Designing Outside the Box

To all design students landscapers and garden designers of all stripes with any special curiosity in the 'why' behind landscape design and 'how' it relates to the world Designing Outside the Box is your book. It offers a solid clear non-academic introduction and overview to the practice of making special places possible. Many books on creating the built landscape typically fall into one of two broad categories: 1. step-by-step guides to landscape design practice or 2. deep-rooted intellectual exercises in landscape design theory. Designing Outside the Box bridges the divide between theory and practice. Jargon is minimal. The prose and examples are relatable. Analogies propel the message. Theory connects with reality in how people look at the landscape.