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LANDSCAPING sa GARDENING sa GROUND COVER sa HEDGE sa LAWN sa PLANT sa TREE sa WILDLIFE HABITAT xx GARDENING Eight pages of suggestions for solving landscaping problems. How to landscape your home by doing a little at at time, working within an overall plan. Six pages on landscaping ideas for problem areas. Six pages of common home landscaping problems and suggested solutions. Eleven pages show how to plan your lot for outdoor living and adequate outdoor storage. Lot plans for four conventional lots shown. Seventeen outdoor living area photos and nine outdoor storage unit photos suggest a variety of approaches. Down-to-earth landscaping guide features three suggested design concepts for the front of a house and a plan of action for a do-it-yourself landscaper. Down-to-earth landscaping guide presents four design ideas for outdoor living areas. Twelve pages of ideas to revamp every inch of a yard to create patios, play areas, barbecue pits, potting sheds, etc. Tips on turning a suburban backyard into a wildlife habitat. Front yard gardening. Suggestions for flower and vegetable gardening in the front yard that creates an attractive landscape. How to cope with a sloping yard. Nine pages of photos show 13 backyard, deck, and patio projects. Tips on energy-wise landscaping. Tips on landscaping for problem yards. How to landscape with native plants and wildflowers. How to make your yard a haven for wildlife. Tips on providing food, water and shelter. Edible landscaping. Tips on incorporating vegetables and herbs into the home landscape. Landscaping a barren back yard. Tips on restoring an old deck, installing concrete pavers, and selecting plants. A sampling of landscaping strategies for narrow side yards. Includes suggestions for hedge plants to screen for privacy. Relandscaping of a front yard. A description of the installation of brick and timber steps. Includes lists of trees, shrubs, flowers and ground covers that will stay compact and colorful. Affordable landscaping. Twelve inexpensive alternatives to a complete garden overhaul. Fabulous facelift. Ideas on how to use low-cost landscaping to turn a simple front entry into something spectacular. The two-way front yard. Landscaping incorporates a border garden that provides an attractive view from both street and house while creating a feeling of privacy within the yard. Outdoor living. Three articles describe landscaping and decorating for creating attractive and restful outdoor living. (1). Outdoor rooms. (2) Garden retreats. (3) Porches. The family garden, a multifaceted landscape with "rooms" to accommodate both children and adults. Includes play areas, ponds, swimming pool and adjacent patio, vegetable, herb, rose and cutting gardens. Simply charming landscaping. Tips on how to create a yard that has a collection of garden rooms, fencing made from cut saplings and a water feature made from a horse trough. New looks in two-way front yards with reduced lawn area, plantings of perennials and increased privacy. Four design options suggested. Gardening on the side. How to turn a narrow side yard into an attractive garden site. The hidden garden. Suggestions for turning a small yard into a private outdoor room. Make your yard feel roomy. Landscaping advice on how to break a yard into room-sized spaces. The well-shaped garden. How the shape of the line that separates lawn from planting beds determines the mood and character of a landscape. The instant garden. Tips on creating a landscape that, almost from the start, looks full and mature. Ten ideas for landscaping a small lot. How to plan the landscaping of your property. Choosing a landscaping plan to suit your property, your taste, and your budget. Small scale landscape ideas. How to landscape your property with trees, shrubs and vines to assist in the job of heating and cooling your home. How to get a lot of living space out of a relatively small backyard. Includes tips on how to plan your own backyard. Thirteen projects to spruce up your yard. Includes a variety of planters, movable fencing, privacy screens and walkways. Landscaping tricks to minimize the time and effort required to maintain a yard. Creative landscaping. How to use "scrounged" lumber such as railroad ties, telephone poles, and barn timbers in landscaping your yard. Have your yard and eat it too. How to replace lawn and ornamental plants with edible landscaping. How to landscape to save energy. Foundation plantings. How to choose and locate plants to bring out the best and hide the worst. Landscape renovation of a 1950s California house. Insert explains how to construct a pond, stream and dry creek. The design and planting of a steep California hillside. Explains the building of a gently sloping ramp pathway, a drainage system to control runoff and plant selection. John Fairey's garden. The description of a half-acre lawn with sinuous paths, extensive ornamental plantings, massed azaleas and groups of pines and oaks. Describes a "creek catcher" built to slow the current and catch debris from spring overflows. Also looks at the materials, forms and textures used to create paths. Nature as inspiration. Jens Jensen and the Prairie School of landscape design. A general description of how