Landscaping Illustrated

Name: Landscaping Illustrated
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ISBN: 9780028644455

ISBN-10: 002864445X

ISBN-13: 9780028644455

Edition: 2003

Authors: Joel Lerner

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Produced to be the most comprehensive do-it-yourself book on successful landscaping. Half how-to and half idea guide, this book will contain 240 pages with 400+ photos/illustrations. Includes a visual encyclopedia of the most popular plants, shrubs, trees and flowers.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

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Learning the Landscape



Landscape Matters


It's Only Natural


Sizing Things Up


In the Beginning


Getting Comfortable


Getting Interesting


Dollars, Pounds, and Sense



Landscapes of the Past


Long, Long Ago


We're Getting There


Pleasure Gardens


It's Mine, All Mine!


The New World


Putting It All Together



Garden Styles


It Takes All Kinds


Characteristically Speaking


English Country


French Country


French or English Formal


Italian


Chinese


Japanese


Southwestern


Prairie or Meadow


The New American Garden



Enlisting Mother Nature


The Latest Trends


A Leaf from Mother Nature


Native Good Sense


And Less Fuss


Wild and Free


You Don't Have to Be a Purist



Five Basic Principles of Landscape Design


Balance


Symmetry


Asymmetry


Radial Symmetry


Contrast


Proportion


Repetition


Sequence



The Lernscaping Checklist



The Garden in Your Mind


Learning Lernscaping


Putting That Landscape to Work


Green Pathways


Designing Themes



The Green Stuff


Hardscape Happenin's


Boning Up on Garden Basics


Utility Structures


Bricks and Mortar


Time and Effort


Dollar Signs



Looking at the Land



The Plat Thickens


Developing the Landscape Plot


A Plan with a View


Cracking the Codes


Check Out Those Contours


Waterworks



The Real Dirt


Down and Dirty


Sweet and Sour Soil


Getting the Sights on Siting


To Tree or Not to Tree


Nurture for the Natives


The Shape of Things



Climatic Decisions


Head in the Air, Feet on the Ground


Tracing It Out


When You Need Professional Help


Landscape Architect (LA)


Landscape Designer (LD)


Growers and Retailers


Grounds Manager


Landscape Contractor


Cooperative Extension Service Horticultural Experts



Function First


Car Parks and People Paths


Walk This Way


Decked Out


Good Fences


Take a Seat


What's in Store


A Little Light on the Subjects


Finding the Energy


Turn Down the Sound



Aesthetically Pleasing


Water, Water


Statuesque Looks


A Garden in Every Sense


Sounds, Not Silence


Tasteful Plantings


Visitors with Wings



The Hardscape How-To



Getting About


Can You Dig It?


Driving Design


Walk This Way


On the Surface


Mowed Grass


Mulch


Gravel


Dry-Laid Brick or Stone


Bricks or Stone in Mortar



Round-Ups


Underneath It All


Fence Us In


Let It Flow


Wall-to-Wall Charm


Walls on Retainer



Hold-Ups


Structurally Speaking


Location, Location



Living Spaces Outdoors


Pretty in Patios


Putting the Patio in Its Place


Deck Details


Privacy Issues


Tips on Deck


Ups and Downs



Just for Fun


Furnishing the Garden


Pooled Resources


Content with Containers


The Shape of Things


Rocks Rule



Nurture and Store


Store It Away


Store and More


Out of Sight


Going for the Green


The Panes of It All


Airing It Out


Bring on the Heat



The Softscape How-To



From the Ground Up


The Goodness of Grass


Turf's Up!


Staying Green


Let Grasses Reign


Covering the Grounds


Cover the Possibilities


Siting the Situation


Bean There, Vine That


Air Shrubs


Supporting Players



Greenery Above


Branching Out


Tree Happy


Less Prunes for the New


If You Must Stake


Save the Trees


Or Don't Save Them


You Want a Shrubbery?


Hedging Your Landscape Bets


Calling All Conifers


Broader Interests



Bright Spots


The ABPs


Life on the Border


Trees, Too


Perennial Favorites


Planting Informality


Bully for Bulbs


Signs of Spring


Bestowing Bulbs


Grass Roots


Grasses in Their Places


Hello, Herb



Training and Maintaining


'Tis Always the Season


Snow Jobs (Early Year)


Selective Shrubbery


An Early Snack


Really Clean Up


Seeds, for Starters


Harbingers (Spring)


Fading Flowers


Pruning for Pleasing


Select Cuts


Broad(leaf)ly Speaking


Berry Good


Bursts Abloom (Summer)


Touch-Ups


Bulb Behavior


Putting the Pinch On


Plants Now


Falling into the Season (Fall)


It's Never Over


Making Mulch of It


Give It Air


Happily Ever After


The Root of Pruning


Making the Move


Appendixes



Glossary



Tools and Devices



Plants



Courts for Sports


Index