This is a really exciting period of landscape design, when the ecological design observations and pronciples of Ian McHarg, Patricia Johanson and company have become much more central to how the design community thinks about residential and commercial design. 

From green roofs to plant community-based design to FSC certified lumber to permeable pavers -- The field has transformed over the past couple of decades to incorporate sustainable, ecologically sound practices more routinely.

These 3 Timber Press publications offer an exciting exploration of landscape design's new directions.