The revised, expanded and updated 2nd Edition of “Soils for Landscape Development, Selection, Specification and Validation, CSIRO Publishing” by Simon Leake and Elke Haege was released in December 2024. This 2 x  award winning book was first published in 2014, reprinted in  2018 with the  2024 2nd edition in 2024.

Ten years on, this award-winning industry book, which has been adopted across the industry in private practice, and by councils and education institute contains:

– 16 x performance-based soil specifications including new specifications for

• Ultra-Lightweight green roof media, and
• Biofiltration and Raingardens.
• The Soil Volume Simulator available here through Elke’s website,
• A low budget landscape section and small project section,
• A Soil Fundamentals chapter for landscape architects, designers and students,
• A section on Soil Design, landscape soil bioremediation, and soil contamination,
• The Soil Approach Method including soil amelioration, soil improvement, drainage types, growing media, mulch specifications and recommended soil volumes for trees,
• Soil validation specifications and compliance specifications.