Easy-Care Landscape Plans: 41 Low-Maintenance Landscape Designs [Paperback]

Home Planners Inc (Author), Ireland-Gannon Associates (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1995

-In-depth information on what "easy-care" really means.
-Landscape wizardry without the work.
-Full color renderings show what the final product will look like.
-Designs that are perfect for virtually every style of home.
-Complete construction blueprints and regional plant list available separately.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Home Planners (September 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881955222
• ISBN-13: 978-1881955221
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,022,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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93 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good book -- but a little misleading., October 19, 1999

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A. Freedman (Bethesda, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy-Care Landscape Plans: 41 Low-Maintenance Landscape Designs (Paperback)

The book is good -- for an advertising piece for landscaping plans. It is well illustrated and does include a lot of information on landscaping. It helped me. HOWEVER, each landscaping plan has an 800 number with a plan code. For $45 plus the company will send you a detailed plan that is adapted to your zone. Frankly I would have preferred to know this up front. I should have been more suspicious when I saw the low book price. Would I recommend the book? Yes - if you want some ideas about achieving different looks in a suburban garden. But unless you are willing to pay more, don't look to this guide for plant recommendations.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what it looked like, May 12, 2004

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dave anderson (milwaukie, oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy-Care Landscape Plans: 41 Low-Maintenance Landscape Designs (Paperback)

I thought this book would come with the plans inside, based on the title and subtitle. But it is just a book of plans to order. There are no plant keys, just sketches of various landscaping plans that you can send away for. I am completely dissatisfied and would like to return this item.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is a marketing book, June 11, 2003

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Laura Landy (Northeast USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy-Care Landscape Plans: 41 Low-Maintenance Landscape Designs (Paperback)

This book has a bunch of very specific plans for designs that you must BUY. While you can get a few ideas from it, it is very vague and general, and yet, geared to a specific-lot plan. Browse it if you like, but don't bother to buy it.