PUBLICATIONS

Issue 51 - Winter 2009

PAGE	CONTENTS
3	Editor's Note
4	Permeable Paving - As we concrete the land, where does the rain water go? Keith Goodwin talks us through one method of drainage that is trying to tackle the risk of flash floods in urban areas.
7	Contemporary Gardens - From modernists to fusionists, Andrew Wilson explores the meaning of contemporary gardens.
10	Interview - Mary Reynolds is a unique voice in Irish garden design. Sheena Vernon talks to her in the run up to the GLDA seminar where she will be a speaker.
12	Avoiding the patio horrors - There is more to laying paving than meets the eye suggests Sean Daly.
16	What's the Big Idea? From Inspiration to Fruition - GLDA's 14th International Design Seminar 2010. National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Saturday 6th February 2010.
20	Opinion - Permeable pavign will take you so far, says Helen Rock, but there are other measures that planners should be insisting on to tackle the environmental consequences of overdevelopment.
23	Book Review - Natalie McGhettigan discusses the latest coffee table offer from Diarmuid Gavin and Terrence Conran.
24	Design Brief - Tycho Mays tackles a small, mushy garden in Dalkey.
26	Green Walls - Passing trend or the facade of the future? Rita Higgins.
27	News and Events - Compiled by Annette McCoy.

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