Northeast Home Landscaping: Including Southeast Canada - Softcover

Holmes, Roger; Buchanan, Rita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580113214 ISBN 13: 9781580113212

Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Northeast Home Landscaping, Including Southeast Canada, shows how to beautify 27 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. 54 design variations incorporate more than 200 of the best plants for the region. Readers also learn all they need to know to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs. Step-by-step instructions show how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions also explain planting and care.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Northeast Home Landscaping

· Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations

· 56 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: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1580113214
• ISBN 13: 9781580113212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223