Since the first edition was published in 1992 Nick Robinson&s The Planting Design Handbook has been widely used as a definitive text on landscape architecture courses throughout the world It remains one of the few titles written by a practicing landscape architect & educator who is also a horticulturalist & accomplished plantsman & which deals with the application of planting design on a large scale in landscape architecture & urban design projects The Planting Design Handbook is distinctive for its elegant integration of an ecological approach with an understanding of visual & spatial composition It emphasizes the role of vegetation layers & designed plant communities in complex & diverse plant assemblages for all kinds of sites & uses This expanded & comprehensively updated third edition still provides a complete examination of principles & practice of design for public institutional & private landscapes It takes account of developments in theory & practice especially in the use of perennials & reflects a variety of media & approaches current in landscape architecture & design All chapters have been revised & re-written to ensure updated references & new references have been added Many new photographs of planting & projects around the world have been included with examples of current professional drawings to illustrate the design process It is generously illustrated including a colour section & the beautifully detailed line drawings of the Chinese architect & painter Jia-Hua Wu