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  • New Landscaping Ideas that Work

Create the outdoor living space of your dreams! The design possibilities for outdoor spaces, from front and side yards to backyards, are endless, and New Landscaping Ideas that Work is your best source of inspired design ideas, practical solutions, and expert buying advice for landscaping your own property. This NEW edition includes up-to-date case studies, along with the latest photos, site plans, technical information, and sidebars that feature popular residential outdoor design elements such as fire pits, outdoor kitchens, decks, and shade structures.

About the Author: Julie Moir Messervy is the author of Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love and Outside the Not So Big House with Sarah Susanka. Julie and her studio, JMMDS, are committed to bringing expert landscape design to homeowners everywhere, with their award-winning design services and Home Outside online service. Visit jmmds.com.

Additional Information
Cover 138
Publication Year 2018
Photos 350
Drawings 20
Isbn 978-1-63186-850-4
Author Julie Moir Messervy
Dimensions No
Pages 224
Format Paperback
Toc CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1
Designing Your Landscape
Get Started
Foreground, Middle Ground, Background
Create a Wish List

Chapter 2
Spaces that Work
Making Space
Front Yards
A Family Play Yard
A Gated Garden
Side Yards
Backyards
Driveways and Garages
A Shared Driveway

Chapter 3
Open-Air Rooms
Getting Some Air
Porches
Decks
Outdoor Living at Its Best
Patios
Paying Options
Clean Lines, Bold Design
Lawns
Pools
Shed and Outbuildings
A Potting Shed
Shade Structures
Protection from the Sun

Chapter 4
Walls, Fences and Hedges
Enclosures
Walls
Wall Materials
Fences
Giving Structure to the Garden
Hedges
Gateways
Railings
Edging
Finished Edges

Chapter 5
Paths and Walkways
Paths and Passage
Paths Underfoot
Multiple Pathways
Path Materials
Steps and Stairs
Bridges

Chapter 6
Plantings
Planting Schemes
Bed Layouts
A Beautiful Rain Garden
Trees and Shrubs<
A Backyard Retreat
A Cream and Lime Garden
Climbers
Perennials
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
A Grassy Xeriscape
Ground Covers
Bulbs
Annuals
Containers
An Abundant Garden
Edibles

Chapter 7
Details in the Landscape
Delighting in the Details
Frames<
Focal Points
A Swimming Pond
Fire and Water
Furniture
Lighting
Party Central

Credits
Index
Intro No

New Landscaping Ideas that Work

  • by Julie Moir Messervy
  • Paperback
  • Product Code: TP-FGN74071620
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