design ideas are adapted from native plant communities and on the use of the direction and angle of the sun. Front-yard makeover. A look at turning a lawn into a private courtyard enclosed by a fence. Includes a drawing that shows construction details for the louvered and latticed fence sections and the brick columns. How a pair of beginning gardeners used recycled materials to turn a junk-covered yard in Camden, New Jersey, into a beautiful, food-producing landscape. Japanese-inspired landscaping of a small yard in Berkeley Hills, California. Details of the planning and planting of a 46x62-ft. area. A no-lawn curbscape. Design and plant selection for a low-maintenance area that is seasonally colorful and interesting year round. Design for a courtyard garden behind a Victorian rowhouse in Denver, Colorado. Shaping a garden with illusion. Site plan, roughly 50-feet square, includes a timber-step path, a waterfall pond, a gazebo and low-growing plants that create the illusion of a tropical rain forest. Creating a vine-covered sanctuary in a California yard. Includes a description of vines and shrubs for three seasons of bloom. Landscaping a wide-open space. Describes development of a sandy 20-acre site in central New Mexico that is subject to wind and drought. Describes efforts to enhance native vegetation, planting to slow wind velocity and limiting water use. Getting started on a landscape design. First steps for a beginner. Inventorying the site, identifying problems, using photos to sketch ideas, etc. A patio garden for a condominium. A flagstone patio set on crushed rock is surrounded with a screen of low plants. Everything is "temporary" to conform with condominium rules. Design for a small backyard. Six ideas from a landscape architect's own garden. Tips on trees, slope, lawn, drainage, plants, etc. Landscaping a large property. Adapting ideas from the great estates. A walled garden. Planning, planting and maintaining a walled garden at a site south of Denver, Colorado. A welcoming entry. Redesigning a small front yard. Involves plantings of low-water-use perennials and flowering shrubs. Japanese ideas for American gardens. Five principles of design to use at home. Landscaping a small city backyard to create a retreat. Prairie by design. How to plan and plant a landscape that uses prairie plants. Enclosing the garden. How to create privacy and interest on a small lot. A terraced transformation. Creating space for work and play on a steep site. Principles of garden design. Five rules to get impressive results. Who needs privacy? Designing a residential garden that is open to the public. A small pleasure garden. The use of ornamentals to brighten a small city lot. The first step in garden design. Exploring memories of favorite places for inspiration. A collector's garden. How a passion for plants shapes a design. Tip helps plan where to place plants for sun exposure. Shadows cast by June noontime sun approximated by shadows cast by the full moon at midnight in December. Designing with nature. A description of the process used by a landscape architect and gardener to design a garden based around native plants. A front yard retreat on a small property. Features include a walled patio with a water spout and narrow reflecting pool, lighting, a concrete-and-brick entry path and planter. Edible landscaping. Gardens to please both palate and eye. A design approach in which attractive food plants are integrated with ornamentals. Entryway invitation. Design ideas for the path to the front door incorporating a wooden walkway, a stone retaining wall and planter. Plant selection described. Inspired by wilderness. A steep hillside backyard garden described. Garden rooms. How variety makes a small yard seem big. The artful garden. Designing with curving paths of grass that lead to island beds and wooded nooks bejeweled with colorful plants and sculptures. A courtyard garden. Design and plant selection considerations. A map for garden design. How to make a base map, add main features and note gardening conditions. The four-season garden. Designing for beauty year-round. A design from the heart. How growing what you love can lead to a beautiful garden. Advice on playing with color. Accents make a garden. How a patio, vista, pond and plantings are used to transform a city lot. A flat yard springs to life. How a variety of gardens and plants are used to create a terrace area, a wildflower garden and a perennial border. An intimate garden for entertaining. How to create levels and nooks to create an intimate ambience. The art of making less seem like more. How to use skillful berming and intensive planting to increase privacy and enlarge a landscape. Differences between a landscape architect, a landscape designer and a garden designer are explained. The twin principles of landscape layout. Advice on letting the style of the house direct the look of the garden. Prairie Gothic. The use of columnar evergreens and ornamental grasses to bring height to a level yard. Suggestions for trees, shrubs and ground covers that are appropriate for a more formal front-yard setting in southern California but that suggest a tropical theme. Managing microclimates. How to take advantage of warm spots and cool places to extend spring and