Can naturemdash;in all its unruly wildnessmdash;be an integral part of creative landscape design? In her beautifully illustrated book; Wild by Design; award-winning designer Margie Ruddick urges designers to look beyond the rules often imposed by both landscaping convention and sustainability checklists. Instead; she offers a set of principles for a more creative and intuitive approach that challenges the entrenched belief that natural processes cannot complement high-level landscape design. Wild by Design defines and explains the five fundamental strategies Ruddick employs; often in combination; to give life; beauty; and meaning to landscapes: Reinvention; Restoration; Conservation; Regeneration; and Expression. Drawing on her own projectsmdash;from New York Cityrsquo;s Queens Plaza; formerly a concrete jungle of traffic; to a desertscape backyard in Baja; California; to the Living Water Park in Chengdu; Chinamdash;she offers guidance on creating beautiful; healthy landscapes that successfully reconnect people with larger natural systems.
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