Beginner's Guide to Garden Planning and Design
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Beginner's Guide to Garden Planning and Design

50 Simple Gardening Ideas for Adding Style & Personality to Your Outdoor Space

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Beginner's Guide to Garden Planning and Design

50 Simple Gardening Ideas for Adding Style & Personality to Your Outdoor Space

About this book

Gardeners are generally always looking for inspiration. In the forward of Planning & Designing Your First Garden: 50 Ways to Add Style for Personal Creativity, P. Allen Smith states, "Helen has outlined 50 ways to add style to express one's personal creativity in the garden--when in fact her 50 will inspire at least 50 more ideas." Rather than force her own creative ideas on you, author, gardener, and horticulturalist, Helen Yoest teaches you to recognize and act on your own creativity. Easy to follow sections are divided into four basic priorities when thinking about your garden: Garden Basics, Garden Styles, Garden Elements and Your Garden Environment. Chapters include how to create rhythm, scale, and balance along with curb appeal to shape your owns ideas as well as a chapter on creating a sustainable garden environment where plants and animals can live together. Also learn about the importance of selecting the perfect space and sketching out your plan first, how to use containers effectively, as well as how to incorporate other features including water, walkways and walls. Let your imagination go wild and create an amazing space that will give back season after season!

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Information

Publisher
Creative Homeowner
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781580116084
eBook ISBN
9781637413333
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Horticulture
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. Carving Out Space
  7. Chapter 2. Sketch Your Idea
  8. Chapter 3. Prepare a Plan
  9. Chapter 4. View from the Inside
  10. Chapter 5. Rhythm, Scale, and Balance
  11. Chapter 6. Curb Appeal
  12. Chapter 7. Style
  13. Chapter 8. Bulbs
  14. Chapter 9. Container Gardens
  15. Chapter 10. Cottage and Country Gardens
  16. Chapter 11. Formal and Informal Gardens
  17. Chapter 12. Gardens Out Front
  18. Chapter 13. Herb Gardens
  19. Chapter 14. Moss Gardening
  20. Chapter 15. Rock Gardening
  21. Chapter 16. Vegetable Gardens
  22. Chapter 17. Wildlife Gardens
  23. Chapter 18. Adding Color to Your Garden
  24. Chapter 19. Fence Follies
  25. Chapter 20. Creating a Focal Point
  26. Chapter 21. Movement In the Garden
  27. Chapter 22. Sound
  28. Chapter 23. Privacy
  29. Chapter 24. Garden Seating
  30. Chapter 25. Accenting Your Garden with Art
  31. Chapter 26. Arbors
  32. Chapter 27. Covered Porches
  33. Chapter 28. Garden Bed Edging
  34. Chapter 29. Foundation Plantings
  35. Chapter 30. Water—Fountains and Ponds
  36. Chapter 31. Fragrance in the Garden
  37. Chapter 32. Garden Gates
  38. Chapter 33. Level Changes
  39. Chapter 34. Layers of Light
  40. Chapter 35. Mailbox Gardens
  41. Chapter 36. The Garden Path
  42. Chapter 37. Retaining Walls
  43. Chapter 38. Garden House
  44. Chapter 39. Trellises
  45. Chapter 40. Kids in the Garden
  46. Chapter 41. Attracting Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
  47. Chapter 42. Critter Control
  48. Chapter 43. Energy Conservation
  49. Chapter 44. Gardening for the Seasons
  50. Chapter 45. Layering the Landscape
  51. Chapter 46. Ideas for Reducing Lawn
  52. Chapter 47. Simply Sustainable
  53. Chapter 48. Water-Wise Gardening
  54. Chapter 49. Time
  55. Chapter 50. Gardening with Confidence
  56. Acknowledgments
  57. About The Author

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