autumn and provide cool summer sites. A forest in the front yard. The use of trees, shrubs and tall ferns to create a woodland landscape. Includes lists of small trees, shrubs and woodland floor plants. Gardens that fit people. Ergonomic rules of thumb for garden design. Discusses fence height, a path's width, corridor spaces, patio sizes and shapes. Going native. Transforming a traditional front lawn with a natural landscape of native Texas plants. A description of one couple's 10-year conversion process. The benefits of using a landscape architect. Advice in selecting one, budgeting options, making a wish list and the development of a master plan to guide the on-going creation of gardens and a home landscape. New life for an old farm. How a 22-acre Pennsylvania cornfield was transformed into a private retreat. A sanctuary in every season. How a novice gardener created a soothing setting. Includes a recipe for a soil-building souffle. Warning on keeping mulch, sprinklers and foundation plantings from causing rotted wood around a home. Advice on edible plants that can be used as ornamentals in the home landscape. Tropical garden, temperate zone. How a pseudotropical garden has been created in Portland, Oregon. Reshaping small spaces. One designer's secret for making a tiny yard feel much larger. Sun and shade. How to design a garden to highlight the best of both. The fundamentals of foundation plantings. How well-placed plants wed a home to its site. In the garden, by the light of the moon. A guide to pale, musky flowers and garden design that bloom or create interest at night. Make winter a wonderland. How to create a landscape with trees, shrubs and perennials selected for their winter beauty. From tiny yard to private paradise. How dense plantings, berms and fences create an urban retreat. Sizing up a site. Create tools to evaluate a property's landscape potential. Designing a lawnless front yard. A bold solution that creates a yard of trees, shrubs and perennials. Advice on plantings and landscaping to block out traffic noise. An explanation as to why old tires are not a good foundation when building up a landscape berm. How to design a garden on paper. A guide to making a base map, assessing sun/shade patterns, making size and shape decisions, making a plant chart and a section drawing. Terracing a hillside to create niches for perennial, woodland and rock gardens. Curved beds and borders. A garden designer shares information on laying out informal planting areas. Celebrating natural light in the landscape. Advice on designing a garden in which sun, moon and stars enhance views in all seasons. Includes a list of plants that are valuable for their translucent flowers, foliage or seed heads. Redesigning the back yard. Three designers' approaches to restyling the basic 50x100-ft yard. Plant lists are furnished with each plan. (1) Diagonal design with a patio area, central perennial garden and secluded oasis at one end. (2) Design emphasizing privacy and a long season of interest is built with an emphasis on trees and shrubs. (3) A formal garden with two water gardens, a trellis, hedge-enclosed herb garden and patio. Keeping up with an ever-changing garden. Advice on site analysis, space use, planning, adopting a theme, plant control and maintenance. Design techniques for picturesque plantings. How to make the most of shape, size and texture. Design a welcoming entrance. How a clear path, a sense of enclosure and attractive plantings create an intimate entry. How to take cues from nature to design naturalistic perennial gardens. How to design garden rooms that beckon by creating a sense of enclosure, then adding color, texture and personality. Clever strategies for designing small spaces. Design island beds to view from any angle. Advice on selecting a shape and size, and which plants to use. Includes lists of well-behaved perennials for island beds. Planting a terraced garden. Advice on using retaining walls to terrace a slope. How to create pathways and beds. Recommendations on plant choices and container planting to use as accents. Creating garden passageways. How to define the spaces, create transitional areas, incorporate plantings and use structures to signal an entrance. Sanctuary on a street corner. How a corner lot on a busy intersection can be landscaped to create a private paradise. Gardening in harmony with nature. How to take cues from the existing landscape to shape a garden that will be at home with its surroundings. Make a large lot manageable. How to landscape an acre or more by defining spaces and tackling them one at a time. From wooded lot to woodland path. How to clear woodland trails and create points of interest along the way. Landscaping for energy efficiency. Tips on orientation, earth forms and plant selection. What to do with "leftover land", that part of your lot that is behind a fence, along a garage or driveway, beside property line fences, etc. Tips on designing landscaping solutions for these problem areas. How to landscape to attract birds. Ten front yard landscapes to study or copy. How to landscape to conserve energy. Tips on using thorny plants in your landscaping plans to help defend your home against intruders. Planning pointers for reduced yard maintenance. Planterly