Ortho's All about Landscape Plans

Ortho's All about Landscape Plans
Author: Ortho Books
Publisher: Ortho Books
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1999
Genre: Gardens
ISBN:

Over 150 solutions to important landscape problems. Each plan can be used as is or adapted to suit your needs.

Ortho's Guide to Creative Home Landscaping

Ortho's Guide to Creative Home Landscaping
Author: Ortho Books
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1996
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780897212793

An easy-to-follow guide that takes you through every step of the landscaping process from helping you to pick an appropriate landscape style and drawing the plans, to selecting plants, installing and maintaining them. An extensive plant encyclopedia makes it easy to choose plants for every yard.

Ortho's All about Creating Natural Landscapes

Ortho's All about Creating Natural Landscapes
Author: Meredith Books
Publisher: Ortho Books
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780897214902

Gardening is a way of communing with nature and a personal way to make a positive contribution to the environment. This complete guide shows gardeners how to create a harmonious atmosphere, maintain a healthy landscape, and design with nature. 170 photos & 25 illustrations.

HomeSkills: Landscaping

HomeSkills: Landscaping
Author: Editors of Cool Springs Press
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1610588517

DIVAs part of our comprehensive HomeSkills DIY series, HomeSkills: Landscaping will make your lawn space the envy of your neighborhood./divDIV/divDIVTake a quick glance outside your window. What do you see? If it’s a sprawling panorama of flawless landscaping design, if it looks uncannily like a postcard, then you’re all set! But if, like most of us, your yard is just a bit lacking, then this is your how-to guide to finally achieving the outdoor space you’ve always wanted. HomeSkills: Landscaping offers a complete look at every aspect of landscaping, from early design to project execution. First, you’ll gain an overview of the many options at your disposal, exclusively featuring popular DIY products that are readily available and affordable. You’ll learn which design effect will best fit your particular home landscape, be it a flagstone patio, a vinyl fence or a healthy row of perfectly situated arbor vitae. And no matter which direction you take, this hardworking book will seamlessly bring you there by covering all the essential landscaping skills, from proper excavation and boulder transportation to planting shrubs and sand-setting interlocking pavers. Patios, walkways, overhead arbors, windbreaks, fences and gates . . . you’ll learn the best techniques for creating all of the beautiful planted and built elements that define any successful home landscape. Best of all, your new space will be cherished by family and friends alike—and the neighbors will quickly forget their jealousy when they’re enjoying it alongside you./divDIV/divDIVCheck out our five other HomeSkills guides on carpentry, deck building, plumbing, tiling, and wiring./div

Fire the Landscaper

Fire the Landscaper
Author: Phil M. Williams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2015-08-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781943894000

Fire the Landscaper is a biting critique of current landscape design and maintenance practices. The book explores the health risks, cultural biases, origins, and the insults to Mother Nature caused by our culturally backed, legally enforced obsession with artificial monoculture representations of nature. The author, Phil Williams, is the former owner of a successful lawn and landscape company. He exposes the waste, fraud, and downright ridiculousness of an industry focused solely on aesthetics. Through his subsequent training as a permaculture designer, he offers many practical solutions aligned with nature to increase the health and productivity of landscapes, and the world by extension, while simultaneously reducing the workload of upkeep.

Step-by-Step Landscaping

Step-by-Step Landscaping
Author: Better Homes & Gardens
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2007-03-06
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780696230820

A new edition of Better Homes and Gardens(r) best-selling landscaping book. Packed with 408 pages of all-new material from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens(r) books, this complete landscaping guide has everything you need to know transform your yard. More than 700 stunning photographs and 100 complete step-by-step projects show you how to improve grading, plant successfully, build a deck, and much more. Plus an all-new plant encyclopedia with 95 plant photos! It's everything you need to know to improve your view. Step-by-step plans for patios, edging, walls, fences, water gardens, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, garden sculpture, and more. Cost estimate, time needed to complete, skill level, and material list included with every project. Hundreds of inspiring photographs, ideas, and plans.