Midwest Home Landscaping: Including Southern Canada - Softcover

Holmes, Roger; Buchanan, Rita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580112560 ISBN 13: 9781580112567

Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr, 2005

Synopsis

Midwest Home Landscaping, Including Southern Canada, shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. After presenting 46 design variations, the book explains how to install and care for the plants, ponds, walls, and fences involved in the landscape designs. Plants that are proven performers in the Midwest are used in the designs and described in full detail. Step-by-step instructions provide the essential knowledge to tackle each project.
US: IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI
Canada: Ontario (southern)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Midwest Home Landscaping

· Approximately 475 full-color photos and illustrations

· 46 designs covering the most common situations, such as front entries, foundation plantings, patios, and steep slopes.

· Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants that will grow well in your region, plus all you need to know to select, plant, and care for them.

· Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises.

About the Author:

Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, and produced the seven-book regional landscaping series of which this book is part.

Rita Buchanan is a lifelong gardener with degrees in botany and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants. She worked with Roger Holmes to edit Fine Gardening magazine and co-edit several books, including Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening. She is the author of numerous award-winning books and is a contributor to many gardening magazines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1580112560
• ISBN 13: 9781580112567
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 223