landscaping. The use of flowers and grasses among the evergreens, giving the landscape a softer, fuller look. Common landscape mistakes to avoid. Landscape renovation. How to decide what to pull out, what to prune and what to replace. Foundation plantings. Advice on selection and arrangement of plants in the front of the house. Winter garden delights. A guide to plants that can make a winter landscape attractive. Edible landscaping. Creating a dooryard culinary garden of ornamental herbs in the colonial style. Landscape makeovers. Eight redesigns of homes described. Gone native. Advice on incorporating native plants into the home landscape. Barrier plants. Suggestions on plantings that create barriers for both people and animals. Liven up your winter landscape. Selecting plants, trees and shrubs with winter appeal. Backyard landscaping to reduce time and labor spent watering, mowing, pruning and fertilizing. Step-by-step landscape design. Advice in planning, creating focal points, landscaping in layers, and the use of texture and color. Designing a garden without barriers. How to change landscaping to reduce maintenance and overcome barriers to age and physical limitations. Your landscape, awesome or awful? Steps in site analysis and plant selection detailed. Improving a garden's setting. How to assess trouble spots and suggestions on some creative backdrops. Become your own garden architect. How to design an integrated garden with flowers, vegetables and herbs. Formal gardens, country style. Some ideas on relaxed planting schemes, the evolving garden, and a garden with a view. Winter shapes, colors and textures. Suggestions on trees and shrubs that add line and texture to the winter landscape. From the rough. A description of how a woman turned a steep, rocky hillside into a garden paradise. Gardens by your door. Ideas for ornamental plantings and container arrangements to make the entry cheerful and hospitable. Planning a garden's design. How to evaluate the site and select plants with maintenance demands that match your lifestyle. Made in the shade. A primer on landscaping for energy conservation. Design landscape and garden with a camera. Making sketches with the help of photos and a copy machine before you start work. Garden design. Part 1. How to prepare a site analysis of your property before landscaping or installing a garden. Drawing a map, identifying underground utilities, soil conditions, sunlight, shade, vegetation, etc. Garden design. Part 2. Creating a master plan for the garden. Determining general use areas for the yard, plus gardening and landscape questions you need to answer. How to introduce variety to the winter landscape. A guide to plants that have fruit, twigs, foliage, bark or a unique structure that creates interest. Includes design and maintenance tips. Entry garden design. A look at scale, boundaries and maintenance for doorway plantings. A garden on the side. Landscape design for an often-neglected side yard. Hiding the uglies. Inexpensive ideas for camoflaging unsightly objects in the yard. Covering up a dowdy shed, hiding the air conditioner, obscuring a chain-link fence, disguising a downspout, and masking a meter. Three designers, one garden. A case study that demonstrates ways to design a home landscape. Site plans and plant lists for southern, northwestern and midwestern gardens. Linear thinking. Using both straight and curving lines in landscape design. Advice on selecting a location and specimen plant for the home landscape. Lawn alternatives. A summary of ground covers, the use of pavers, garden beds, native grasses, wildflowers, trees and shrubs, and mulch. Tip on creating a berm. Foundation gardens. Design ideas, making preliminary plans, dos and don'ts for foundation planting designs, selecting plants and considering microclimates. Balance in design. An explanation of what makes a good landscape. By the light of the moon. How to design a garden that shimmers in the moonlight. Includes design and plant list for a 4x10-ft. semicircular garden bed. Get away to your garden. How to plan a private retreat in the backyard. Designing a landscape with patterns created by plants, paving and structures. Corner gardens. Hints on how to design both inward- and outward-facing gardens that personalize a space, create privacy and serve as a miniature stage. Victorian style in garden design explained. Advice on how to landscape a transition between a lawn and woods so underbrush doesn't spread into the lawn. How to read planting plans. Four circular Victorian-style carpet bed garden plans. Tropical beds anywhere. How to create a tropical-looking garden by combining tropical-looking annuals, tender bulbs, potted tropicals and cold-tolerant plants. Narrow gardens. How to create a garden no more than 3 feet wide. Special requirements for planting curbside strips noted. Includes plans and plant lists for a 3x12-ft. garden and for a 3x12-ft. curbside strip. Two tropical-looking garden beds for USDA zones 7-9 that can work down to zone 5. Tiny gardens of 20x20-ft. or smaller. Advice on scale, visibility, maintenance, use of containers, light, air circulation, achieving unity and use of layering. Cool characters. A guide to annuals, bulbs, perennials and shrubs that bloom in late