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| Seasons in Your Landscape |
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| As Your Landscape Grows |
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20 | (4) |
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Greet visitors with classic symmetry |
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This planting lets you put your best foot forward |
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Plant a foundation garden |
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Make a pleasant passage to your front door |
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Garden geometry transforms a small front yard |
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A terraced planting transforms a steep site |
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40 | (4) |
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Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants |
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44 | (4) |
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Give your curbside strip a new look |
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48 | (4) |
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Two-tier garden replaces a short slope |
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52 | (4) |
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Provide a perennial setting for the daily mail |
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56 | (4) |
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Reclaim a narrow side yard for a shade garden |
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60 | (2) |
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Create beautiful access to the front and rear yards |
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Simple structure and planting make a handsome entry |
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Make a back-door garden for a sheltered niche |
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This retreat is mostly for your own enjoyment |
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Dress up the family's day-to-day entrance |
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78 | (2) |
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Paint a picture with plants |
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80 | (4) |
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A vertical garden beautifies a blank wall |
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84 | (4) |
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Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard |
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88 | (4) |
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Enclose a patio with foliage and flowers |
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92 | (2) |
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Create an intimate, plant covered nook |
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A Big Splash with a Small Pond |
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94 | (4) |
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Add an extra dimension to your landscape |
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98 | (4) |
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Create an island bed attractive from every side |
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102 | (4) |
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Create an intimate, plant-covered nook |
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106 | (4) |
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Create a wooded retreat in your backyard |
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110 | (4) |
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Create a cozy garden in a cool spot |
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114 | (4) |
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Harmonize your deck with its surroundings |
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118 | (2) |
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Enhance the look of your deck with landscaping |
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120 | (4) |
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Fit a formal garden into your backyard |
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124 | (4) |
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Create a shrub border of nearby woods |
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128 | (26) |
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Descriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them |
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130 | (24) |
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154 | (60) |
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156 | (2) |
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Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation; how to organize them for best results |
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158 | (2) |
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Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material |
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Making Paths and Walkways |
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160 | (6) |
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How to choose materials, prepare the base, install edgings, and lay the surface |
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166 | (2) |
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Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths; ensuring proper drainage |
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168 | (4) |
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Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell, and growing pond plants |
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Building a Retaining Wall |
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172 | (4) |
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How to lay out, excavate, and assemble a precast modular wall system and steps |
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Fences, Arbors, and Trellises |
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Everything you need to know to construct fences, trellises, and arbors, including plans for building them, shown in the Portfolio of Designs |
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Preparing the Soil for Planting |
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How to dig and improve the soil, and how to create edging for beds |
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196 | (1) |
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Where to go, what to buy, how to get the best quality and price |
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197 | (2) |
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When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing; annuals as fillers |
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199 | (2) |
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Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs |
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201 | (4) |
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Mulches and fertilizers; controlling weeds; watering |
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205 | (5) |
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Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses; how to make a hedge |
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210 | (2) |
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Routine care, pruning, and dividing |
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212 | (2) |
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Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases; winter damage |
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| Glossary |
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214 | (2) |
| Index |
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216 | (7) |
| Credits |
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