{"title":"Claudia West","description":"Claudia West is the ecological sales manager at North Creek Nurseries, a wholesale perennial grower in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. She holds a master's degree of landscape architecture and regional planning from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. West is a sought after speaker on topics such as plant community based design and the application of natural color theories to planting design.","products":[{"product_id":"planting-in-a-post-wild-world-designing-plant-communities-for-resilient-landscapes-hardcover","title":"Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis post-wild landscape guide is an \"optimistic call to action\" to help gardeners create a harmonious environment by incoporating plant communities (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that look and function more like they do in the wild: robust, diverse, and visually harmonious. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring gorgeous photography and advice for landscapers, \u003ci\u003ePlanting in a Post-Wild World\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is dedicated to the idea of a new nature--a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated--that can nourish in our cities and suburbs.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe future of planting design.\u003c\/b\u003e This groundbreaking guide presents a powerful alternative to traditional horticulture: designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful, and diverse. As practical as it is inspiring, this book is an optimistic manifesto for the post-wild world of planting design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51356436037855,"sku":"9781604695533","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cHv_ZgBaFl9781604695533.webp?v=1788943884"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/claudia-west.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}