Landscaping

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"As families spend more time at home, they're expanding their living space to their yards, decks, and patios. When you're ready to upgrade the look of your landscape, Landscaping For Dummies offers advice on installing fences and walkways, choosing hardy plants and trees, and enhancing natural habitats for the critters and creatures lurking in your neighborhood. You'll find out how to make your backyard a relaxing retreat space and discover the enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from working…

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Title Statements

Full title :Landscaping / by Teri Dunn Chace, editors of the National Gardening Association, Philip Giroux, Bob Beckstrom, Lance Walheim ; contributions by Michael MacCaskey, Bill Marken, Sally Roth.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2022
Edition:2nd edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons,Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2022

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Includes index.

"Learning made easy"--Cover.

"Choose trees, flowers, shrubs, and more ; plan a landscape design that fits your home and lifestyle ; install a deck, patio, and other outdoor structures" -- Cover.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 416 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color), color maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781119853480, 1119853486
oclc:on1303222500
LC Classification:SB473
Dewey Decimal:635.9

Introduction -- Part 1 : getting started with landscaping. Designing your landscape : the birth of your design -- Thinking like a designer -- Forming a working plan : getting serious about your design -- Part 2 : building hardscape into your yard. Taming your site -- Dealing with water -- All things fences, walls, and gates -- Creating paths and walkways -- Constructing decks -- Building patios -- Enhancing your landscape -- Part 3 : the planting o' the green. Barking up the right tree -- Bulking up with shrubs and vines -- Adding color and texture this seasons with annuals -- Striving for long-lasting beauty with perennials and bulbs -- Including succulents and containers for more color and texture -- Covering lots of ground -- Part 4 : outside factors you can and can't control. Maintaining your landscape -- Dealing with critters, weeds, and other common problems -- Coping with mother nature and weather -- Part 5 : Time to add flair to your landscape. Contemplating plans for special situations -- Considering theme landscapes -- Part 6 : the part of tens. Ten ways to make your surroundings unique -- Ten ways to a greener landscape -- Appendix A : landscaping resources -- Appendix …

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Do-it-yourself work Gardening GARDENING -- Landscape GARDENING -- Lawns Guides et manuels Handbooks and manuals HOUSE & HOME -- Outdoor & Recreational … Jardins -- Architecture Landscape architecture Landscape gardening Outdoor living spaces