Practical Guide to Home Landscaping

by Reader's Digest Association

Offering expert advice for any size garden, this book features a wide range of design ideas, suggestions for planting and maintenance, projects, and specific details on working with materials and tools. "Highly recommended for every homeowner, novice or advanced."--The Star-Ledger. 2,000+ photos & illustrations.

Genres: Gardening, Reference

479 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1972

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Brandon Current]

Read and Keep as resource.

Good overview with lots of practical design rules and ideas, helpful reference on a wide range of landscaping topics.

[Susan]

The basics...and lots of them