Publications since 1994

Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals


Jorgensen, A., Hitchmough, J., Dunnett, N., (in press) Woodland as a setting for housing- the contribution to residential satisfaction and place identity in Warrington New Town, UK. Landscape and Urban Planning.

Hitchmough, J.D., De la Fleur (2006) Establishing North American prairie vegetation in urban parks in northern England: Effect of management and soil type on long-term community development. Landscape and Urban Planning. See www.sciencedirect.com

Hitchmough, J.D., Reid, E., and Dourado, A. (2005) Establishment and persistence of field sown North American prairie grasses in southern England in response to mulching and extensive weed management. Journal of Environnmental Horticulture, 23, 2, 101-108

Hitchmough, J.D., De La Fleur, M., and Findlay, C. (2004) Establishing North American Prairie vegetation in urban parks in northern England: 1. Effect of sowing season, sowing rate and soil type. Landscape and Urban Planning, 66, 2, 75-90

Hitchmough, J.D., Kendle, A.D., and Paraskevopoulou, A. (2001) Seedling emergence, survival and initial growth in low productivity urban “waste” soils; a comparison of British forbs and grasses with continental European forbs. Urban Ecosystems, 5, 4, 285-308 (published in December 2003)

Hitchmough, J.D. (2003) Effect of sward height, gap size and slug grazing on the germination and establishment of Trollius europaeus. Restoration Ecology, 11, 1, 20-28

Hitchmough, J.D., Kendle, A.D., and Paraskevopoulou, A. (2003) Seedling emergence, survival and initial growth in low productivity urban “waste” soils; a comparison of North American prairie forbs with meadow forbs and grasses native to Britain. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology. 78, 1, 89-99

Jorgensen, A., Hitchmough, J.D., and Calvert, T. (2002) Woodland space and edge interaction and its impact on perception of safety and preference in urban parks. Landscape and Urban Planning, 60, 135-150

Hitchmough, J.D, Gough, J. and Corr, B. (2000) Dormancy and germination in a wild collected ecotype of Trollius europaeus. Seed Science and Technology. 28, 549-558

Hitchmough, J.D. (2000) Establishment of cultivated herbaceous perennials in purpose sown native wildflower meadows in south west Scotland. Landscape and Urban Planning. 714, 1-15

Woudstra, J. and Hitchmough, J.D. (2000) The enamelled mead: History and practice of exotic perennials grown in grassy swards. Landscape Research. 25,1, 29-47

Hitchmough, J. and Woudstra, J. (1999) The ecology of exotic herbaceous perennials grown in managed native grassy vegetation in urban landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning. 45, 107-121

Hitchmough, J.D., and Bonugli (1997) Attitudes of residents of a medium sized town in south west Scotland to street trees. Landscape Research, 22,3, 327-337

Hitchmough J.D., Curtain L., Hammersley L., and Kellow J. (1996) The effect of gap width and turf type on the establishment of the Australian forb Bulbine bulbosa. Restoration Ecology, 4,1, 1-9

Percival G., and Hitchmough J.D., (1995) Tree establishment and performance in a cool growing season arboretum. Arboricultural Journal, 19,4, 357-370

Hitchmough J.D., Kilgour R.A, Morgan J.W., Shears I.G., (1994) Efficacy of some grass specific herbicides in controlling exotic grasses in native grassy vegetation. Plant Protection Quarterly, 9,1, 28-34

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Jorgensen A, Hitchmough J, Dunnett, N., 2004. Living in the urban wildwoods – a case study of Birchwood, Warrington New Town, UK, in: Kowarik, I., Körner, S. (Eds.), Wild Urban Woodlands. New Perspectives for Urban Forestry in Post-industrial Landscapes. Springer, Berlin.

Jorgensen, A. and Hitchmough, J.D. (2004) Perceptions of woodland housing in Warrington New Town, UK. Proceedings of International Conference on Urban Woodlands, October 2003, Dortmund, Germany

Hitchmough, J.D. (2004) Philosophical and practical challenges to the design and management of plantings in urban greenspace in the 21st century. Keynote paper presented at International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Department of Horticulture, University of Applied Science Wadenswil, Switzerland, Acta Horticulturae 643, 97-103

Bretzel, F. and Hitchmough, J.D. (2000) Suitability of urban demolition soils in Sheffield for wildflower meadows. Proceedings of First International Conference on Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic and Mining Areas. July, 2000, Essen, Germany

