Customer Reviews

Residential Landscape Architecture (5th Edition)

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
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Full Disclaimer. I bought this book specifically for the purpose of trying to design my yard without having the to dish out the exhorbitant cost of having a professional landscaper feng shui my yard. I am not a college student (probably the intended audience) but felt that being a reasonably intelligent person, I would be able to use some basic concepts to create my own design.

I found that the book was pretty easy to follow and tied together some basic concepts related to design. It was certainly a useful tool but you must be prepared to read and learn. Again, as a new home owner with a blank slate of a yard, I would recommend going to nice areas around you and take some pictures of the more appealing landscapes and pay attention. Search around on the internet.

If you are more interested in more of a pictorial representation with some side notes or bullet points then this is not the book for you. This is a college level book intended for perspective landscape designers.

Very informative and usefull both for the beginer and experienced designer. It is a little high priced but worth it if you are in the design profession.
Mike

My rating is really 4 1/2 - the only reason I'm not giving it a 5 is that I wish the book contained color plates on using markers to color landscape designs, to go along with the extensive and very useful section on using colored pencils.

This is an invaluable reference work for the landscape designer. Highly recommended - worth the price!

I wish I had this book two years when I was in school and working for a Landscape Design/Build firm. This book has already paid for itself and I've only had it little over a month. My designs are more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Professor Booth writes in a straight-forward easy to follow manner. Very Comprehensive text !! Thanks Prof.

I own a small landscape company and this book has helped me better my landscape designs and understand some of the basic principles of design.

I highly recommend this book if you are studying landscape design. Could see it being useful for a home owner also like someone else had reviewed. Most of the home owner books are packed with garbage about buying their plans etc.

This book offers no plans inside really but it does guide you on how to make your own.

The book gives you a pretty good overview of each phase of a job in residential landscape architecture, and also, what is expected of the landscape architect. At times, however, I felt that the author was trying to fill some space with wordy repetition. It does provide a basic roadmap of a job in this field of work, from start to finish. It also covers standard basic design elements. For that, it's worth the read. I'm not sure it's worth the price.

Had to buy this for a landscape design class. it's nicely done with lots of diagrams illustrating the design elements and great lists of procedures to follow.

Ordering was easy and I received the book in the time frame the shipping outlined. The book was listed as in 'good' conditon so I wasn't exactly sure what that meant but it was in great condition - looked almost new. There wasn't any writing or highlighting on any of the pages nothing ripped or stained - I was very pleased with the condition on the book and would definitley order from them again. And the price was right I saved around $50.00 off of the new book price.

THIS COVER IT NOT THE BOOK THAT ARRIVED. THIS COVER SHOWN IS FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS. THE BOOK SENT TO ME IS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE AND "NOT FOR SALE IN THE U.S.A." THIS BOOK WAS SHIPPED FROM MALAYSIA AND NOT FROM OHIO AS DESCRIBED WHEN SOLD TO ME. FALSE REPRESENTATION. BE HONEST WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!!