Southeast Home Landscaping, 3rd edition

by Roger Holmes, Rita Buchanan

Overview

Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition,is a larger-formatedition 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580114967
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/30/2010
Series:	Home Landscaping
Edition description:	Third
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	520,475
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	10 Years

About the Author

Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books,and produced the seven-book regional landscaping series of which this book is part.

Rita Buchanan is a lifelong gardener with degrees in botany and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants. She worked with Roger Holmes to edit Fine Gardening magazine and co-edit several books, including Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening. She is the author of numerous award-winning books and is a contributor to many gardening magazines.

Table of Contents

SOUTHEAST HOME LANDSCAPING

Table of Contents

About This BookAs Your Landscape Grows

PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS54Landscape degins for Southeastern home landscapesSome of the common"situations" that the designs address includeMaking a pleasant passage tothe 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 plantsGivinga 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 avertical gardenCreating a fragrant oasis in a corner ofthe backyardProviding privacy and pleasurewith apatio gardenMaking a handsome water garden in a few weekendsCreating a planting with several attractive facesTransforming a steep sitewith a terraced planting to create a no-mow slopeReclaiming a narrow side yard for a shade gardenHarmonizing adeck 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

Editorial Reviews

Another third edition gem. Southeast Home Landscape covers the region with its professional horticultural and design advice. Its 54 themed landscape designs draw on a palette of 200 Southeast plants. Over 400 photographs and paintings enhance the instructional value of this book.

Your yard is a blank canvas just waiting for inventive design and plantings. Enter Holmes (founding editor, Fine Gardening magazine), horticultural consultant and photographer Buchanan (A Weaver's Garden), and Walheim (Citrus), who offer a succession of possible landscaping designs in this neat and polished series. Simple projects such as fencing, arbors, and pathways are logically and clearly illustrated. Each volume is broken down into three parts-"Design Portfolio," "Guide to Installations," and "Plant Portraits"-and each features approximately 50 designs, 200 plants, and 430 photos and paintings. Selection and seasonal care are individualized for the region. These lovely volumes are revisions, with first editions published between 1998 and 2001. Highly recommended but purchase according to your location. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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