Northeast Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition: Including Southeast Canada - Paperback

by Roger Holmes (Author), Rita Buchanan (Author)

Northeast Home Landscaping shows how to beautify 27 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. 54 design variations incorporate more than 200 of the best plants for the region. Readers also learn all they need to know to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs. Step-by-step instructions show how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions also explain planting and care.

Back Jacket

- 54 designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the Northeast--featuring creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more

- Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for your region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them

- Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises

- Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations

Praise for the First Edition
"... like having a team of professional garden designers on hand."
--Country Living Gardener

"... you'll turn to these beautifully rendered design possibilities again and again."
--Eleanore Lewis, Woman's Day Garden Planner & Practical Guide

"This idea-filled book takes the guesswork out of landscaping so you can focus on the fun. Designs
that work, great plants you can find, accurate instructions, and detailed drawings will help you succeed."
--Nancy Beaubaire, former Editor Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener

"The Home Landscaping series takes the fear out of gardening by skillfully combining a wide range of attractive,
dependable plants with clear, concise information on the techniques of gardening and easy-to-follow plans."
--Thomas Fischer, Executive Editor, Horticulture

Author Biography

Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, and produced the seven-book regional landscaping series of which this book is part.

Rita Buchanan is a lifelong gardener with degrees in botany and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants. She worked with Roger Holmes to edit Fine Gardening magazine and co-edit several books, including Taylor's Master Guide to Gardening. She is the author of numerous award-winning books and is a contributor to many gardening magazines.