Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition, is a larger-format edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping southeast-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 450 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The southeast will be in full bloom with Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition .
States: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN
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Roger Holmes - Rita Buchanan
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Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition, is a larger-format edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping southeast-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 450 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The southeast will be in full bloom with Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition.States: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN
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SOUTHEAST HOME LANDSCAPING
Table of Contents
About This BookAs Your Landscape Grows
PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS54 Landscape degins for Southeastern home landscapes Some of the common "situations" that the designs address includeMaking a pleasant passage to the front doorDressing up a raised entryMixing classic symmetry and comfortable plants for a formal front entryMaking a back-door garden for a sheltered nicheBeautifying a boundary with easy-care plantsGiving a curbside strip a new lookCreating a two-tier garden to replace a bland slopeDressing up the family's day-to-day entranceBeautifying a blank wall with a vertical gardenCreating a fragrant oasis in a corner of the backyardProviding privacy and pleasure with a patio gardenMaking a handsome water garden in a few weekendsCreating a planting with several attractive facesTransforming a steep site with a terraced planting to create a no-mow slopeReclaiming a narrow side yard for a shade gardenHarmonizing a deck with its surroundingsUsing an arbor and plantings to make a handsome entryMaking a formal garden for the backyardEnhancing poolside pleasuresMaking the most of a small lot with an entry garden
GUIDE TO INSTALLATIONOrganizing Your ProjectClearing the SiteMaking Paths and WalkwaysLaying a PatioInstalling a PondBuilding a Retaining WallBuilding Fences, Arbors, and TrellisesPreparing the Soil for PlantingBuying PlantsThe Planting ProcessPlanting BasicsBasic Landscape CareCaring for Woody PlantsCaring for PerennialsProblem Solving
PLANT PROFILESDescriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them.
Glossary
Photo Credits
Index