Roger Holmes & Don Marshall 
Northwest Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition [EPUB ebook] 

NORTHWEST HOME LANDSCAPING
Table of Contents
About This Book 8 Seasons in Your Landscape 12 As Your Landscape Grows 16
PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS
First Impressions 20 • Make a pleasant passage to your front door
An Entry Oasis 24 • Extend a friendly desert welcome
A Foundation with Flair 26 • Flowers and foliage create a front garden
Fancy Foundation 30 • Create a striking entry garden
Up Front Informal 32 • Turn a small front yard into a welcoming garden
An Eye-Catching Corner 36 • Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants
Backyard Makeover 40 • Getting a lot out of a small, frost-free lot
Streetwise and Stylish 42 • Give your curbside strip a new look
Landscape a Low Wall 46 • A two-tiered garden replaces a bland slope
Beautify a Blank Wall 50 • A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site
A Shady Hideaway 54 • Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard
An Outdoor ‘Living’ Room 58 • A patio and shady arbor provide open-air opportunities
Formal Outdoor Living 62 • Create shady entertaining space on this formal patio
Splash Out 64 • Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends
Poolside Pleasures 68 • Plantings enhance your swimming pool
Garden in the Round 70 • Create a planting with several attractive faces
A Beginning Border 74 • Flowers and a fence make a carefree design
Year-In-Year-Out Border 78 • Perennials and a wall make a traditional design
A Woodland Link 80 • Create a shrub border for nearby woods
A No-Mow Slope 84 • A terraced garden transforms a steep site
Angle of Repose 88 • Make a backdoor garden in a sheltered niche
A Garden Path 92 • Reclaim a narrow side yard for a stroll garden
Down to Earth 96 • Harmonize your deck with its surroundings
Decked-Out Deck 100 • Make your deck an inviting gateway to the outdoors
Gateway Garden 102 • Arbor, fence, and plantings make an inviting entry
A Green Screen 106 • Hide bins for refuse and recycling with a fence, foliage, and flowers   Elegant Symmetry 110 • Make a formal garden for your backyard
Planting in the Pines 114 • Surround your woodland deck with flowering shrubs
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION
Organizing Your Project 118 • Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation. How to organize them for best results.
Clearing the Site 120 • Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material.
Water for Your Plants 122 • Water-wise practices. Watering systems.
Making Paths and Walkways 124 • Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface.
Laying a Patio 130 • Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths. Ensuring proper drainage.
Installing a Pond 132 • Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell. Growing pond plants.
Building a Retaining Wall 136 • Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps.
Fences, Arbors, and Trellises 140 • Wood selection, layout, post setting, basic construction. Plans for building the fences, trellises, and arbors shown in the Portfolio of Designs.
Preparing the Soil for Planting 158 • Digging and improving the soil. Edging for beds.
Buying Plants 162 • Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price.
The Planting Process 163 • When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing. Annuals as fillers.
Planting Basics 165 • Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs.
Basic Landscape Care 167 • Mulches and fertilizers. Controlling weeds. Watering.
Caring for Woody Plants 171 • Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses. Making a hedge.
Caring for Perennials 176 • Routine care, pruning, dividing.
Problem Solving 178 • Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases. Winter damage.

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