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If you are planning a landscape project for your home— this is a very helpful book.
If you are doing it yourself – Learn professional-grade landscape design with simple, easy-to-understand terms that anyone can follow. Learn the secrets to great landscape design for any budget.
If you plan on hiring a landscape contractor – this book will give you the insight to select and evaluate the quality and experience of your contractor. After reading this book you will be armed with the knowledge to ask the right questions and give the right direction to ensure that you get what you really want.
97 color landscape photographs for design ideas.
Topics covered in the book:
1-Getting Started
Good planning can prevent costly mistakes. Learn the most important aspects of a landscape design.
2-Usable Space
The concept of space planning is introduced in this chapter. You will learn to examine the options for space planning to match your lifestyle.
3-How Much Design Do You Need?
Learn how to make scale drawings and prioritize the various elements of your design. The rough sketch process is covered here, too, which is possibly even more important.
4-Curves
Understand how to integrate curves into your design to create dazzling landscapes and patios.
5-The Concept of Matching
This chapter explains how to match the key elements in the landscape with each other and the surrounding buildings.
6-Proportion
An important landscape concept is Proportion; How do all of the elements in your landscape design relate to each other in size? You may be surprised!
7-Paving Materials
Learn about the various paving materials on the market and what to consider before making your decision.
8-Features, Accessories and The Personal Touch
Features are statues, waterfalls, custom lighting and much more. Understand what they are and how to use them in your design.
9-Following the Rules
This chapter covers permits, regulations and issues relating to Home Owners Associations. Check this out to prevent extra work and having to re-design.
10-Laying Out the Gardens
How to layout your planting spaces and understanding the concept of layering. Read this chapter before you make your plant choices.
11-Walking the Space
How will your design look from various angles in your yard? Walk the space and visualize, this Chapter will explain how to do it.
12-Plant Design Overview
How should you approach a plant design to get the best possible result?
13-Putting the Planting Plan Together
Which guidelines do the pros use to achieve that professional look?
14-Saving Water
Save money and water resources by understanding how much water you need for different parts of your landscape. Lots of tips on how to save water and still get the landscape look you really want.
15-The Actual Construction
What you need to understand about construction and prioritizing what to build in what order. This chapter helps avoid costly mistakes.
16-Reference Checklist
A complete checklist is provided to give you a reference for everything you need to consider for planning and construction.
About the Author:
Bruce Larsen has over 30 years of experience in landscape design and construction and has a long client list of Hollywood Celebrities, Executives and Professionals. He has served on the board of directors of the Ventura County Professional Landscape Association, received numerous awards for landscape design and building, and his company was just voted Best Landscape Company by the readers of the largest newspaper in the area.
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You CAN do it is the message of this book!! I’ve always lived in homes with gardens and it’s a big part of my life. I wish I’d found this book 20 years ago! This is what I was looking for! This book gives you all you need to know to design your garden and have it looking just the way you’ve always wanted! Even if doing the work is not for you, you find out how to pick someone who can do exactly what you want. And then how to keep it looking great from there on! I want to thank this author for making it easy and for finally writing a book that all of us who love beautiful yards and gardens can use to have exactly what we want!! Thank you so much!!
GREAT ADVICE This book really helps you with your landscape design journey. It walks you through, step by step, and helps you get up and running when you don’t know where to start. And the pictures are FANTASTIC! What excellent design work. I highly recommend getting this book if you need some landscape design advice or even if you already have someone else doing the design, you can learn and follow along to make sure you are getting your money’s worth.
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