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Nigel Dunnett is a British horticulturalist. He is professor of Planting Design and Vegetation Technology at the University of Sheffield.[1]

Biography

Dunnett studied at the University of Bristol from 1981 to 1984, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in botany. In 1986, he received a Master of Science in Landscape Ecology, Design and Conservation from Wye College, University of London. In 1996 he received his PhD from the University of Sheffield with a long-term study of roadside vegetation in Bibury. Since 1994 he has taught in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield, initially as a lecturer, from 2003 as a senior lecturer and from 2007 as a reader in urban horticulture. Since 2006 he has also been director of the university's "Green Roof Center", which conducts research into green roofs.[1]

Books

  • with Noel Kingsbury Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls (Timber Press, 2003)
  • with James Hitchmough The dynamic Landscape: Design, Ecology and Management of Urban Naturalistic Planting London 2004 (2. Auflage 2008).
  • Andy Clayden, Nigel Dunnett, Residential Landscape Sustainability, a Checklist Tool (Oxford, 2008)
  • Rain Gardens: Sustainable Management of Rainwater in the designed Landscape. Portland 2007.
  • Nigel Dunnett on Planting (Filbert Press, 2019)
  • The essential Guide to naturalistic Planting Design. Filbert Press 2020. Dt. Naturalistische Gartengestaltung, Stuttgart 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Dunnett, Nigel, Professor". 21 May 2020.

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