Landscape Design: A Practical Approach [Hardcover]

Leroy G. Hannebaum (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131632302 | ISBN-13: 978-0131632301 | Publication Date: August 4, 1997 | Edition: 4

This book provides a comprehensive view of landscape design as it applies to the professional landscape designer.

Landscape Design: A Practical Approach includes chapters on topography: surveying, topographical mapping, designing terraces & retaining walls, and subsurface drainage; an entire chapter covering irrigation design. The fourth edition of Landscape Design: A Practical Approach has been revised to include a new section on drafting tools in the first chapter, an updated guidelist of plant materials, a new perennials list, and an updated section on computers in landscaping.

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The book allows the reader to bring the practical aspects of designing into the classroom everyday, preparing students for professional work in the field. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This book provides a comprehensive view of landscape design as it applies to the professional landscape designer. Landscape Design: A Practical Approach includes chapters on topography: surveying, topographical mapping, designing terraces & retaining walls, and subsurface drainage; an entire chapter covering irrigation design. The fourth edition of Landscape Design: A Practical Approach has been revised to include a new section on drafting tools in the first chapter, an updated guidelist of plant materials, a new perennials list, and an updated section on computers in landscaping. A valuable resource for any landscape professional or any reader interested in landscape design.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 460 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (August 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131632302
• ISBN-13: 978-0131632301
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Book, February 13, 2011

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This review is from: Landscape Design: A Practical Approach (Hardcover)

It's a great little book - easy to read, full of useful info. The pictures are a little dated, but the text is timely and well written.

1.0 out of 5 stars Photos in this book stink, November 10, 2010

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This review is from: Landscape Design: A Practical Approach (5th Edition) (Paperback)

I have to use this book in a class and the photos included in this edition are almost impossible to see. It looks like they were xeroxed before adding. They are very dark and you can't see any details which makes them useless. And for the price you have to pay for the book, they ought to be ashamed to be publishing this stuff. Just buy a used earlier edition because this one is worthless. The text may be useful, but if you can't see the accompanying picture in this very visual discipline, what's the point?

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Landscape Design by Leroy Hannebaum, January 11, 2007

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Gwendolyn Culver "erikryan" (Forked River, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Landscape Design: A Practical Approach (5th Edition) (Paperback)

I went to school for landscape design but knew that I wouldn't remember every little detail. This book touches a little of everything that I learned. It has been a good resource to me.