Landscape Connections Resource List
Informational Books:
- EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature by Richard Register
- Ecology: A Pocket Guide by Ernest Callenbach
- The Ecology of Place: Planning for Environment, Economy, and Community by Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning
- Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities by Timothy Beatley
- Ecological Design (10th Anniversary Edition) by Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan
- The Guide to Greening Cities by Sadhu Aufochs Johnston and Steven S. Nicholas
- Landscape Graphics by Grant Reid
- Drawing and Designing with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide by Mike W. Lin
- Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
- Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr
- Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr
Books on these programs:
- Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team (cs7 books not available)
- Adobe InDesign CS6 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team (cs7 books not available)
- Mastering AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015: AutoDesk Official Press by George Omura and Brian Benton.
- Google SketchUp for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain and Architecture By Daniel Tal.
- Learning SketchUp Pro 2014 - Training DVD
- Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects: An Introduction by Jose Buitrago and Ashley Clabria (This is my personal favorite of these books because it covers SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, and AutoCAD)