| About This Book |
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| As Your Landscape Grows |
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12 | (2) |
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16 | (4) |
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Make a pleasant passage to your front door |
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20 | (4) |
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Offer a gracious welcome year-round |
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Make an entry courtyard without walls |
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28 | (4) |
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Create a front garden of striking foliage |
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32 | (4) |
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Fit a pleasing "green" skirt to your home |
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36 | (4) |
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Turn a small front yard into a welcoming garden |
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40 | (4) |
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Garden geometry transforms a small front yard |
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44 | (4) |
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A front garden invites relaxation |
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48 | (4) |
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Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants |
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52 | (4) |
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Add interest to a very public part of your property |
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56 | (4) |
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Give your curbside strip a new look |
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60 | (4) |
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Make a gem of a garden in an unlikely spot |
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64 | (4) |
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A two-tiered garden replaces a bland slope |
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68 | (4) |
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A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site |
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72 | (4) |
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Climbing plants and imagination make a lot of garden in a little space |
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76 | (4) |
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Build a cozy retreat in a comer of your yard |
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80 | (4) |
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Create a charming spot in your yard |
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84 | (4) |
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Build a cozy getaway in a corner of your yard |
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88 | (4) |
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Patio and shady arbor provide open-air opportunities |
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92 | (4) |
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Make a fresh-air family center with plantings and privacy |
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96 | (4) |
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A double arbor multiplies open-air possbilities |
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100 | (4) |
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Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends |
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104 | (4) |
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Make a water garden the focus of a natural landscape |
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108 | (4) |
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Flowers and a fence offer a traditional design |
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112 | (4) |
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Flowers and a wall make a distinctive display |
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116 | (4) |
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Create a shrub border for nearby woods |
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120 | (4) |
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A terraced garden transforms a steep site |
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124 | (4) |
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Retaining walls create gardening opportunities |
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128 | (4) |
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Front yard evokes the prairie |
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132 | (4) |
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Recliam a narrow side yard for a stroll garden |
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136 | (4) |
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A neglected side yard can become a showplace |
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140 | (4) |
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Create a freestanding patio garden |
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144 | (4) |
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Harmonize your deck with its surroundings |
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148 | (4) |
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Woody plants create a private retreat |
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152 | (4) |
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Extend a friendly desert welcome |
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156 | (4) |
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Greet visitors with shade, water and striking plants |
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160 | (4) |
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Make the most out of a small, frost-free lot |
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164 | (4) |
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Shrubs and trees create multiple garden rooms |
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168 | (4) |
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Plantings enhance your swimming pool |
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172 | (4) |
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Drought-tolerant plants frame a backyard oasis |
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176 | (4) |
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A woodland deck is surrounded by shrubs |
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180 | (4) |
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Arbor, fence, andp plantings make an inviting entry |
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184 | (66) |
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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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250 | (58) |
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252 | (2) |
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Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation; how to organize them for best results |
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254 | (2) |
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Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material |
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256 | (2) |
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Water-wise practices; watering systems |
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Making Paths and Walkways |
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258 | (6) |
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Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface |
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264 | (2) |
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Employing the same materials and tecniques as for walks and paths; ensuring proper drainage |
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266 | (4) |
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Siting, excavating, insatlling a flexible liner or fiberglass shell; growing pond plants |
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Building a Retaining Wall |
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270 | (4) |
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Laying Out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps |
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Fences, Arbors, and Trellises |
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274 | (12) |
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Wood selection, layout, post setting, basic construction; plans for building the fences, trellises, and arbors shown in the Portfolio of Designs |
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Preparing the Soil for Planting |
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286 | (4) |
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Digging and improving the soil; edging for beds |
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290 | (1) |
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Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price |
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291 | (2) |
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When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing annuals as fillers |
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293 | (2) |
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Plants in contianers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs |
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295 | (4) |
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Mulches and fertilizers; controlling weeds; watering |
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299 | (5) |
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Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses; making a hedge |
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304 | (2) |
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Routine care, pruning, dividing |
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306 | (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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308 | (2) |
| Index |
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310 | (8) |
| Landscape Designers |
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318 | (1) |
| Photo Credits |
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