Landscaping Your Home : Creative Ideas from America's Best Gardeners

by FINE GARDENING EDITORS

• ISBN13: 9781561584710
• ISBN10: 1561584711
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Taunton

Summary

In Landscaping Your Home, the experts from Fine Gardening magazine deliver practical advice and innovative ideas for making the most of your property. More than 20 talented designers show you how to develop areas for outdoor living, create a welcoming entry, and design a landscape that suits your home and lifestyle. It's soup-to-nuts inspiration you'll need to create a beautiful landscape for your home. Discover how to: *improve the curb appeal of your home *design your own landscape plan *create comfortable garden rooms *design attractive foundation plantings *make the most of small spaces *design spaces for family activities Whatever your reasons, Landscaping Your Home will help you evaluate your property, design the garden spaces you've been dreaming about, take a practical approach to problem areas, and create outdoor living areas that suit your family's lifestyle. You can count on hands-on advice from some of America's best gardeners to guide you along the way...

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(1)
PART 1: Getting Started	4	(48)
What to Do before You Draw	6	(8)
Lee Anne White
A Concept Plan Pulls It All Together	14	(8)
Lee Anne White
20 Things to Think About when Designing Your Landscape	22	(3)
Jeni Webber
Draw Your Own Site Plan	25	(5)
Jeni Webber
Design Your Own Planting Plan	30	(8)
C. Colston Burrell
Working from a Master Plan	38	(6)
Laura E. Perry
Keeping Up with a Changing Garden	44	(8)
Ken Druse
PART 2: Creative Approaches	52	(56)
The Twin Principles of Landscape Layout	54	(8)
Richard Iverson
Focal Points Lead the Eye	62	(6)
Tara Dillard
Design Garden Rooms That Beckon	68	(10)
Sharon Densmore
Adapt Design Lessons from Nature	78	(6)
Darrel Morrison
The Art of Making Less Seem Like More	84	(8)
Robert Gillmore
Creating Garden Passageways	92	(8)
Keith Geller
Celebrating Natural Light in the Landscape	100	(8)
Rick Darke
PART 3: Front Yard Ideas	108	(40)
Design a Welcoming Entrance	110	(8)
Barbara Blossom Ashmun
The Fundamentals of Foundation Plantings	118	(8)
Todd Phillippi
The Enclosed Entry Garden	126	(5)
Barbara Blossom Ashmun
A Forest in the Front Yard	131	(5)
Ruth Parnall
An Engaging Entry Garden	136	(6)
Clinton J. Beardsley
Designing a Lawnless Front Yard	142	(6)
Alan Earp
PART 4: Gallery of Ideas	148	(36)
From Flat to Gently Rolling Terrian	150	(5)
Konrad Gauder
From Wooded Lot to Woodland Path	155	(5)
David J. Calhoon
Redesigning the Backyard	160	(10)
Steve Silk
Pathways...Invitations to Explore	170	(6)
Kevin J. Doyle
Planting a Playground	176	(8)
Linda Golymbieski
Credits	184	(1)
Index	185