Learn how to incorporate the stunning beauty of natural stone into your home landscape! <ul>
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Over 290 beautiful photos of the latest stone designs</li> <li>
More than 40 illustrations to guide the do-it-yourselfer</li> <li>
Surprisingly easy stone projects you can include in your landscape</li> <li>
Helpful tips and instruction on some of the most popular stone projects, including patios, walls, and rock gardens</li> </ul>
Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition is a combination landscape design and project book in one, and this Second Edition has been updated with all new photographs. The first section of the book will provide you with a framework for incorporating stone in your landscape designs, including a look at the different types of stone used in landscapes, sources of inspiration, and ways to think about stone in relation to other landscape elements. The second part will provide you with tips on working with stone, from transporting to cutting and setting. There is also step-by-step instruction on some of the most popular stone projects, including patios, walls, and rock gardens. With over 300 photographs and illustrations, this guide for the DIYer with teach you the basics of designing and working with different types of stone in walkways, patios, retaining walls, rock gardens, steps, and much more! Chapters include: <ul>
<li>Designing with Stone</li> <li>Planning Your Project</li> <li>Stone as a Building Material</li> <li>Paths &amp; Walkways</li> <li>Stone Patios</li> <li>Landscape Steps</li> <li>Stone &amp; Water Features</li> <li>Setting Large Stones</li> <li>Rock Gardens</li> <li>Freestanding Walls</li> <li>Retaining Walls</li> </ul>

Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition: Create Patios, Walkways, Walls, and Other Landscape Features (Creative Homeowner) Over 300 Photos & Illustrations; Learn to Plan, Design, & Work with Natural Stone

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Landscaping

Sagui, Pat

Gardening & Landscape Design

Design Originals

Whether readers are deciding on the type of pond that best suits their wants and needs or trying to decide whether a stream or a waterfall fits better into their landscape, Smart Guide: Ponds, Waterfalls &amp; Fountains has it all. Completely rewritten and packed with all-new full-color photographs and illustrations, this guide will help homeowners plan, build, and maintain their water feature with step-by-step do-it-yourself sequences and easy-to-understand directions. Chapters cover everything from plant and fish selection to tips on choosing a spray or statuary fountain, how to install pond shells, digging out a watercourse and waterfall, and even adding accents such as bridges and stepping-stones to the backyard. For homeowners who can't wait to get started in the spring and want to show off their creativity, Smart Guide: Ponds, Waterfalls &amp; Fountains will not only help their project take off; it will instill the confidence to finish.

Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls (Smart Guide)

Editors Of Creative Homeowner

How-To

Get all the ideas and how-to information you need to integrate popular hardscape designs into your home landscape!
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Dozens of design ideas you can use in your yard</li>
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Over 500 photographs and how-to illustrations to help you improve your landscape</li>
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Easy-to-follow, step-by-step sequences on the most popular landscape projects</li>
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Tools &amp; materials lists for each project</li>
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Learn how to set pavers in a sand-and-gravel base</li>
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Create a new patio with tile or stone atop a mortar base</li>
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Build a wall that will stand the test of time</li>
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Designing the outside of the home adds to curb-side appeal, creates ambiance, and increases the value of your home. Ultimate Guide: Walks, Patios &amp; Walls provides the homeowner with all the information you need to integrate popular hardscape designs into the overall home landscape.
Included are ideas for brick, mortar, and concrete walks and patios; flagstone and tile patios; and brick and mortared stone walls. Lavish color photographs provide design inspiration, while the extensive how-to section provides easy-to-follow information.
With over 500 photos and illustrations, Ultimate Guide: Walks, Patios &amp; Walls contains all the design and technical information you need to enhance your landscape and outdoor living areas with walkways, patios, and garden walls.