fall and early spring. Includes a wedge-shaped, cool-season corner garden designed for 12 months of visual interest. Front-yard gardens. A look at design benefits and considerations. Includes a 36x48-ft. gardenscape plan and plant list for a front yard. Dare to be different in your gardening style. Suggestions for whimsey to incorporate. A scenic view all year long. How to design and plant a four-season garden. Includes a plan and plant list for a bed 6x12-ft. Tricks with mirrors. How to create garden illusion by using mirrors in a variety of ways. Slope solutions. Planting solutions that will turn a sloping yard into a pleasant, carefree vista. Advice on plants that will control erosion. Visual texture. How to combine plants to create rich garden textures. Includes a plan and plant list for a 12x6-ft bed. Sounds in the garden. Advice on natural and man-made ways (wind chimes, outdoor stereo speakers, moving water, plants that rustle, and birds). Tip tells how to make a simple wind chime from a grapevine wreath and old keys. Also suggests how to control outside noise with plantings and fences that absorb or deflect it. Fire in the garden. Ideas for adding candles, torch lights or an outdoor fireplace. Includes instructions for building a fire pit. Sit a spell. How to work with the landscape to get the best effect from seating placement. Includes garden plan and plant list for a seating area. Great garden coverups for less-than-lovely garden features. (1) Instructions for making a bamboo panel to cover a compost bin. (2) Garden plan and plant list for a garden to hide a dog kennel. The landscaped oasis. Planting for the birds. A gardener's introduction. Landscaping for energy efficiency. Nature knows best. Taking the home landscape back to its roots. Eliminating the dependence on grass and chemicals in landscaping. Let there be light. A look at how to factor in the influence of sunlight when planning a garden or landscaping a yard. Includes tips on observing daily and seasonal light changes, and how to increase and decrease light levels. Foundation planting. Make it pretty where house and earth meet. Design tips, common mistakes, pruning, feeding, and tips on hiring a landscape contractor. Reproduction landscapes. Match your lawn and gardens to the architectural style of your house. Looks at Colonial (1650-1750), Victorian (1850-1900) and early 20th century (1900-1920). Professional advice on how to express your needs and tastes when working with a landscape designer or contractor. Landscaping tips for comfort and fuel savings. Yards apart. A simple but effective approach to landscape planning. SPECIAL SECTION: OUTDOOR LIVING. Ideas for decks, gazebos, poolside pavilion and landscaping. No construction details included. Chart of 50 top shrubs and trees for landscaping. Landscaping like a pro. To add beauty and solve problems, plan before you plant. Some tips. A yard full of landscape solutions. Ideas on planning, drainage, lawn choices, etc. A companion guide to accompany the PBS television series "Hometime". Front-yard finesse. Start with plants you already have and build a landscape that makes your home more inviting. Some tips. Tips on landscaping under a large shade tree. Looks at shade-tolerant plants, deck modules, rock mulch, etc. The take-it-easy yard. Cut down on upkeep with low-maintenance designs and easy-care plants. Landscaping for foundations. Beautiful ways to skirt your home with trees, shrubs and flowers. Fresh approaches. Landscaping ideas for beautifying the walkway to your front door. Working the angles. Be it gentle, or steep, sloping ground can be the start of some beautiful landscaping. Includes instructions for building a retaining wall of pressure-treated landscape timbers. Special section on outdoor living. (1) Distinctive decks. (2) Strategies for getting the most from a small yard. (3) Patio doors, both sliders and swingers. How to change the flat look of property with a berm (a small, contoured mound of earth). How to correct ten common landscape mistakes. Build a lot of fun into your outdoor living. Special 40 page section. The principles of design. A professional tells how to go about creating a landscape of your own. Creating a succesful mixed border that contains trees, shrubs, annuals, biennials, perennials, vines and bulbs. Elements of design. How a garden's site determines its nature. Elements of design. The use of hedges, walls and fences to frame a garden. Elements of design. How personal taste and traditional styles form the basis for garden design. Elements of design. How to avoid common pitfalls in garden design. Elements of design. How to create a backbone of structural elements (buildings, walls, fences, paths, steps, woody plants, ...) in a garden plan. Elements of design. How to divide a garden landscape into distinct rooms. Firescaping. Ways to landscape to protect a house and garden from brush fires. Includes list of plants with reduced oil content, an ability to hold moisture and that produce minimal litter. Elements of design. How to consider access in the garden when creating a design. Elements of design. How to achieve harmony in the garden. Elements of design. How to employ contrast in garden design. Elements of design. How to consider scale and the