell) to design my home’s landscape–and what she did was phenomenal. She created these intimate spaces in a large area that makes you want to pause and appreciate nature around you. The book integrates the three concepts of design, establishment, and care of the final landscape that was implemented. It encourages you to think in terms of plant systems rather than mere collections of individual plants. Good job authors–and great work by UNH Cooperative Extension in bringing it out.”

Robin Sweetser

“Integrated Landscaping is a wonderful resource for home gardeners and landscape professionals alike. The book is full of useful information presented in a logical, easily understood manner. Unlike many garden design books that are full of glitz and glamour but sorely lacking in substance, this affordable book addresses important ecological issues and empowers readers by giving an array of workable solutions for real-world situations. A valuable addition to any gardener’s bookshelf, this book is the one you’ll find yourself returning to again and again for common sense advice on gardening in tune with nature.”

Richard Louv

"A first-rate model for forward thinking landscapers everywhere. It's time to bring nature back into our lives, and this book shows us how."
— Richard Louv, author, The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods

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