landscape gardening

Create your dream garden, step-by-step, with real help from the Pros! Offers simple steps to enhance your home and yard. From mapping your property and understanding irrigation, to installing patios and simple water gardens, you'll learn step-by-step, how to landscape like a pro.

Provides photographs and descriptions of more than six hundred species of trees native to North America. Lists the characteristics and optimal growing conditions for each species presented and suggests the best trees for landscaping purposes.

Full-color illustrated photographs explain how to develop a landscape design that links indoor space with outdoor living.

Offers advice on how to select the appropriate size, shape, and type of tree to fit various landscape sites and climates; discusses aspects of tree planting and care; and includes a selection and growing guide.

A guide to designing a mixed garden that provides information on design fundamentals, color combinations, translating designs from paper to reality, and other related topics.