Landscape Planning: Practical Techniques for the Home Gardener - Hardcover

In this comprehensive guide, professional landscaper and horticulturalist Judith Adam guides homeowners with the overwhelming task of landscaping their property, from determining and balancing needs and wants, to choosing the best plants. How-to drawings, watercolor illustrations and more than 300 full color photographs simplify the process while bringing it to life, making the myriad choices to be made much easier.

Landscape Planning: Practical Techniques for the Home Gardener covers all the basics, from assessing the current state of a property to constructing steps to choosing plants at the nursery using the techniques used by professional landscapers. Adam includes more than 200 of her favorite plants, shrubs and trees, the outcome of her years of experience. With hands-on projects, expert tips and hints on every page, this book is a must-have guide for the homeowner.

Landscape Planning also includes:

25 fully illustrated step-by-step projects
59 full color watercolor illustrations
63 black and white how-to drawings
more than 20 fully illustrated Ten Best plant lists
a questionnaire to help prepare a plan and budget
numerous sidebars and panels
hardscaping: steps, sidewalks, fences, lighting
softscaping: plants, shrubs, trees and lawns
irrigation, planting, pests, soil, fertilizers
10 Elements of Landscape Design
10-point Assessment Survey
sample 4-year Plan
sequence of events in a landscaping makeover
how to make a landscape plan
10 steps to a better lawn
the 10 most necessary tools
glossary
appendices, and more.

Judith Adam is a horticulturalist, educator and landscape designer. She has served as chair of Toronto Master Gardeners and contributes to many magazines. Judith guests frequently on gardening shows presented by HGTV and Discovery networks. Other books by Judith include The New City Gardener, The Hungry Herb Gardener and High Performance Perennials.