Customer Reviews

Western Landscaping Book: Companion to the Best-Selling Western Garden Book

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This is a very comprehensive book describing all western regions including the low and high desert, the Pacific Northwest and southern California. The book includes many landscape ideas with diagrams and suggested plant types and many plant photos. Ideas for special needs such as privacy, patio & small spaces , desert areas, swimming pools, decks, lots for shade, low water and other requirements are covered. Types of fencing and decking are also covered. If you are starting out with a bare backyard, as I am, this is the book for you!

If you get Sunset the magazine, you probably don't need this book. The book has some beautiful pictures of varied landscape types in varied climates and some general planting suggestions (like the magazine). But, also like the magazine, unless you have $50K-$100K lying around, good luck pulling any of these things off. I say get the magazine because you can get the landscaping ideas, seasonally relevant planting suggestions along with some nice recipes, gardening and traveling tips.

Anytime I am tired of working on my housing projects I can look through this book and get excited again.

I didn't find much useful advice or How-To in here, so if that's what you want there are much better books out there.

For my purposes it is perfect: Inspiration and beautiful pictures.

The info in there is OK, but don't buy it for that or you will be disappointed.

This book has some really good ideas for gardening and landscaping in the desert. Anyone who lives in the desert knows what a challenge it is to grow a beautiful garden AND be a good steward of the limited, precious resources. The only negative comment is that the garden examples are mostly from California. It would be more helpful to me if there were more examples and discussion on high desert gardening in places like Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The best garden book overall. A smart book. Creative. Great pics. VERY Comprensive. Wish Id bought hardback.Complete. Very readable. Projects are suberb. Voluminous. A must for every serious gardener.

Hoped to have more info specifically on trees. I probably should have chosen a different book. The contents are focused on total landscape plans.

I am enjoying this book - it has lots of landscaping ideas, and is a good companion to the Western Garden Book. This reference takes the many plants described in the Western Garden Book and shows how they can be put together to create beautiful gardens.

This book is a wonderful reference. This book keeps nothing under wraps. I have worked out so many problems in my southwest garden. The only problem I have now is intense sun and no shade. I wish you had a book to help.

For the price I can not issue one complaint. Very fun too browse through and look for ideas. Many beautiful projects are too rich for my blood but fun to dream about.

I lent it to my brother and he landscaped his whole backyard to be low maintenance and look great! Now we just have to do our own yard!