California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition (Creative Homeowner) Over 400 Color Photos & Illustrations, 200 Plants for the Region, & 48 Outdoor Designs to Make Your Landscape More Attractive & Functional

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.-- "Library Journal" Book Description Collection of 48 designs created by area landscape professionals, with over 200 plants that are proven performers and more than 450 color photos and drawings. Also shows how to install and care for plants, paths, fences, walls. Covers the entire state of California. CALIFORNIA HOME LANDSCAPING 48 designs created by landscape professionals specifically for California—featuring creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more 48 designs created by landscape professionals specifically for California—featuring creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for your region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for your region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations Praise for the Home Landscaping Series "... 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." —Elanore Lewis, Woman's Day Garden Planner & Practical Guide "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 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. Lance Walheim lives in California and has authored or contributed to more than 30 gardening books, including Lawns for Dummies , Roses for Dummies , The Natural Rose Gardener , and Citrus . He has also been a staff editor at Sunset magazine. Read more