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Title: Home Landscaping: Northwest Region, Including Western British Columbia by Roger Holmes, Don Marshall ISBN: 1-58011-088-6 Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A surprise, excellent
Comment: I had low expectations for this when I ordered it. I figured it would be one of those overly general "how to" books that leave out much of the important information. I was surprised to find that it has very specific plans for a variety of garden situations, plans which already show specific groupings of specific plants.
I found this very helpful because I'm not particularly experienced in designing a landscape, nor am I wealthy enough to afford a landscape designer. There is a design for every corner of my new house, tailored to sunlight, etc. I can follow the plans verbatim and end up with a landscape that looks like it was professionally designed, or I can make small changes to personalize it. This is, as the previous reviewer commented, much easier than starting from scratch.
Definately worth the money.
Rating: 5
Summary: One Stop Shopping for NW Garden Landscaping
Comment: THE BACKGROUND: I know next to nothing about plants, and what little I do know is mainly for plants that grow well in the Deep South, where I grew up. I now have a cute house with a remarkably boring yard 2500 miles away from the "Deep South" - in Seattle, to be exact.
THE GOAL: create some nice-looking, *low maintenance* landscaping for the yard, but without having to become an avid amateur gardener, carpenter or landscape designer.
THE TECHNIQUE: as is my style, I go in for complete overkill and immediately buy a dozen books on the subject of landscaping and gardening - must be thorough in my research, you understand. I pour through them, make lists, check with local nurseries, draw detailed plans, etc., and after many hours of work and decision-making, finally decide what to buy and where to plant them.
THE RESULT: 90% of the plants I finally choose as appropriate to the area, low maintenance, and nifty looking, are in this ONE BOOK already, and there were plenty of others in this one book that could have substituted for the remaining 10%. My planting layouts also fairly strongly resemble several of the suggested layouts detailed in this book.
THE LESSON: Should have started and stopped with this one. I coulda fit in tuba lessons or something!
Buy this book, Cascadia gardeners and landscapers! It's what you need! Oh, and it also has tons of useful information on creating walls, fences, gates, paths, garden layouts, pruning, planting, etc.
VERY highly recommended.
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Title: The Pacific Northwest Gardener's Book of Lists by Ray A. McNeilan, Jan McNeilan ISBN: 0878339566 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Tree and Shrub Gardening for Washington and Oregon by Marianne Binetti, Alison Beck ISBN: 1551052717 Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Year in Bloom: Gardening for All Seasons in the Pacific Northwest by Ann Lovejoy, Patrick Chapin ISBN: 0912365110 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: April, 1989 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Perennials for Washington and Oregon by Alison Beck, Marianne Ginetti, Marianne Binetti ISBN: 1551051621 Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Annuals for Washington and Oregon by Alison Beck, Marianne Binetti, Alison Beckett ISBN: 1551051605 Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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