Beginner's Guide to Garden Planning and Design: 50 Simple Gardening Ideas for Adding Style & Personality to Your Outdoor Space - Couverture souple

Yoest, Helen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1580116086 ISBN 13 : 9781580116084

Editeur : Creative Homeowner Press,U.S., 2024

Synopsis

Get all the inspiration you need to plan and design your first garden!

• Everything to consider when thinking about a small container project for your deck or a major rework of your backyard
• How to support pollinators, protect the environment, and attract wildlife, what to plan and when, and how to bring personality to your space
• Container gardens, herb, moss, rock, and vegetable gardens, fountains and ponds, retaining walls, and more
• Forward by P. Allen Smith, gardener, horticulturalist, conservationist, and host of two of PBS series, Garden Home and Garden to Table
• New edition in a larger format with updated images and a fresh design

Gardeners are generally always looking for inspiration. In the forward this helpful gardening book, 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!

Inside this book, easy-to-follow sections are divided into four basic priorities to consider 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, plus a chapter on creating a sustainable garden environment where plants and animals can live together. You'll also learn about the importance of selecting the perfect space and sketching out your plan first, how to use containers effectively, how to think about fragrance in your garden, and 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, with Planning & Designing Your First Garden!

"Helen isn't interested in impressing readers with how much she knows. Rather she's concerned with readers impressing themselves with how much they can accomplish once they believe they can."
—Steve Bender, senior writer for Southern Living magazine

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Creative Homeowner Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1580116086
• ISBN 13: 9781580116084
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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