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ОглавлениеInspiration for Your Home Landscaping
Inside you’ll find designs to enhance entrances, decks, and patios by using colorful annuals and perennials, trees, and shrubs. More than forty home landscaping designs are included, created by landscape professionals who live and work in the Midwest region.
An Elegant Entry
This design gives a formal feel to a front yard without requiring a complete makeover. Two neat rectangular lawns flank a central “courtyard” and its large planter full of colorful annuals. Borders are formed by lilac and juniper hedges, which provide seasonal interest. The enclosure is completed by a striking edging of sumac and ornamental grass along the walk.
A Big Splash with a Small Pond
A water garden adds a new dimension to a landscape. It can be the eye-catching focal point of the entire property, a center of outdoor entertainment, or a quiet out-of-the-way retreat. The plantings in this design are intended to settle the pond comfortably into an expanse of lawn. From a distance, the shrubs, ornamental grasses, and perennials that frame the pond resemble an island bed.
Down to Earth
A second-story deck is a perfect spot for enjoying your garden and yard. Too often, however, the view of the deck from the yard is less pleasing. Attractive landscaping brings the deck, house, and yard into balance. Decreasing in height from the deck to the yard, the planting makes it easier for our eyes to move between the levels.
