Series: Design Ideas | Publication Date: December 1, 2007
Design Ideas for Home Landscaping offers inspiring ideas for achieving a stunning effect with your landscape. Using the information on plant design, expert gardening and planting advice, and the most resilient vegetation for your region, you can maintain a beautiful outdoor haven with this accessible guide for the professional landscape designer and the do-it-yourself homeowner alike. With over 350 magnificent color photographs and illustrations, Design Ideas for Home Landscaping is an essential tool for you to achieve a gorgeous, lush landscape.
Finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award.
From the Back Cover
Clearly illustrated step-by-step planting and growing instructions Illustrated plant-by plant directories are the landscaper’s essential guide for information on shrubbery, perennials, annuals, biennials, bulbs, and hundreds of plants The author provides invaluable information on plant placement, trimming and sculpting techniques, and suggested tools for each procedure
Catriona Tudor Erler is an internationally recognized garden writer, photographer, and speaker. She is the author of seven garden books as well as numerous articles for publications such as Architectural Digest and Southern Accents. Her photographs have been published in books, magazines, and newspapers in both the United States and Great Britain. She also specializes in adapting British gardening books for American audiences, editing them to reflect the American vernacular, climate zones, and plant selections. Catriona gardens with her husband and twin sons in Vienna, Virginia. A former resident of San Diego, California, she has extensive gardening experience on both coasts of the United States, including growing in tropical and subtropical regions.
This review is from: Design Ideas for Home Landscaping (Paperback)
This is one of the best illustrated landscaping textbooks that I have ever purchased. The photography is outstanding and the author does a great job with this book. I would recommend this book for someone who wants to get all types of landscaping ideas. Well worth the money for such a great book.
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