Customer Reviews
As good as having an experienced designer sitting next to you! - By: Graham Booth, 08 Jul 2008 
Despite being six years since the second revised edition was publishedin 2002, this book is still a cracker. Normally I am a little wary of US publications for usein the UK but this excellent work rises above any minor international differences.
As a newcomer to garden & landscape design, Grant Reid's book will be an invaluable help until I have enough experience to carry out "on auto pilot" the skills he explains. And even then the book will be a useful reference. The subject is comprehensively covered & presentedin an easy-to-follow, superbly illustrated style.
I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to both the enthusiatic beginner & to the experienced landscape designer as a handy reference. The next best thing to having an experienced designer sitting next to you.
A good book on landscape sketch and graphic - By: Gang Chen, 22 Nov 2007 This book covers almost every aspect of landscape sketch & graphic. It is good for you if you want to learn hand sketch, it is also good for you if you want to create nice CAD drawings. Many of the tree /shrub symbolsin both plan views & elevation views are nicely done, they can inspire you to create nice computer blocks for trees & shrubs for plans & sections & elevations.
It covers graphic language & design process, basic drafting, lettering (nowadays almost everyone can do nice hand lettering fonts with computer, but this book is still good for assisting you to select lettering fonts or create your custom fontsin computer), freehand drawings & conceptual diagrams, presentation plans, section-elevations, graphic symbols files for elevations & perspectives.
All the sketches, plans, sections, elevations & perspectives are nicely done. They can be good samples for landscape architecture students, garden design students, architects, landscape architects, urban planners, & seasoned designers.
Gang Chen, Author of "LEED AP Exam Guide" & "Planting Design Illustrated." LEED AP, AIA
An excellent book for both amateurs and professionals - By: , 13 Nov 1998 This book is essential for anybody interestedin serious landscape designing. It not only takes you through the stages of the design process, but also gives details of the style & quality of graphics required at each stage. It is suitable for all ability levels, from proffesional to amateur, & is probably one of the best technical landscape books that you can buy.
Everything is highlighted by the use of case studies, which make the the book extremely easy to use & to get the most out of. A really supurb book.
