Southeast Home Landscaping

by Holmes, Roger

• ISBN13: 9781580112574
• ISBN10: 1580112579
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-15
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr

Summary

Southeast Home Landscaping is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowners award-winning best seller on landscaping southeast-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 50 plus featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 450 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The southeast will be in full bloom with Southeast Home Landscaping.

Author Biography

Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, as well as produced the landscaping series of which this book is part.

Rita Buchanan is a lifelong gardener with degrees in botany and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants. She worked with Roger Holmes to edit Fine Gardening magazine and co-edit several books, including Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening. She is the author of numerous award-winning books and is a contributor to many gardening magazines.

Table of Contents

About This Book	p. 8
As Your Landscape Grows	p. 12
Portfolio Of Designs
Southern Hospitality	p. 20
Make a pleasant passage to your front door A Foundation with Flair	p. 24
Flowers and foliage dress up a raised entry Formal and Friendly	p. 28
Mix classic symmetry and comfortable plants Angle of Repose	p. 32
Make a back-door garden for a sheltered niche An Eye-Catching Corner	p. 36
Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants Streetwise and Stylish	p. 40
Give your curbside strip a new look Landscaping a Low Wall	p. 44
A colorful two-tier garden replaces a bland slope "Around Back"	p. 48
Dress up the family's day-to-day entrance Make a Fresco of Flowers	p. 52
A vertical garden beautifies a blank wall A Shady Hideaway	p. 56
Create a fragrant oasis in a corner of your backyard Create a "Living" Room	p. 60
A patio garden provides privacy and pleasure Splash Out	p. 64
Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends Garden in the Round	p. 68
Create a planting with several attractive faces A Beginning Border	p. 72
Flowers and a fence make a traditional design Back to Nature	p. 76
Create a wooded retreat in your backyard Make a No-Mow Slope	p. 80
A terraced planting transforms a steep site Under the Old Shade Tree	p. 84
Create a cozy garden in a cool spot A Pleasant Passage	p. 88
Reclaim a narrow side yard for a shade garden Down to Earth	p. 92
Harmonize your deck with its surroundings At Woods' Edge	p. 96
Shrub border borrows a backdrop from nature Gateway Garden	p. 100
Arbor and plantings make a handsome entry A Postal Planting	p. 104
Make your daily mail run a perennial pleasure Elegant Symmetry	p. 108
Make a formal garden for the backyard Garden by the Pool	p. 112
Enhance your poolside pleasures A Tropical Corner	p. 116
Showcase exotic foliage and flowers Greeting Place	p. 120
Make the most of a small lot with an entry garden Patio Oasis	p. 124
A free-standing patio offers open-air activities
Guide To Installation
Organizing Your Project	p. 130
Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation
How to organize them for best results
Clearing the Site	p. 132
Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material
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