Paraskevopoulou, A.T., and Hitchmough, J.D.(1998) Investigating Pb and Cu tolerance in 2 plant populations. In: Proceedings of International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment. Vol 2, Halkidiki, Greece

Hitchmough, J.D. (1995) A review of the implementation and management of nature-like landscapes in Australian urban greenspace, 85-88, Ecological Aspects of Green Areas in Urban Areas, IFRA Conference Proceedings, Antwerp, Belgium

Books, book chapters and reports

Dunnett, N., Hitchmough, J.D., Scott, R. (2006) Making Contracts work for wildlife: how to encourage biodiversity in urban parks. CABE Space, London

Dunnett, N. and Hitchmough, J.D. (2004) The Dynamic Landscape: Design Ecology and Management of Naturalistic Urban Planting. SPON, London, pp. 332

Hitchmough, J.D. and Fieldhouse, K. (2003) The Plant User Handbook, Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 400

Hitchmough, J.D. (2002) Ecology and Gardens. In: Aitken, R. and Looker, M. (eds.), Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. 194-195, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia

Hitchmough J. D. (1994) Urban Landscape Management. Inkata/Butterworths, Sydney, Australia, 600p

Hitchmough, J. D. (1989) Garden Bulbs In Australia and New Zealand, Viking O'Neil, Melbourne, 222 p

Hitchmough, J. D. (1988) The Landscape Plant Manual, Volumes 1-4, Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley, Melbourne 1120 p

Hitchmough, J. D. (1987) Gardeners Choice; a Guide to Fine Plants for all Seasons, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW.

Articles in professional-practice journals

ECOS Hitchmough, J.D. (2006) What value exotic plant species? ECOS, 26, 3-4, 28-32

Park, I and Hitchmough, J.D. (2002) A case study of the successful creation of School Woodlands and the use of school grounds as an educational resource. Contract Research Report, Korea Forest for Life NGO, Seoul, Korea

Hitchmough, J.D., Reid, E, and Dourado, E.M. (2002) Establishing Prairie Grasses in the UK by field sowing. Report of the RHS Science Departments 1999-2001. 18-19

Hitchmough, J.D., and Stokes, A.. (2002) Working with nature. The Garden, 127, 8, 596-599

Hitchmough, J.D. (2002) Invasion of the habitat snatchers. Landscape Design, 311, 21-24

Dunnett, N. and Hitchmough, J. (2001) First in, Last Out. The Garden, 126, 3, 182-183

Hitchmough, J.D. (2000) Sowing the Seeds. Garden Design Journal. 9, 32-37

Hitchmough, J.D. and Dunnett, N. (2000) New Wave Herbaceous Planting. The Horticulturist. 9, 2, 2-6

Hitchmough, J.D. (1999) Memorandum by the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield (TCP 32). Select Committee on Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Memoranda

Hitchmough, J.D. and Jorgensen, A. (1999) British attitudes to trees in streets and parks; some preliminary studies. 54-57. Arboriculture in a Changing Environment, New Zealand Arboricultural Association National Conference, Christchurch, NZ

Hitchmough, J.D., (1999). Woodland and residential housing in Warrington New Town, UK. Arboriculture in a Changing Environment, 58-59. New Zealand Arboricultural Association National Conference, Christchurch, NZ

Hitchmough, J.D. (1999) Specification guide to herbaceous perennials, Plant User, 24, 2-7

Hitchmough, J.D. (1998) Research into naturalistic herbaceous plant communities in the UK. In; Delpratt. J. (Ed.) Flowering Grasslands in Urban Landscapes. pp 10-20, Conference Proceedings, Burnley College, University of Melbourne, Australia

Hitchmough, J.D. (1997) Export neuer Stilarten. Garten + Landschaft, 8, 23-26

Hitchmough, J.D. and Dunnett, N. (1997) New public planting. Landscape Design, 264, 49-52

Hitchmough, J.D. (1997) Landscape development and management guidelines for Puerta del Valle New Town, Chile. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Santiago, Chile

Hitchmough, J.D. (1996) Application of naturalistic landscape concepts to park development in Santiago, Chile. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Santiago, Chile

Hitchmough, J.D. (1996) A native revolution. Landscape Design, 255, 14-16

Hitchmough, J.D. (1996) Vaste planten in Britse parken. Groenkontakt, 4, 33-38

Hitchmough, J.D. (1995) Perennial pleasures in the urban sward. The Horticulturist. 4, 2, 2-9

Hitchmough, J.D. (1995) Planting Possibilities. Landscape Design, 242, 31-34

Hitchmough, J.D. (1995) Stauden Engischen Parks. Garten + Landschaft; 5, 28-33

 

Invitations to speak at conferences, workshops and public lectures

Only those events that have not led to published proceedings are listed.

