Get the solutions to your gardening problems from the American Horticultural Society's Practical Guides! Select from this ever-growing library of titles for the best gardening advice on plants and plant care, garden design, and garden construction. Small Gardens Includes: Planning a small garden -- deciding what you want from your garden and how to achieve it; making the most of your space; choosing a style that you like and the most suitable materials. Garden designs- selection of 20 illustrated plans chosen to show the wide range of ideas for making a small garden seem larger; creating a sense of privacy; introducing areas for relaxing, entertaining, and children's play, and keeping maintenance to a minimum. Preparing plans -- taking accurate measurements and making your plan a reality.
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Designed to be a complete do-it-yourself guide, don't let the small format of this book fool you--it's absolutely jam-packed with ideas for all styles of gardens, and as always, publisher Dorling Kindersley manages to take fairly complicated projects and reduce them to a manageable size that even the home improvement novice can handle. Practical considerations are dealt with firmly--no skipping such detail work like drawing up thorough plans or designing around underground utilities.
The aim of this book is to get you professional-quality results, and if you follow directions carefully, you'll get the job done beautifully. The plant listings supply plenty of ideas for all climates and special needs--new gardeners will find all kinds of useful tips.
Inspirational ideas are plentiful--the garden photographs are lush and detailed, and provide all kinds of unusual notions for creating a truly unique gardening space. Whether you're looking to make to most of a private courtyard or incorporate a built-in barbecue into your small lot, you'll find options for all your projects that will set your plants off beautifully with striking combinations of textures and materials. --Jill Lightner
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Full color pocket guides that will inspire confidence and pride in your garden. -- North American Press Syndicate
The garden bench, not the coffee table, is where these little gems belong. -- Columbus Dispatch
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This review is from: American Horticultural Society Practical Guides: Small Gardens (AHS Practical Guides) (Paperback)
This is a good planning guide - an excellent starting point - and a good value for the price. It doesn't cover much in the way of plant reccomendations, but the ideas related to space planning were very helpful
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