Encyclopedia of Landscaping & Patio Design: Over 325 Ideas for Landscaping & Patio Design (Paperback)

by Randall W. Cole (Author)

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Product Description
The only essential, fully-visual guide to hardscaping projects. Make an educated decision while choosing the right face or yard for your home. Included are ideas for walkways, porches, lampposts, mailboxes, waterfalls, walls, patios, gazebos, planters, and fountains. Whether trying to find new ideas or communicate those in mind, we have put together the best collection of fresh ideas available including pattern variations. We would compare our book to other such books, but there are none. No one else gives you a pure visual tour through the hardscaping possibilities for your home.

From the Author
Dear New HomeOwner,

My name is Randy Cole. I put The Encyclopedia of Landscaping and Patio Design together after I purchased my new home. After buying all the guides out there and finding nothing fresh or useful for my home, I spent six months with my camera and collected all the best ideas out there. All the ideas in my book are from reality and don't rely on a beautiful beach front background or million dollar home to look good. Once I finished landscaping my own home, I decided to put it together and make it available to others doing the same thing. I spent a lot of time and money looking for a book that would do just this. The Encyclopedia of Landscaping and Patio Design is the best idea-book on the market. It does exactly what it pretends to do and nothing else. I wish you the best of luck making these important decisions for your home. -Randy

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: RC Publications (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965328708
• ISBN-13: 978-0965328708
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,683,096 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only book I have returned to Amazon so far..., June 16, 1999

By A Customer

I expected much more content. This book was no use to me at all

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book wasn't very useful, color drawings no explanations, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This book only contained (not very good) color sketches of patios and landscaping. It had no explanations of what you were looking at, and the schetches did not really give you a good idea of what the "artist" was trying to convey. Looked like a school project.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only Pictures, May 22, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book expecting an encyclopedia. That is descriptions, methods... It is only a book of drawings not a single word of text. Is the first of 100's of books bought at Amazon.Com that I have returned.