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Summary
Summary
Midwest Home Landscaping, Including Southern Canada , shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. After presenting 46 design variations, the book explains how to install and care for the plants, ponds, walls, and fences involved in the landscape designs. Plants that are proven performers in the Midwest are used in the designs and described in full detail. Step-by-step instructions provide the essential knowledge to tackle each project.
US: IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI
Canada: Ontario (southern)
Author Notes
Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, and produced the seven-book regional landscaping series of which this book is part.
Rita Buchanan is a lifelong gardener with degrees in botany and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants. She worked with Roger Holmes to edit Fine Gardening magazine and co-edit several books, including Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening . She is the author of numerous award-winning books and is a contributor to many gardening magazines.
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Library Journal Review
Your yard is a blank canvas just waiting for inventive design and plantings. Enter Holmes (founding editor, Fine Gardening magazine), horticultural consultant and photographer Buchanan (A Weaver's Garden), and Walheim (Citrus), who offer a succession of possible landscaping designs in this neat and polished series. Simple projects such as fencing, arbors, and pathways are logically and clearly illustrated. Each volume is broken down into three parts-"Design Portfolio," "Guide to Installations," and "Plant Portraits"-and each features approximately 50 designs, 200 plants, and 430 photos and paintings. Selection and seasonal care are individualized for the region. These lovely volumes are revisions, with first editions published between 1998 and 2001. Highly recommended but purchase according to your location. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| About This Book | p. 8 |
| Seasons in Your Landscape | p. 12 |
| As Your Landscape Grows | p. 16 |
| Portfolio Of Designs | |
| First Impressions | p. 20 |
| Make a pleasant passage to your front door A Step Up | p. 24 |
| Plant a foundation garden Up Front and Formal | p. 28 |
| Garden geometry transforms a small front yard Angle of Repose | p. 32 |
| Make a back-door garden in a sheltered niche A Neighborly Corner | p. 36 |
| Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants Streetwise and Stylish | p. 40 |
| Give your curbside strip a new look Landscaping a Low Wall | p. 44 |
| A colorful two-tier garden replaces a bland slope "Around Back" | p. 48 |
| Dress up the family's day-to-day entrance Beautify a Blank Wall | p. 52 |
| Paint a picture with plants A Shady Hideaway | p. 56 |
| Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard Create a "Living" Room | p. 60 |
| A patio garden provides privacy and pleasure A Big Splash with a Small Pond | p. 64 |
| Add an extra dimension to your landscape Garden in the Round | p. 68 |
| Create a planting with several attractive faces A Beginning Border | p. 72 |
| Flowers and a fence make a traditional design Back to Nature | p. 76 |
| Create a wooded retreat in your backyard Make a No-Mow Slope | p. 80 |
| A terraced planting transforms a steep site A Pleasant Passage | p. 88 |
| Reclaim a narrow side yard for a shade garden Down to Earth | p. 92 |
| Harmonize your deck with its surroundings A Woodland Link | p. 96 |
| Create a shrub border for nearby woods Gateway Garden | p. 100 |
| Striking structure and plants make a handsome entry A Pleasing Postal Planting | p. 104 |
| Provide a perennial setting for the daily mail Elegant Symmetry | p. 108 |
| Add a formal touch to your backyard | |
| Guide To Installation | |
| Organizing Your Project | p. 114 |
| Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation | |
| How to organize them for best results | |
| Clearing the Site | p. 116 |
| Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material | |
| Making Paths and Walkways | p. 118 |
| Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface | |
| Laying a Patio | p. 124 |
| Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths | |
| Ensuring proper drainage | |
| Installing a Pond | p. 126 |
| Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell | |
| Growing pond plants | |
| Building a Retaining Wall | p. 130 |
| Laying out |
