Planting Soils for Landscape Architectural Projects

Book excerpt: "Planting Soils for Landscape Architectural Projects is a technical manual that teaches and demonstrates how to apply modern soil science techniques to create the best possible soils for landscape plants and the environment. The manual presents important soil concepts and how they should be applied to the design of soils for both small and large landscapes architectural projects. The proper design and management of soils is essential for successful landscapes, because soil is the basic infrastructure of landscape projects. The manual presents a range of technical approaches to manage soils including the restoration and amendment of on-site soils, designing soils to solve difficult problems, importing and blending soils, designing structural soils, designing layered soils, and preparing soil management plans and construction specification. The publication is intended as a resource for independence study and to improve landscape architects' understanding of soil and how to effectively management soils on their projects"--Leaf c.