Step-by-Step Ultimate Yard & Garden

by Better Homes and Gardens

As you walk through your neighborhood, do you find yourself analyzing your neighbors' yards, trying to figure out how they were able to combine all those plants to create such a beautiful yard, walkway, or garden? Wonder no more Better Homes and Gardens(R) "Step-by-Step Ultimate Yard & Garden" takes you behind the scenes and shows you how it's done. Inside this ultimate book you'll find step-by-step instructions, a comprehensive list of garden ideas, and information for accessorizing and maintaining your new look. And a descriptive and colorful plant guide explains in detail all the best perennials, ferns, and ornamental grasses you can use to enhance the color and fragrance of your new design - Colorful, detailed photos guide your progress.

- Easy-to-follow instructions.

Genres: Gardening

312 pages, Paperback

First published February 5, 2008

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile]

Most of the rooms displayed in this book were terribly cluttered! I was appalled! Also, a lot of the "rustic" looks were downright drabby instead of chic. Maybe this is a bit outdated but I really can't see these styles being desirable even 10-15 years ago.

[David Ward]

Step-by-Step Ultimate Yard & Garden (Step-By-Step) by Better Homes and Gardens (Better Homes and Gardens Books 2008)(635.9) is a lightweight overview of various yard treatments. My rating: 6/10, finished 2009.

[Michelle]

Types of gardens and examples of plants etc. for them.
Common and botanical name lists.
Plant catalogue - photo, size, zone, etc.
Examples of pink, blue, etc. flower gardens.

[Lynn]

Not ultimate