You're no idiot, of course. You know that grass needs sun and water and care. So why does your house appear to be sitting in the middle of the Dust Bowl? Don't call the Astroturf salesman yet; help is on the way! The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Beautiful Lawn is your one-stop reference for creating the lawn of your dreams! Here you'll learn about the parts of the grass plant, the best ways to start a new lawn, proper soil care--and even the art of baseball stadium--quality lawn mowing. Author Maureen Gilmer walks you through every aspect of turf care, from proper watering to integrating a sports court onto your lawn. No stone is left unturned in this comprehensive, fun, and infinitely useful guide. Here's what you get:

Complete Idiot's Guide to a Beautiful Lawn (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gilmer, Maureen

Gardening & Landscape Design

Alpha

Gardening guru Maureen Gilmer offers design ideas that translate well into any garden for every budget--even a postage-stamp backyard or terrace can become an urban oasis of water and color. Amazing before-and-after shots prove that garden fantasies can--and have--become reality.

Gaining Ground : Dramatic Landscaping Solutions to Reclaim Lost Garden Spaces

McGraw=Hill

Tells how to save money on garden supplies, suggests economical ways to improve the soil and provide water, and gives advice on shopping for plants, using recycled materials, and obtaining free services

The Budget Gardener: Twice the Garden for Half the Price

Penguin??Books

Budget gardening expert Maureen Gilmer has just the book for anyone who is tired of looking out the window at the same boring plants. Regardless of size or ambition, here is much-needed help on planning the gardening project, getting organized, creating a design that matches the space, and more. With the aid of this easy-to-follow book, by the end of the year--or even the season--every gardener's efforts will pay off.

Makeovers from the Budget Gardener: Transforming Your Garden in Just One Season

365 daily plant and garden celebrations Each page of this beautifully designed daybook celebrates the gifts of soil, air, water, and stone. In the pages of The Gardener's Way, Maureen Gilmer invites the reader for a daily stroll into a spiritual garden. Quotations on the wonders of nature and botanical beauty provide a source of inspiration for every day of the year. There are plants dedicated to special days, plus practical day-by-day advice for growing a garden rich in meaning as well as in beauty.

The Gardener's Way : A Daybook of Acts and Affirmations

Contemporary Books

Gardening guru Maureen Gilmer offers design ideas that translate well into any garden for every budget -- even a postage-stamp backyard or terrace can become an urban oasis of water and color. Amazing before-and-after

Gaining Ground: Dramatic Landscaping Solutions to Reclaim Lost Garden Spaces

The first in-depth exploration of bringing water into contemporary garden design Written for gardeners and homeowners, Water Works is a rich source of ideas and techniques if you wish to incorporate water features into your home landscape. It covers everything from ponds, waterfalls, and streams to fountains, pools, and spas. Gloriously illustrated with on-site photographs, these colorful pages show how water--tranquil, sensuous, or playful--can set the tone for your entire landscape. This unique gardening book explains how to successfully blend new water features into an existing garden environment and offers specific planting recommendations for a variety of water sites. Important design, mechanical, and safety information is also included.

Water Works: Creating a Splash in the Garden

Glassman, Michael

A book blending gardening wisdom and spiritual insight includes plant features, meditations, relevant Scripture passages, timely gardening information, simple prayers, inspirational gardening quotes, bits of nature folklore, features on religious festivals and holidays, and biographical profiles of renowned religious botanists. Original.

God in the Garden: A Week-by-Week Journey through the Christian Year

Religion & Spirituality

Loyola Pr

This colorfully-illustrated and detailed gardening guide explains every phase of northern California gardening with useful tips to get the most our of your garden.

The Complete Guide to Northern California Gardening

Taylor Trade Publishing

Offers advice for landscaping with fire-resistant plants, planning the construction and siting of a home, maintaining plants and equipment, and coping with a wildfire

California Wildfire Landscaping

Taylor Pub

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