Ultimate Guide: Walks, Patios & Walls (Creative Homeowner) Design Ideas with Step-by-Step DIY Instructions and More Than 500 Photos for Brick, Mortar, Concrete, Flagstone, & Tile (Ultimate Guides)

Discover inspiring ideas to make your Midwest home landscape more attractive and functional!
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46 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the Midwest</li>
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Over 200 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant &amp; maintain them</li>
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Over 470 photos and illustrations to help envision your results</li>
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Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises</li>
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Creative solutions for installing front &amp; back entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more</li>
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Midwest Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition shows you how to beautify common landscape situations—Midwest-style!
Inside, you'll find a collection of inspiring ideas for making your home landscape more attractive and functional. The 46 featured designs were created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 proven performers—all plants that thrive in the Midwest and south-central Canada. The book describes each plant in full detail, as well as how to install and care for them.
Included are detailed instructions for projects such as walkways, borders, patios, ponds, and arbors, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. Over 450 full-color photos, drawings, and paintings are complemented by easy step-by-step instructions that provide the essential knowledge to tackle each project and take the uncertainty out of gardening!
With Midwest Home Landscaping, your landscape will be in full bloom!
States covered include IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, and WI, plus southern Ontario.

Midwest Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition: Including South-Central Canada (Creative Homeowner) 46 Landscape Designs and Over 200 Plants & Flowers Best Suited to the Region, with Step-by-Step Instructions

Roger Holmes

Buchanan, Rita

Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition provides inspiring ideas for making the Mid-Atlantic home landscape more attractive and functional:
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46 designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the Mid-Atlantic region</li>
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Descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for the Mid-Atlantic region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them</li>
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Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises</li>
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Creative solutions for entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more</li>
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Starting with the 200 best plants that thrive in the region, area landscape professionals created 46 outdoor design concepts that you can work with.
More than 430 color photographs and drawings complement the easy-to-follow instructions for caring for and installing plants, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors.
 States: DE, NY (Long Island only), MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV

Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition (Creative Homeowner) 400+ Color Photos & Drawings, 200 Plants, & 46 Outdoor Design Concepts to Make Your Landscape More Attractive & Functional

Rita Buchanan

Roger Holmes Mr.

All the inspiration and information you need to create your own home water garden! <ul>
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Over 490 color photographs and illustrations provide inspiration and direction for constructing water garden structures</li> <li>
Easy step-by-step sequences and instructions for pond foundations, moving-water features, pond cleaning, troubleshooting, and more</li> <li>
Practical advice on every consideration of planning your water garden—size, style, light, location, climate, slopes, materials, configuration, and more</li> <li>
All types of home water gardens are covered, from naturalistic to formal, plus fountains, waterfalls, streams, and bog gardens</li> <li>
Aquatic plants, fish, and other pond inhabitants are covered in depth, from koi, tench, and frogs to herons, dragonflies, and snails, plus which nuisance insects to be on the alert for</li> <li>
Bridges and stepping-stones are included, with tools &amp; materials lists and design instructions</li> <li>
Find historical inspiration from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia, China, Japan, and Europe with an overview of water gardens throughout history</li> </ul>
Beautifully illustrated with over 490 lush photographs, Garden Ponds, Fountains &amp; Waterfalls for Your Home provides essential information on designing and installing all types of home water gardens, from naturalistic to formal, plus fountains, waterfalls, streams, and bog gardens. You'll learn how to construct each of these structures, as well as how to design wooden bridges and stepping-stones. You'll also find advice and plants for all regions, with special tips for gardens in extreme conditions, and zone charts. Expert author Kathleen Fisher was for 10 years the editor of The American Gardener, published by the American Horticultural Society. Her invaluable how-to information guide and comprehensive plant encyclopedia is great for new and seasoned gardeners alike. Garden Ponds, Fountains &amp; Waterfalls for Your Home will teach you all you need to know to create and maintain the water garden of your dreams!

Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home: Designing, Constructing, Planting (Creative Homeowner) Step-by-Step Sequences & Over 400 Photos to Landscape Your Garden with Water, Plants, & Fish

Kathleen Fisher

All the instruction and inspiration you need to landscape for four-season interest, color, and beauty! Learn how to:
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Select plants that will improve your property's appearance and value</li>
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Create harmony in design with the relationships of color, scale, and texture</li>
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Save money over the long term by selecting cultivars engineered for your conditions</li>
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Improve soil and growing conditions while planting and transplanting with confidence</li>
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Prune and shear plants for beauty and long life</li>
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Landscape professionals regard trees, shrubs, and hedges as the "bones," or essential framework, of any landscape design. The trick is to select the best plants for your growing conditions—plants that also look good together.
This comprehensive guide, Trees, Shrubs &amp; Hedges for Your Home shows you how to do that and more, while also providing descriptions of over 1,000 of the best plants: "Best" because they're beautiful, low-maintenance, pest- and disease-resistant, and available at local nurseries and home centers.
Full-color throughout, this book clearly illustrates all procedures with over 550 color photos and 165 illustrations, provides recommended plants for your climate and soil conditions, explains how to enhance outdoor living spaces with plantings, and provides easy installation and care tips.
No more guesswork—get the details and confidence you need to design a beautiful landscape, with Trees, Shrubs &amp; Hedges for Your Home!

Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home: Secrets for Selection and Care (Creative Homeowner) 1,000+ Plant Descriptions and 550 Photos - Design Your Landscape and Enhance Your Outdoor Space (Landscaping)

Find inspiring ideas to make your coastal home landscape more attractive and functional! <ul>
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38 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the southern U.S. coast</li> <li>
Over 160 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant &amp; maintain them</li> <li>
Over 350 photos and illustrations to help envision your results</li> <li>
Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises</li> <li>
Creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more</li> </ul>
Southern Coastal Home Landscaping shows you how to beautify common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. The 38 featured design variations are created by landscape professionals from the area and incorporate more than 160 region-specific plants that thrive in the demanding coastal environment of salt air, high winds, and other unique challenges found on the southern coast. Included are detailed instructions to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. 375 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by simple step-by-step instructions showing how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions explain planting and care, taking the uncertainty out of gardening. Southern Coastal Home Landscaping includes plants and designs for Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. With the help of this book, your landscape will be in full bloom! "This idea-filled book takes the guesswork out of landscaping so you can focus on the fun. Designs that work, great plants you can find, accurate instructions, and detailed drawings will help you succeed." —Nancy Beaubaire, former Editor, Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener

Southern Coastal Home Landscaping (Creative Homeowner) 38 Landscape Designs using Over 160 Plants Best Suited to the Salt Air of the AL, GA, FL, LA, MS, SC, & TX Coast, with 375 Photos & Illustrations

Pategas, Stephen G.

Pategas, Kristin

Find inspiring ideas to make your Texas or Oklahoma home landscape more attractive and functional!
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48 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for TX &amp; OK</li>
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Over 200 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant &amp; maintain them</li>
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Nearly 400 photos and illustrations to help envision your results</li>
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Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises</li>
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Creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more</li>
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Texas Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning book on landscaping Texas-style!
Inside, you'll find inspiring ideas for making your home landscape more attractive and functional. The 48 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 region-specific plants that thrive in Texas and Oklahoma.
Included are detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. Nearly 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions that take the uncertainty out of gardening.
With Texas Home Landscaping, both the Lone Star State and the Sooner State will be in full bloom!
"This idea-filled book takes the guesswork out of landscaping so you can focus on the fun. Designs that work, great plants you can find, accurate instructions, and detailed drawings will help you succeed." —Nancy Beaubaire, former Editor, Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener

Texas Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition: 48 Landscape Designs, 200+ Plants & Flowers Best Suited to the Region (Creative Homeowner) Gardening Ideas, Plans, and Outdoor DIY Projects for TX and OK

Grant, Greg

Creative Homeowner

Find inspiring ideas to make your home landscape more attractive and functional!
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54 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the Northeast U.S. and Southeast Canada</li>
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Over 200 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant &amp; maintain them</li>
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Nearly 400 photos and illustrations to help envision your results</li>
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Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises</li>
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Creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more</li>
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Northeast Home Landscaping shows you how to beautify 27 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios.
The 54 featured design variations are created by landscape professionals from the region and incorporate more than 200 region-specific plants that thrive in the Northeast U.S.
Included are detailed instructions to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans.
Nearly 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions showing how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions explain planting and care, taking the uncertainty out of gardening.
Northeast Home Landscaping includes plants and designs for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec.
With the help of this book, your landscape will be in full bloom!
"This idea-filled book takes the guesswork out of landscaping so you can focus on the fun. Designs that work, great plants you can find, accurate instructions, and detailed drawings will help you succeed." —Nancy Beaubaire, former Editor, Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener

Northeast Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition: Including Southeast Canada (Creative Homeowner) 54 Landscape Designs, 200+ Plants & Flowers Best Suited to CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT, NB, NS, ON, PE, & QC

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