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"[This] easy-to-follow guide helps you create the outdoor living space of your dreams, even if gardening isn't your thing. You'll learn how to personalize your landscape using plants, furnishings, and other items to create the perfect outdoor Eden for you and your family, no matter how large or small your space is."--Back cover.
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Ten Speed Press
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2013.
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English
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Homeowners spend billions of hours--and dollars--watering, mowing, and maintaining their lawns. Free yourself with this colorful, accessible guide to the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, low-water, money-saving options.
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"The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens explores the key moments in garden design. Through profiles of 100 of the most influential gardens, Linda Chisholm explores how social, political, and economic influences shaped garden design principles. The book is organised chronologically and by theme, starting with the medieval garden Alhambra and ending with the modern naturalism of the Lurie Garden. Sumptuously illustrated, The History of Landscape...
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Residential consumption represents nearly one quarter of North America's total energy use and the average homeowner spends thousands of dollars a year on power bills. To help alleviate this problem, Energy-Wise Landscape Design presents hundreds of practical ways everyone can save money, time, and effort while making their landscapes more environmentally healthy, ecologically rich, and energy efficient. Combining general guidelines with tips, techniques,...
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"This thoughtful, intelligent book is all about connectivity, addressing a natural world in which we are the primary influence." -The New York Times Books Review
Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife, but they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it's a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows you how to do it. You'll learn the strategies for...
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Rain gardens are at the forefront of the green revolution. This environmentally friendly landscaping captures rainwater runoff rather than redirecting it into storm drains. The result is less erosion, less water pollution, and a beautiful, low-maintenance, sustainable garden. This is the first rain garden handbook for the backyard home gardener. Co-authors Robert Domm and Lynn Steiner draw on hands-on experience to help homeowners build beautiful...
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Timber Press
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2013.
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English
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While there's no shortage of information on restoring and maintaining the historical integrity of period homes, there has been no authoritative reference that provides comparable information for landscapes. The authors provide a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to recreating nearly 400 years of historical landscape design and adapting them to modern needs.
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3 Fields Books, an imprint of the University of Illinois Press
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[2023]
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English
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"Landscaping with native plants has encouraged Midwesterners to embark on a profound scientific, ecological, and emotional partnership with nature. Benjamin Vogt shares his years of expertise with prairie plants in a full-color guide aimed at gardeners, homeowners, and landscape designers. Step-by-step blueprints point readers to plant groupings that not only attract pollinators and please the eye but minimize maintenance and ensure years of healthy...
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"Since the launch of its magazine in 2011, Kinfolk has grown into an internationally recognized brand known for its minimalist aesthetic and strong community of inspiring and influential creatives. Kinfolk's books, with a combined 335,000 copies in print, have applied this lens to cooking, home design, and work. Now, in The Kinfolk Garden, the team turns its eye to outdoor spaces and the many ways they enhance our lives and help us foster community....
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"Fear deer no more! The best source I've seen on the topic!" -Tracy DiSabato-Aust, award-winning garden designer and best-selling author
Deer are one of the most common problems a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals can quickly devour hundreds of dollars' worth of plants. And common solutions include the use of unattractive fencing and chemicals.
In Deer-Resistant Design, Karen Chapman offers another option-intentional design choices...
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A.C. Burke & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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Gives you an overview of: The history of landscaping ; Landscape design careers ; Basic design concepts ; Common residential landscape styles ; How to do a site analysis ; How to develope a design program ; How to draw a landscape plan ; Budget considerations.
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A.C. Burke & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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Packed with practical information, this instructional video is ideal for High School or Community College vocational education, Master Gardener classes, employee training, or for home owners who want to learn more about residential landscaping.