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CONTENANT PLANTATION [3 records]

Record 1 2009-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A plant container having a volume of 0,7 l, made of tar cardboard.

OBS

Introduced in England by the Forestry Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
OBS

En Angleterre, la Forestry Commission a travaillé à mettre au point des techniques de production accélérée de plantes feuillues en paperpots ou en «amenity pots» (pots en carton bitumeux). Nous testons actuellement l'«amenity pot», un conteneur anglais tronconique d'un volume de 0,7 litre, réalisé en carton bitumeux et le «fertil pot» en tourbe pressée, de contenance et de forme à peu près identiques (10 cm de diamètre, 18 cm de hauteur).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
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Record 2 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Containerized planting is wholly dependent on human concern for good growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

(...) la plantation en contenant. Nous retiendrons cette technique : dans les rues piétonnes; en complément décoratif sur des espaces construits; sur des terrasses, balcons, etc. Les types de contenant. En dehors du simple pot, solution peu esthétique et surtout très fragile, nous disposons essentiellement de vasques et de jardinières, mobiles ou fixes, dont le matériau de construction constitue l'originalité.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Planters vary in size from small pots that are easily moved, to large cumbersome plant containers made of either precast or cast-in-place concrete.

CONT

Plant containers. Planters, tubs, pots, boxes, or any other outdoor containers for plants artificially isolate woody material from natural contact with the earth .... Each is largely dependent on human beings to survive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère

Spanish

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