Landscaping For Dummies: Edition 2
About this ebook
As families spend more time at home, they're expanding their living space to their yards, decks, and patios. When you're ready to upgrade the look of your landscape, Landscaping For Dummies offers advice on installing fences and walkways, choosing hardy plants and trees, and enhancing natural habitats for the critters and creatures lurking in your neighborhood. You'll find out how to make your backyard a relaxing retreat space and discover the enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from working in your yard.
Landscaping For Dummies includes:
- Lists of recommended plants and varieties, including the best ones for privacy plantings, low-maintenance groundcovers, and small gardens
- Advice on how to deal with special landscaping concerns, including fire-prone areas, bee and butterfly gardens, and drought-tolerant and native landscapes
- Instructions on installing permanent features like decks, patios, fences, and more
- Pointers on how to water more efficiently, including the latest tools and technologies that can save you time
With a little bit of planning and some digging, trimming, or planting, you'll be set to enjoy your yard whenever the mood strikes. Let Landscaping For Dummies be your guide to making the most of your outdoor space.
About the author
The National Gardening Association is the leading garden-based educational organization in the USA. Visit http://garden.org.
Teri Dunn Chace has more than 35 books in publication, including the 2016 AHS award-winner Seeing Seeds. She’s also written and edited extensively for major consumer gardening/outdoor-living publications (Horticulture, North American Gardener, Backyard Living, Birds and Blooms) and is presently the garden-and-nature columnist for the award-winning “Bottom Line Personal” newsletter.
