2nd Edition
The Dynamic Landscape Design, Ecology and Management of Naturalistic Urban Planting
1. Introduction
James Hitchmough & Nigel Dunnett
2. The Dynamic Nature of Plant Communities: Pattern and Process in Designed Plant Communities
Nigel Dunnett
3. Management of Nature-Like Designed Vegetation
James Hitchmough
4. People and Naturalistic Vegetation: the Social and Cultural Dimensions of Design
Helen Hoyle
5. Designing Urban Woodlands: A Dynamic Approach
Henrik Sjöman, Roland Gustavsson, Johanna Deak Sjöman & Björn Wiström
6. Shrubs and Small Trees as Nature-Like Communities
James Hitchmough & Nigel Dunnett
7. Perennial Herbaceous Vegetation
James Hitchmough
8. Planting in and Around Water
Claudia West
9. Ruderals: Annuals and Short-Lived Dynamic Plants
Nigel Dunnett
10. Urban Green Infrastructure: Transformational Urban Greening
Nigel Dunnett
Biography
Nigel Dunnett is Professor of Planting Design and Urban Horticulture in the School of Architecture and Landscape at the University of Sheffield.
James Hitchmough is Professor Emeritus of Horticultural Ecology in the School of Architecture and Landscape at the University of Sheffield.
“The Dynamic Landscape was a transformative book for me, introducing an entire world of ecological horticulture that profoundly shaped my thinking. It broke down the silos between landscape architecture, horticulture, and ecology, revealing how their integration can lead to innovative design approaches. This re-issue promises even more practical insights, drawing on 20 years of hands-on experience from the world’s leading practitioners.”
Thomas Rainer, designer, co-author of Planting in a Post-Wild World
“Rarely do we recognise the value of answers, no matter how brilliant, to questions we’re yet to ask. The first edition of The Dynamic Landscape was way ahead of its time, but to some extent gardeners and design practitioners have begun to catch up, and ask the questions that this remarkable book so presciently answered. This new edition casts the thinking even further into the future, and draws us – almost prophetically – into a widespread adoption of its hope-instilling insights.”
Michael McCoy, garden designer and writer/host of ABC TV series Dream Gardens
“I particularly appreciate the great impetus that the book can provide for planting designers and landscape architects to think conceptionally and to realize a new urban vegetation of the future. There is currently no other book that answers these important questions of plant use and urban vegetation planning in such a well-founded and application-orientated way while remaining easy to read and understand. A must for every professional but also for interested laymen.”
Cassian Schmidt, landscape designer, author, professor, and director of Hermannshof botanical garden
