Weatherproofing Your Landscape

by Dark, Sandra; Hill, Dean

• ISBN13: 9780813036823
• ISBN10: 0813036828
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-25
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

Whether you face the possibility of hurricanes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts or flooding near waterways great and small, ice storms in the midlands and northeast, wildfires out west, or drought almost anywhere, no residential or commercial landscape is completely immune to cataclysmic weather events. Damage from drought, flood, tornadoes, snow, freezing temperatures, heat waves, storm surge, hurricanes, ice, and other extreme weather events cost homeowners millions of dollars in damage each year.

Author Biography

Sandra Dark's work has appeared in a wide range of publications including Gardening How-To, Organic Gardening. The Family Food Garden, and Mother Earth News. She is a member of the Garden Writers Association and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Dean Hill is the cohost and landscape designer of the DIY Network's Ground for Improvement television program, the author of Grounds for Improvements 25 Great Landscaping Gardening Projects, and a full member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
The Big Four	p. 1
The Nature of Your Landscape	p. 20
An Ounce of Prevention	p. 40
During the Disaster	p. 68
Assessing the Damage	p. 83
Experts to the Rescue	p. 100
Rehabilitate or Remove?	p. 115
Intensive Care	p. 132
Preserving "Heirloom" Plants	p. 154
Replacing the Loss	p. 170
Landscape Insurance and Tax Breaks	p. 189
Healing the Heart	p. 197
Acknowledgments	p. 211
Trees and Shrubs for Extreme Weather	p. 213
Species Ratings	p. 219
Resources	p. 223
Index	p. 227
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