size of a house when designing a landscape. Elements of design. Creating a resting place or quiet retreat in a garden. Editing landscape. The return to native plantings and how to deal with the invasion of exotics. Elements of design. The use of symmetry and balance in the landscape. Elements of design. How plant shapes contribute to landscape design. Elements of design. How to use dense plants to give mass to a landscape. Elements of design. How to anticipate the change in a garden that age will bring. List of native California trees, shrubs, vines, herbs, perennials and groundcovers that can reduce wildfire hazards. Elements of design. Fresh ideas on foundation plantings. Elements of design. How to plan a garden on a hillside. Elements of design. How to make utility areas attractive. Making a hillside garden room. A description of the central terrace and four quadrants of plantings that flank it. Includes map of plantings. Suggestions on plantings to reduce noise from road traffic. Temperate tropicalismo. Tropical plants that are changing the look of American gardens. The use of outsized, large-textured plants to give a small space a sense of intimacy. Planting around what's underground. How to get utility companies to mark what's underground and how to find private utilities (tanks, wells, etc.) Small spaces without limits. A landscape designer's tips on making the most of tight quarters when designing a garden. Includes a plan for transforming a dreary corner into a welcoming outdoor dining area. Dressing up the garden for winter. Suggestions of plants that can brighten the season. Elements of a four-square garden described. Design and construction described. Landscaping hints to minimize yard care. Eight ways to get more fun out of gardening. Landscaping tips that save time. How a steeply sloped lot was terraced and made suitable for building a house by using old tires. A mini-manual on the basics of edible landscaping. How to landscape to create a backyard wildlife habitat. Describes how to map the existing yard, plan and plant. Includes lists of recommended shrubs and trees for various regions of the United States. Design guidelines from the first International Symposium on Windbreak Technology. How to landscape a home with trees and shrubs to reduce utility bills. Tip shows how to make and use a one-person terracing tool. Planting shade in South Florida. A new concept in landscaping to cool a mobile home. Tips on creating your own precision landscape. Make a great courtyard surrounded with privacy walls and paved with brick and wood. Indigenous plants reduce yardwork to a minimum. Includes construction tips for the walls. Low-care landscapes. How to design a yard that maintains itself. Some tips. Trees for solar control. Design your landscape for natural cooling. Tips from a landscape architect on how to make over a small yard. Suggestions on yard and garden renovations to give a new look to your landscape. A guide to planting a low-maintenance, natural landscape. Three alternatives are discussed: (1) The Chaparral Garden for the American Southwest. (2) The Meadow Garden. (3) The Woodland Garden. Landscaping the pre-1840 house. Victorian landscaping. Guiding principles of post-Victorian landscape and gardens. Includes lists of plants that were common choices. Guidelines for authentic period landscaping around a Victorian house. Includes a partial list of plants in cultivation as of 1875 that are suitable for use near a house. Native landscaping. How to use naturally occurring plants for easy or no-maintenance yards. Suggestions on planning a natural habitat for a backyard wildlife sanctuary. How to plan and plant windbreaks to save energy and shelter gardens. Gardens you can live in. Create a landscape that looks as good as it tastes (so called edible landscaping). Some tips. Landscape for beauty and bounty. SPECIAL SECTION on making an attractive food garden of your entire yard. Livable landscapes. A SPECIAL SECTION with ideas from prominent landscape architects. Control troublesome slopes by constructing terraces from landscape ties. Five landscape architects and designers share their best ideas for creating privacy in the landscape. Tips on terracing a steep slope by installing terraced growing beds, water-permeable paths and a drainage system to control water from heavy rains. How to review your yard and plan a new landscape. Covers planning considerations for incorporating lawns, foundation shrubs, shade trees, boundaries and food gardens. Creating cloistered outdoor "rooms". The use of hedges and green screens to create privacy. Includes a plan that incorporates an edible ornamentals border, a shady corridor, an airy play or sitting space and a wall-mounted fountain. A worldly touch. Style any garden to echo the charms of Europe, the Orient or Mexico. Includes tips on constructing a dry stream bed and a retaining wall. Translating permaculture. Seven steps to a landscape of food, beauty, and a restored natural habitat. Make a grand entrance. How to design an entryway garden. Four plans and plant lists provide designs for Southwest (Zone 6), West coast (Zone 9), Eastern (Zone 6) and Midwest (Zone 5) dooryard gardens. Plant an edible landscape. How to integrate vegetables, fruits and herbs into