Landscape Design Combinations - Softcover

Miller, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1542444535 ISBN 13: 9781542444538

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

For beginner to experienced gardener, Lee Miller's Landscape Design Combinations, provides the tools, guidance and inspiration you need for creating your own dream garden! Learn the use of landscape design principles, such as combining color and foliage, to achieve the perfect combination of evergreens, perennials and flowering shrubs for all season interest for your space.

• Achieve a garden that provides interest every month of the year!
• Use labeled photographs of successful designs with plant descriptions as your guide. 
• Learn which types of plants to use for foundation plantings, privacy screenings and backyard settings, and how to combine them. 
• Learn how to incorporate hardscape such as walkways and patios with step by step directions on construction. 
• Discover foliage combinations for a low maintenance container planting.    
• Learn about gardening styles and trends throughout history, accompanied by colorful photographs.
• The information is presented in a comprehensive, easy to understand format.
• Landscape Design Combinations provides the tools and confidence you need.

Perfect for gardening in zones 3-9, all information is based on the author's personal experience as a landscape designer for over twenty years. If you are looking to plan your own dream garden with combinations that work, Landscape Design Combinations can be your go-to guide! Lee Miller is also the author of A Guide to Northeastern Gardening: Journeys of a Garden Designer, initially published in 2015 and Dream, Garden, Grow!-Musings of a Lifetime Gardener, published in 2018.

About this title

About the Author

Lee Miller is a landscape/garden designer, consultant and garden blog author from the south shore of Long Island, who has been involved in the horticultural industry for over twenty years. Her award-winning gardening blog features over 250 articles on general gardening, landscape design principles, gardening tips, planting, pruning, garden maintenance, feature plants and more. In addition, Lee Miller has donated her time as a contributing writer for the American Heart Association Gardening Blog, as well as Gardening Know How, and has been involved as a presenter at local gardening clubs. With trowel in hand since the age of five, her passion for gardening continues to grow.

Review

 "Landscape Design Combinations by Lee Miller is that garden compass you've been looking for."    "Designing and planning out a garden can be a challenging task. Sometimes just knowing where to start can be a struggle. If you are anything like me, there is the perfect guide for you. Landscape Design Combinations by Lee Miller is that garden compass you've been looking for. It helped me take those first steps in the right direction with confidence. Inside the book, you will find an introduction to the elements of garden design, how to give your garden a foundation with evergreens and a simple guide to combining colors. Sometimes I find myself standing in my local gardening center, overwhelmed by all of the choices and options around me. I start asking myself these questions: "Where do I start? If I purchase that plant, where should I put it? Will that tree or shrub really look good in my landscape?" What kind of flowers will work well together?      If you have asked yourself any of these questions, this book is definitely for you. It will guide you through designing for the seasons while keeping your landscape looking fresh and lush. This great garden guide will inspire you and give you the confidence you need. Inside the pages you will find beautiful photographs of landscape design combinations. Each plant in the photo is numbered, making them easy to quickly identify. She encourages you to think about the long term function you would like to achieve in your space. It is also important to consider what kind of atmosphere and feel you want your garden to have. These are important aspects to consider before you start buying those plants. Being from the Northeast, I really need to work on my seasonal color and creating winter focal points in my yard. I've always been interested in it, but wasn't sure what plants to look for. Lee recommends including different types of foliage that go through a series of change. An example of this is astilbe that produces hues of orange in autumn. Another perfect plant for fall interest is dwarf Maiden Grass 'Yaku Jima'.  She shares that it produces slender wispy plumes during late September and early October that remain into the winter months. The step-by-step guides included in this book have really helped me grow and define my own personal garden style.      I am an informal gardener with an interest in Victorian English estate gardens. I love to plant old fashioned flowers, add vintage elements and follow the cottage garden style. This book really gets across that you can have any style garden you want. The options are endless!"~Angie Rose-Garden Blogger at Angie The Freckled Rose, Organic Gardener, and Professional Photographer

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1542444535
• ISBN 13: 9781542444538
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 149