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Title: Home Landscaping: Northeast Region : Including Southeast Canada by Roger Holmes, Rita Buchanan ISBN: 1-58011-004-5 Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press Pub. Date: 28 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Landscaping Book I've Found
Comment: This is a wonderful book. I constantly use it as a reference and keep meaning to bring it with me when I go to the nursery. (Otherwise I come home with plants like Larkspur, which look beautiful now, but might not make it through the winter.) It is divided into three sections. The first, Portfolios of Designs is full of plans for every location, sun or shade. The Guide to Installaton shows you how to do everything from making wooden planters, building a retaining wall, creating paths and walkways, to installing a pond. The third section, Plant Profiles, gives descriptions and care information for all of the plants in the designs.
I have only one criticism. Cost doesn't appear to be a factor in any of these designs, most call for dozens of plants. It would be nice if they had a few designs for those on a smaller budget.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best landscaping book ever!!
Comment: I have purchased a great many books on this subject and this is far and away the best. Helpful tips on what plants to put in different conditions, settings and combinations, as well as plans to help get you started. I've used it over and over and have given copies to numerous friends.
Rating: 5
Summary: Used over and over!
Comment: This book offers everything a gardener in the northeast needs to easily plan, design, plant, and maintain wonderful landscaping.
The bulk of the book offers design plans--photos & drawings of landscaped areas, together with a description of each of the plants shown and a mapped-out grid to assist you in recreating the design in your own garden. Substitute plantings are suggested, and in most places the design is shown as it appears in different seasons. And the designs are DEFINITELY not difficult to follow! So many gardening books offer plans that I couldn't hope to recreate--this book stands out for its ease of use.
Examples of the twenty-three different designs: 1) Enclosing a patio with foliage & flowers; 2) creating a welcoming walkway to your front door; 3) enhancing your curbside strip; 4) using a two-tier garden to replace a short slope; 5) creating a no-mow slope; 6) creating a shady hideaway; and 7) fitting a formal garden into your backyard.
I planted one of their designs myself--"A Neighborly Corner." I was worried about how to define the corner lot line of my odd-shaped lot, especially since I live in a neighborhood with few fences and no obvious divisions between properties. My next-door neighbors love what I did, and several others have stopped to ask what the various plants are so they can try them in their own gardens.
Even if you don't have large areas to plant, but merely want to fill in holes in your garden or improve the overall look of your property, this book is wonderful. The last 25 pages of the book consist of plant profiles, all of which work wonderfully in the chilly northeast. And there are several sections on designing walkways, building trellises, planting basics, etc.
I found this book to be well worth the price, and several of my neighbors have gone out to buy their own copies after borrowing mine. I've used it over and over and recommend it without hesitation.
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Title: Sunset Northeastern Landscaping Book by Kenneth Druse, Ken Druse, Sunset Books ISBN: 037603520X Publisher: Sunset Pub Co Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Northeastern Garden Book by Anne Halpin, Sunset Publishing ISBN: 0376035242 Publisher: Sunset Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: New England Gardener's Guide : by Jacqueline Heriteau, Holly Hunter Stonehill ISBN: 1930604491 Publisher: Cool Springs Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Home Landscaping : Secrets for Selection and Care by Jacqueline Heriteau ISBN: 1580110525 Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press Pub. Date: 28 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: New Complete Guide to Landscaping: Design, Plant, Build (Better Homes and Gardens(R)) by Better Homes and Gardens, Better Homes and Gardens, Todd A. Steadman ISBN: 0696208504 Publisher: Meredith Books Pub. Date: 15 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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