Modern Concepts of Landscape Designing

Landscape designing is a very fascinating and interesting subject. It is a money spinner business and people who are involved in designing and preparing landscape gardens are earning handsome money. It is an aesthetic branch of horticulture which deals with application of garden forms, different styles, methods and materials with a view to improve the landscape. Frescos of flowers of old times reveal the association of human with flowering plants which they used in making gardens and planting on road side. In India, the landscape designing is a developing subject and as such offers much scope for improvement. A beautiful landscape is a vital part of your home and community. A well-planned landscape can save your money by reducing energy consumption. A landscape may be defined as any area, either big or small, on which it is possible or desirable to mould a view or a design. The present publication is planned in 14 interesting chapters vividly highlighting introduction to Landscape Gardening, elements of Garden Landscape and Design, Propagation techniques of ornamental plants, graphics and symbols of Landscape Designing, Tools and Implements of Landscape Designing, Styles of Gardening (Formal, Informal and Free), Special Gardens of Landscape Designing, Landscape Designing of Roof Garden, Paved Garden, Bog Garden, Public Places and Home gardens. It may be humbly claimed that this is the most comprehensive book on landscape designing incorporating feedback received from teachers of different agricultural universities as well as as per recent changes made in syllabus by ICAR based on the 5th Dean's Committee Report. We sincerely hope that this book will be useful to all teachers, under graduate and post graduate students of agriculture and horticulture, horticulturists, planners, amateurs professional gardeners and landscape designers.