* 2006, September, ILAM National Conference, Key Note Speaker, Edinburgh

* 2006 June, National Green Roof Conference, Sheffield

* 2006, April, PlantNet National Conference, Harrogate

* 2006, March, Britain in Bloom National Conference, Keynote Speaker

* 2005, October Proponent in RHS debate at Royal Geographical Society, London

* 2005 September, The Australian Landscape Conference 2005. Keynote speaker. Melbourne and Auckland, NZ

* 2005 June, Loving the Alien, Sheffield Hallam University; The values associated with exotic species.

* 2005 May, Education, Research and Practice in Landscape Architecture. Keynote speaker; Approaches to integrating research and practice within Landscape Architecture. University of Thessalonikii, Greece

* 2005 January Visiting professorship in Department of Landscape, University of Turin, Italy

* 2004 June “Nature Enhanced” Joint organiser and keynote speaker, Major 3 day International Conference, University of Sheffield

* 2004 April Visiting professorship in Department of Landscape, University of Turin, Italy

* 2003 September; The establishment and management of North American Prairie Vegetation. Hermannshof Botanical Gardens, Weinheim, Germany

* 2003 September; Research into naturalistic herbaceous vegetation at the University of Sheffield. Anhalt University, Bernberg, Berlin, Germany

* 2003 September; Ecological research into naturalistic, horticultural plant communities. PlantNet Conference, Sheffield Botanic Gardens, Sheffield

* 2003 July; Public lecture on Flowers, Ecology and Politics, Flower Power Exhibition sponsored by Sainsbury, Millenium Galleries, Sheffield

* 2003 March; Garden History Society Public lecture; History and practice of prairie-like landscape vegetation. London

* 2003 January 16; Co-presenter at one day research Conference, New Herbaceous Vegetation for Urban Public Spaces in Britain. II. Ranmoor Hall, University of Sheffield

* 2002 August 7-8; The establishment of ecologically based herbaceous vegetation. Research Workshop, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Malmo, Sweden

* 2002 April 22–24; Establishment and Management of Prairie Vegetation in Northern Britain. Design and Display of Plant Collections, PlantNet Conference, RHS Rosemoor, Devon

* 2001 September; Research into ecologically based herbaceous vegetation., Research Workshop, Anhalt University, Bernberg, Berlin, Germany

* 2001 June; Role of ecologically based vegetation in School Grounds in Britain. Conference on the Landscape of School Grounds, Seoul, South Korea

* 2001 April; Invited participant Environmental History Workshop into influence of native and exotic species on European Culture, Villa Schifanoia, European University, Florence, Italy

* 2001 March; Research into new herbaceous vegetation at the University of Sheffield. Department of Plant Science Seminar Series, University of Reading

* 2000 September; Creating novel herbaceous vegetation through sowing and planting, Conference on Planting Design, Department of Horticulture, University of Applied Science Wadenswil, Zurich, Switzerland

* 2000 September; Establishing and managing more ecologically based vegetation, Coblands Nurseries Seminar, Tonbridge, Kent

* 2000 March; Establishment and management of tall grass prairie in Sheffield, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Kew Mutual Improvement Society Seminar Series
* 2000 January; Co-presenter of one day research Conference, New Herbaceous Vegetation for Urban Public Spaces in Britain. I. University of Sheffield

* 1998 June; Research into naturalistic herbaceous vegetation. Universitat fur Boden Kultur, Vienna, Austria

* 1998 March; Prairie grass establishment by field sowing. Joint RHS-Royal Meteorological Society Seminar, London

* 1998 October; Use of naturalistic vegetation in urban landscapes. British Council Conference into the New Industrial Landscapes of China, Hong Kong

* 1998 August; Research into novel herbaceous vegetation in Britain. Native Plant Conference, University of North Carolina, Cullowee, North Carolina, USA

* 1997 July; Naturalistic herbaceous vegetation in urban landscapes. International Garden Design Symposium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

* 1996 September; Cultural barriers to the use of native species in urban greenspace. Conference on increasing biodiversity in Urban Landscapes. Santiago, Chile

* 1995 November; Use of native species in urban greenspace. 2nd National Conference on Urban Greenspace, Santiago, Chile

* 1995 July; Novel herbaceous vegetation for urban greenspace, Greenspace Design Conference, Weihenstehpan, Munich, German