Landscape Design and Construction

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• ISBN13: 9780865737273
• ISBN10: 0865737274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-02-01
• Publisher: Creative Pub Intl

Summary

-- Offers complete information on design and planning.
-- More than 400 color photos.
-- In-depth instructions for all popular projects.

Author Biography

The editors of Creative Publishing international have created dozens of best-selling titles in the fields of home repair, home improvement, home decor, and landscaping.

Table of Contents

Why Landscape?	4	(17)
Finish a New Yard	6	(2)
Control Sunlight & Wind	8	(2)
Provide Privacy	10	(2)
Manage a Sloped Yard	12	(2)
Create New Living Space	14	(3)
Landscape Design & Planning	17	(31)
Function	18	(4)
Composition	22	(2)
Style	24	(2)
Structures	26	(2)
Materials	28	(4)
Plant Selection	32	(4)
Landscape Planning	36	(2)
Testing Landscape Ideas	38	(2)
Drawing a Plan	40	(2)
Budgeting Your Time & Money	42	(2)
Landscaping Supplies	44	(2)
Tools for Landscape Construction	46	(2)
Landscape Construction Projects	48	(78)
Grading & Contouring Your Yard	50	(4)
Landscape Walls	54	(2)
Building a Retaining Wall	56	(10)
Building a Free-standing Wall	66	(8)
Building Walkways & Paths	74	(8)
Building Garden Steps	82	(8)
Building a Patio	90	(10)
Fences, Arbors & Trellises	100	(2)
Building a Wood Fence	102	(8)
Building Arbors & Trellises	110	(5)
Building Garden Ponds	115	(7)
Creating a Planting Area	122	(2)
Maintaining a Landscape	124	(2)
Index	126