Discover inspiring ideas to make your western home landscape more attractive and functional!
- 42 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for western climates and growing conditions
- Over 300 plants and flowers picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant & maintain them
- Over 650 photos and illustrations to help envision your results
- Step-by-step instructions for building structures like paths, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises
- Creative solutions for installing front & back entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more
Inside Western Home Landscaping, you'll find 42 featured designs created by landscape professionals from the region. The designs use more than 300 dependable plants and flowers that are proven to perform and thrive in western climates—from the Rockies to the Pacific coast, and from the southwestern U.S. to British Columbia, Canada. States covered are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, in addition to B.C.
The wide variety of designs address the variety of climates found in the west, including cool coastal areas, hot inland valleys, and the special conditions of higher elevations. Emphasis is placed on conserving water and using native plants, with provided green landscaping tips.
This idea-filled book is presented in three parts: Portfolio of Designs, Plant Profiles, and Guide to Installation. In the design portfolio section, you'll find 42 stunning designs—with variations—created by western landscape professionals. Then, more than 300 of the best plants and flowers for the region are fully described in the plant profiles. Finally, the guide to installations shows you how to install the plants, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors used in the designs.
Included are detailed instructions for the projects, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. Over 650 full-color photos, illustrations, and paintings are complemented by step-by-step instructions that take the fear out of gardening!
Clearly written in a friendly, conversational style, this 320-page book provides everything a westerner needs to know to landscape like a pro. With Western Home Landscaping, your landscape will be in full bloom!
"...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 of 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
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 eight-book regional landscaping series of which this book is part.
Lance Walheim lives in California and has authored or contributed to more than 30 gardening books, including Lawns for Dummies, Roses for Dummies, The Natural Rose Gardener, and Citrus. He was co-author of Creative Homeowner's California Home Landscaping. He has also been a staff editor at Sunset magazine.
