Landscape Design for the Home Owner

Johnson, Lynton V.

ISBN 10: 187509377X / ISBN 13: 9781875093779

Published by Briza Publications, 2009

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Landscape Design for the Home Owner
• Publisher: Briza Publications
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 187509377X
• ISBN 13: 9781875093779
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.17 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Landscape designing isn't so much about rules that guarantee creation of the 'perfect design every time', but rather about a series of guidelines and suggestions that will help you save time and money, as well as generally reduce the frustrations resulting from many design forms.

Easy Guide to Landscape Design for the Home Owner is a book filled with such guidelines, some for the new home owner to help with the many 'first time garden' situations and pitfalls that tend to arise, as well as some for the more experienced home owner who is being challenged with alterations, changes in garden styles or themes or simply looking at old sites in a new light.

Combine this with dozens of ideas, plant and hard landscape suggestions, as well as numerous beautiful photographs, it becomes a book that will help the informed, adventurous, beginner or even laid-back home owner to create beautiful and distinctive surroundings to their homes.

Beautifully and simply set out, it takes the home owner through a series of logical yet important steps intended to make garden designing a joy rather than a mystery or frustration dealing with such aspects as site analysis, plant functions and choices, hard landscape options, thoughts on garden revamping, as well as realistic scenarios for costing a project and pointers on where to find professional assistance if stuck with a problem. Aspects such as water-saving concepts, ways to encourage wild life, and thoughts on environmental or regional approaches to garden design are also included. A list of current invader plants and useful contacts in South Africa are also included for the reader's convenience.

About the Author

LYNTON JOHNSON has been involved in the landscape design and horticulture industry in South Africa and internationally for more than 40 years. Dedicated to teaching the joys of gardening in all its forms, this is his fifth publication during his long and interesting career as a landscape designer, writer, lecturer, consultant and author.