Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping
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Discover inspiring ideas for making your Mid-Atlantic home landscape more attractive and functional! 46 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the Mid-Atlantic region, each taking into consideration the unique climate and environment Over 200 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant and maintain them, plus which invasive species to avoid 400 photos and full-color illustrations of plants, gardens, and finished projects to help you envision your results Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises Creative solutions for entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more Updated edition includes information on native plants to support conservation, advice on updating your garden for the changing climate, and more This must-have guide is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning book in the regional home landscaping series that shows you how to enhance your Mid-Atlantic landscape. Inside, homeowners will find an inspiring collection of 46 outdoor design concepts to beautify and optimize your garden and landscape design, including front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. The featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and incorporate more than 200 region-specific plants that thrive in the Mid-Atlantic. Included are detailed instructions to caring for and installing the plants, and building the paths, fences, walls, arbors, trellises, and other structures that make up the designs, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. Over 400 full-color photos and drawings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions showing how to tackle each outdoor DIY project. Each plant profile contains a description and explains cultivation and care of the plant, taking the uncertainty out of gardening. The updated fourth edition of this complete landscaping guide includes up-to-date information on ecologically sound native plant selections, guidance on avoiding invasive plants, how to landscape in an unpredictable climate, updated terminology and current gardening practices throughout the book and in the glossary, and more! If you live in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Long Island, New York, Virginia, or West Virginia, this complete guide on how to landscape in your region is for you! "...like having a team of professional garden designers on hand." — Country Living Gardener "... you'll turn to these beautifully rendered design possibilities again and again." —Eleanore Lewis, Woman's Day Garden Planner & Practical Guide "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 "The Home Landscaping series takes the fear out of gardening by skillfully combining a wide range of attractive, dependable plants with clear, concise information on the techniques of gardening and easy-to-follow plans." —Thomas Fischer, Executive Editor, Horticulture Review: Gardening with local plants - Provided great insight regarding plants that will thrive in my region as well as recommended pairings to add depth and interest to my outdoor space. Review: Exactly what I needed - We just moved to West Virginia and are looking forward to establishing our new yard this coming year. This book was exactly what we needed to decide what to do as we are starting from scratch.
| Best Sellers Rank | #102,661 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #5 in Middle Atlantic Region Gardening #7 in Temperate Climate Gardening (Books) #9 in Propagation & Cultivation Gardening |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 36 Reviews |
R**N
Gardening with local plants
Provided great insight regarding plants that will thrive in my region as well as recommended pairings to add depth and interest to my outdoor space.
S**T
Exactly what I needed
We just moved to West Virginia and are looking forward to establishing our new yard this coming year. This book was exactly what we needed to decide what to do as we are starting from scratch.
N**.
Great detail information
It’s good landscaping book, just not what I was looking for. It’s filled with great detail about how to setup your own project’s.
J**.
Helpful
Lots of good information
S**.
Good info, but damaged
I like the contents of the book. It covers a lot of practical information for my location, and is going to be useful to me. Unfortunately, it arrived with some sort of brown paper or tape stuck across the front. I have no idea how that happened, because it came in one of Amazon's shipping envelopes, and there wasn't anything inside it that could have become stuck to the book's cover like this. It must have been messed up before it went into the shipping envelope. Since the book isn't going to be a gift, I can live with the damage, but really Amazon?!?? Do better! (And don't try telling me that my review won't be published because it doesn't meet your community standards, because this is *exactly* the sort of info your customers need, and is a fair and unbiased evaluation of my purchase.)
F**S
Thorough and easy to read.
Liked the planning and planting diagrams. The listing of plants with invasive species indicated is a good feature.
S**Y
Includes invasives as suggested plants
I glanced through this book while at the store. It has beautiful pictures, helpful tidbits on preparing the space and even how to build some key areas… such as a patio, an arbor and even a walking path. All terrific information. However, my intended purpose was from the 46 landscape designs. On many of the design proposals, not only are the plants not native to the area, they are invasive to the area. To the books credit, they are noted as being invasive. Why would these invasives be included in designs, then not even include options that are not invasive. Needless to say, I am very disappointed in this purchase. Not sure where to look next for native plant landscaping designs for the mid-Atlantic.
D**E
Irresponsible for authors to include invasive plants in their designs
Very disappointed that the authors include plants known to be invasive in their plans. While they indicate which plants are invasive, why did they include them at all? The beginning of the book starts out with an emphasis on preserving and protecting the environment, but invasive plants do just the opposite, pushing out native species and overwhelming them with plants that may not provide food for wildlife. Walk through the woods in the summer and you will be surrounded by Japanese barberry, spirea, multifloral roses, and other species. There are many alternative to these invasive plants. It's a shame the authors chose to include environmentally harmful plants in this book.
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