the overall design of your property. Includes a plan and plant list for a low-maintenance edible landscape design. An island bed for all season. Plan for a 12x24-ft. oval with six plants. An English-style garden in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tips for a successful landscape. A garden that nurtures nature. A look at a suburban Philadelphia garden that fuses dry areas, wet spots, sunny sections and shady plots into a unified landscape through the use of native plants. How to use pebbles and rocks in your landscaping and garden layouts. Tip: How to use graph and tracing paper to draw up your own landscaping plans. Includes a checklist of drawing details. A guide to improving the landscape around your home. Plan a better landscape. Designing solutions to landscape problems. Tips on dressing up an entry, foundation plantings, defining perimeters, etc. Terracing tricks. How to beautify your sloping yard. Suggestions for plants and shrubs that do well in most low-light conditions. The well-grown landscape. Using trees, shrubs, and vines, you can have your privacy and save energy, too. Suggestions on landscaping a home. Explains three ways to develop a plan and explains the basics of developing your own master plan. Smart technologies for the outdoors. How to create beautiful, low-maintenance yardscapes using new electronic and horticultural technologies. Beginning a new series of articles. Attic upgrades. Design ideas for finishing an attic. Includes construction tips on insulating a cathedral ceiling, reinforcing an attic floor, increasing headroom, etc. Low-water landscapes. Choosing the right plants gives you the same look with less water and less work. Tips on landscaping with railroad ties. Photos show them used in screens, pool frames, walkways, steps, garden bed frames, walls, etc. Includes tips on how to find a source for the ties and how much to expect to pay. Photo shows how a small backyard garden can be created by building a small gazebo, a wooden deck and a four-port staggered carport. Photos show how a sloping lot was landscaped on levels and included the addition of a big deck and a high deck with a hot tub. Photos and sketch show how a 1910-1920 vintage house was updated with the addition of decks and new plantings. Photos and sketch show how a backyard was remodeled to include patio, trellis-shielded deck, play structure, garden and privacy plantings for $613. A look at a 30x65-ft. back yard landscaped to include walls, a pool, a deck and a garden A look at how a quarter acre lot was landscaped to include an outdoor sculpture gallery, a patio for parties, a lawn, play spaces, and a birch grove. How to use a slide projector and slides of your house and yard to help plan your garden or landscaping. Photos show how landscaping around a Tucson, Arizona, home was done with large rock patterns. A look at a wildlife habitat on a small city lot. Includes a list of plants that are useful to wildlife for shelter and food. Photos and descriptions of 5 front yards landscaped to provide private space. Suggestion for landscaping a 6-ft. wide strip of land between house and fence. Tip: How to add berms to your yard to control noise, increase privacy, expand outdoor living space, etc. When to call in a landscape architect. How to select one, what the on-site visit should achieve and information on the contract, preliminary plan and selection of a contractor. Use a 4x8-ft. mirror outdoors to make a small wading pool and garden appear larger. Landscaping tips that minimize water use. Tips on how to hire professional landscape help. A description of specialists in the field and what each can do for you. Landscaping for security. The right plantings can help. Here's what you should and shouldn't do. Tips on designing your own landscape. How to create a natural-looking "riverbed" landscape. Landscaping with native California plants. Includes a selection chart of 13 plants for home gardens. When your neighbor's tree steals your sunshine. Advice on solving property line and tree disputes without a lawsuit. Make large expanses of outdoor steps more interesting by creating "planting pockets" in the steps where small, sturdy annuals and perennials are planted. Bring home a boulder. How to choose and use big rocks for the garden. Mail-order landscaping. How to get everthing you need for yard and garden, including expert advice, without leaving home. Small-space landscaping. Six ways to make a small yard, or an oddly shaped section of one, look and feel big. Easy does it. How to create a beautiful low-maintenance yard that leaves you time to enjoy it. Choosing plants to enhance your patio. Tips to make your yard and garden easy to care for. Almost-instant landscaping. Tips on preparing a landscaping plan for your yard which you can install in just one weekend. How to create an oriental garden in a flat, featureless yard. Includes the creation of a "creek" with a curving foot bridge, split bamboo screening, and casting a concrete curved lantern. Instructions included for making a Chinese Chippendale planter. Landscaping by design. Tips on preparing a master plan for landscaping a new home. Joining large landscape timbers together. | |||||||||
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