Plantology: The Essential Guide to Better Gardens is a 655-page compendium assembled by professional planting designers to push gardeners, landscape architects, and designers well beyond the familiar palette of over-relied-upon species.
About This Book
Most gardens are constrained not by climate or soil but by imagination — and the narrow shortlist of plants that professionals and home gardeners alike keep returning to. Plantology is a direct challenge to that habit. Compiled by professional planting designers Teena Crawford and Lisa Ellis, this substantial reference profiles ground-covers, shrubs, and trees that are both garden-worthy and high-performing, yet consistently overlooked. A plant thesaurus at its core offers direct alternatives to common species, making it a practical design tool as much as an inspirational one. For landscape architects and garden designers seeking to build a more considered and distinctive planting vocabulary, this is an essential resource.
Key Features
- 655 pages of detailed plant profiles spanning ground-covers, shrubs, and trees, with a plant thesaurus of alternatives to commonly used species
- Authors: Teena Crawford and Lisa Ellis, professional planting designers
- Published by Barometer Books Pty Ltd
What You'll Discover
- High-performing, garden-worthy plant species routinely overlooked by designers and gardeners working from a conventional plant palette
- A plant thesaurus structured to provide direct substitutions for overused species, enabling more distinctive and considered planting design
- Profiles spanning the full vertical range of the garden — from ground-covers through to shrubs and canopy trees
- A framework for thinking about plants as active design elements rather than passive fills, reshaping how gardens are conceived from the ground up
About the Author
Teena Crawford and Lisa Ellis are professional planting designers whose expertise underpins the curatorial depth of Plantology. The book reflects their practice-led knowledge of plant performance and design application across a wide range of species and garden contexts.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 655
- Dimensions: 30 x 25 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781763503700
- Publisher: Barometer Books Pty Ltd
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Landscape architects, garden designers, and serious home gardeners seeking to move beyond conventional planting repertoires and develop a more distinctive, high-performing plant palette.