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About This Book

Seasons in Your Landscape

As Your Landscape Grows

Portfolio of Designs

An Elegant Entry

Garden geometry transforms a small front yard.

Foundations with Flair

Plant a foundation garden.

A Welcoming Entry

Make a pleasant passage to your front door.

On the Street

Give your curbside strip a new look.

A Corner with Character

Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants.

A Pleasing Postal Planting

Provide a perennial setting for the daily mail.

Gateway Garden

Striking structure and plants make a handsome entry.

A Pleasing Passage

Reclaim a narrow side yard for a shade garden.

“Around Back”

Dress up the family’s everyday entrance.

Angle of Repose

Make a back-door garden in a sheltered niche.

Landscape a Low Wall

A colorful two-tier garden replaces a bland slope.

Beautify a Blank Wall

Paint a picture with plants.

Make a No-Mow Slope

A terraced planting transforms a steep site.

A Beginning Border

Flowers and a fence make a traditional design.

Down to Earth

Harmonize your deck with its surroundings.

Garden in the Round

Create a planting with several attractive faces.

An Outdoor “Living” Room

A patio garden provides privacy and pleasure.

Elegant Symmetry

Add a formal touch to your backyard.

A Shady Hideaway

Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard.

Back to Nature

Create a wooded retreat in your backyard.

A Big Splash with a Small Pond

Add an extra dimension to your landscape.

Under the Old Shade Tree

Create a cozy garden in a cool spot.

A Woodland Link

Create a shrub border for nearby woods.

Plant Profiles

Descriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them

Guide to Installation

Organizing Your Project

Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation; how to organize them for best results

Clearing the Site

Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material

Making Paths and Walkways

Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface

Laying a Patio

Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths; ensuring proper drainage

Installing a Pond

Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell; growing pond plants

Building a Retaining Wall

Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps

Fences, Arbors, and Trellises

Wood selection, layout, post setting, basic construction; plans for building the fences, trellises, and arbors shown in the Portfolio of Designs

Preparing the Soil for Planting

Digging and improving the soil; edging for beds

Buying Plants

Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price

The Planting Process

When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing; annuals as fillers

Planting Basics

Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs

Basic Landscape Care

Mulches and fertilizers; controlling weeds; watering

Caring for Woody Plants

Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses; making a hedge

Caring for Perennials

Routine care, pruning, dividing

Problem Solving

Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases; winter damage

Glossary

Credits