Re: HELP FOR A BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE DESIGN CLASS
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: HELP FOR A BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE DESIGN CLASS
- From: L* M*
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:18:23 -0600
At 09:57 PM 03/16/01 -0500, Jill wrote:
>Hi-A teacher friend of mine will be teaching a brand new Landscape
>Design Class next Fall. We are in southern Michigan-Zone 5. His class
>will be doing some hands-on landscaping projects as we have just had our
>high school renovated with NO landscaping.
>
>Could you recommend, say, 2 or 3 essential books that he should
>purchase as Reference Material for this class?
For this type of project, I recommend a book on xeriscaping. Unfortunately,
since I live in a colder area than zone 5, I don't have a specific title to
recommend.
For my area, I like "Creating the Prairie Xeriscape" by Sara Williams
(1997, University of Saskatchewan Press, ISBN 0-88880-357-5).
The techniques covered would work anywhere but the section on plant
material would be a bit limiting for southern Michigan. I'm sure there are
similar book for your area and zone.
Hope this helps.
Leslie
zone 3 southern Manitoba
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