From the Preface: Introduction to Landscaping: Design, Construction, and Maintenance offers a practical approach to establishing and maintaining residential landscapes. It is intended to introduce the various aspects of the landscape industry to students of horticulture and agriculture. The authors have carefully written this book from a horticultural perspective. Plant selection and care are the foundation of this book. This book has been organized in three distinct parts-landscape design, landscape construction, and landscape maintenance. The steps to developing a complete and functional landscape plan for the residential setting are identified and explained in an easy to understand writing style. Principles of art, defined in the text, are emphasized in the design portion of the book. The student is guided through the process of designing landscape projects from establishing customer needs to preparing and costing out the plan.
The French, who are known for their style in all things, have long brought their artistry to bear on vegetable gardening, turning plots that could be merely utilitarian into gardens...
Something is blooming every day of the year in the renowned gardens at Montrose, Nancy Goodwin's nineteenth-century property in historic Hillsborough, North Carolina. Since moving to Montrose with her husband...
Create the landscape of your dreams! This practical, easy-to-use guide covers everything you need to know to design a customized and dazzling landscape. Using a simple 12-step method, Janet Macunovich...
Whether you are planning a miniature fountain or a wildlife pond, wondering how to revitalize a neglected feature, or looking for ways to use water features to extend your planting...
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A professional landscape gardener offers a practical home landscaping guide which covers everything from pruning to renovating overgrown yards, designing new landscapes to maintaining existing ones. Illustrated.
This handbook reveals the secrets of professional garden design, and then makes them accessible to everyone, from the keen gardener to the complete beginner. The book contains designs for gardens...
The instructions in this book show how anyone can produce tremendous amounts of vegetables in a small space (using containers as well as ground gardens) by following intensive, organic techniques...
Jane Brown's The English Garden in Our Time was originally published in 1966. It was the first book to attempt to describe the influences upon gardens and their design from...
This new edition of the classic handbook describes how to attract butterflies and other beneficial and beautiful insects to your garden.Butterfly Gardening presents everything the gardener needs to know to...