Landscape Architect’’s Pocket Book

This third edition of the bestselling Landscape Architect’s Pocket Book, written by leading practitioners, incorporates updates and revisions to environmental and building regulations, contracts, and a range of design guidelines including materials, SuDS, environmental impact, and landscape character assessment.

The book is an indispensable tool for all landscape architects, providing a timesaving guide and first point of reference to everyday topics, both out on site and in the office. The pocket book covers all major subjects, including hard and soft landscaping, national guidelines and standards, and key planning policy and legislation.

Providing concise, easy-to-read reference material, useful calculations, and instant access to a wide range of topics, it is an essential resource for landscape architects, construction industry professionals, and students.

Siobhan Vernon, CMLI is a landscape architect with over 20 years in practice. Siobhan is currently a Director at Austin-Smith: Lord working on a wide array of projects throughout the UK. Siobhan’s portfolio includes major public realm, streetscape, town centre and waterfront regeneration, public art, museum, historic park restoration, active travel, public transport, healthcare, residential and industrial projects. Siobhan is one of the original authors of the Landscape Architect’s Pocket Book.

Susan Irwine, CMLI has 30 years’ experience in public and private practice and as a freelance landscape architect, working and taking a lead role on a wide range of hard and soft landscape projects, such as: public realm, parks, gardens and courtyards, school and hospital grounds, business parks, residential masterplans, infrastructure projects and landscape assessments across the UK and around the world (China, Russia and the Middle East) taking projects from inception through to completion.

Joanna Patton, CMLI has worked across all sectors of landscape architecture within the UK and Ireland for over 18 years. She is currently an Associate Director at WSP where she leads their Scotland Landscape and Urban Design team. Joanna has a particular interest in the design and assessment of renewable energy and power projects and has worked on a considerable number of nationally significant projects. She also regularly leads and manages smaller scale projects from flood alleviation to public realm schemes, through all design and assessment stages.

Neil Chapman, CMLI. Neil has been working as a qualified landscape architect within the private sector for 35 years, predominantly in the UK, but with projects in Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Hong Kong and China. The majority of his work has been involved in urban interventions; city renewal, streetscapes, transport interchanges and urban parks, frequently leading multidisciplinary teams.