Home Landscapes: Planting, Design and Management

332 pages. Homeowners who want a beautiful but low-maintenance landscape design and land scape contractors who maintain clients' yards and grounds will find practical an swers in this book, which details the maintenance requirements as well as the de sign elements and principles of all the typical plantings illustrated.Published at $49.95 Our last copies available at $24.95 Editorial Reviews From Booklist This book is written both for do-it-yourself landscapers and for home owners wor king with landscape contractors. The guide comprises both design principles and practical maintenance matters. The first chapter offers basic insights into crea ting an orderly landscape. The next four chapters focus on planting designs that are functional and aesthetically pleasing. There's a historical overview of lan dscape architecture and chapters on soil, fertilizers, mulching, lawns, shrubs a nd trees, vines, espaliers, ground covers, flowers, and pests and diseases. The book will have 185 color photographs, with captions detailing the design element s and specific data on pruning, fertilizing, and mulching of the plants pictured . George Cohen Book Description Homeowners who want a beautiful but low-mainten ance landscape design & landscape contractors who maintain clients' yards &a mp; grounds will find practical answers in this book, which details the maintena nce requirements as well as the design elements & principles of all the typi cal plantings illustrated. About the Author Edward C. Martin, Jr. has taught pl anting design and landscape architecture at Mississippi State University.