Useful for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, this book contains information on rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. It focusses on garden maintenance work on blocks of flats and individual houses, schools and sports fields, garden makeovers, and,[...]

Elegantly organized by season, this lyrical yet practical guide to backyard restoration gardening celebrates the beauty, the challenges, and the rewards of growing native plants at home. Judith Larner Lowry, winner of the prestigious John Burroughs award, here builds on themes from her best-selling [...]

Packed with all-new material from the editors of "Better Homes and Gardens" books, this complete landscaping guide has everything you need to know transform your yard. Over 700 stunning photographs and 100 complete step-by-step projects show you how to improve grading, plant successfully, build a de[...]

What can we do, right now, in our own landscapes, to help solve climate change? Predictions about future effects of climate change range from mild to dire - but we're already seeing warmer winters, hotter summers, and more extreme storms. Proposed solutions often seem expensive and complex, and can[...]

Create an Oasis describes how to choose, build, and use a simple greywater system (some can be completed in an afternoon for less than $50). Going deeper, it explains how to integrate efficient fixtures, user habits, plant selection and location, rainwater, greywater, and freshwater irrigation for y[...]

LANDSCAPING: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES, 7th Edition, provides the basic knowledge and industry information needed to be successful in the field of landscape design and architecture. Focusing on three areas of professional practice; design, contracting, and management, traditional topics such as design,[...]

While interest in sustainable food practices is spreading, for urban dwellers who dont have much space or suburbanites who arent ready to rip out the front lawn and replace it with hills of potatoes, growing any significant amount of food can seem like an impossible endeavour. But it doesnt have to [...]

Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. More and more Americans are looking to grow clean, delicious produce at home, saving money and natural resources at the[...]

Just in time for planting comes this profusely illustrated, immensely practical, and very different approach to gardening-fit for novices and seasoned green thumbs alike.

Most homeowners design their gardens as little decorative plots set amid expanses of green lawn. Europeans, on the oth[...]

This title provides homeowners with design strategies for combining elements of their garden. It offers practical design advice as well as over 350 innovative ideas. It includes strategies for designing more sustainable landscapes and gardens. Landscaping often involves the harmonious design of many[...]

Fruit trees, shrubs, and vines are true two-for-one plants. Many varieties are beautiful -- well suited to double duty as sources of delicious food and ornamental additions to the home landscape. "Luscious landscaping," as author Lee Reich calls it, brings fruit-bearing plants to front and back yard[...]