California Home Landscaping

by Roger Holmes, Lance Walheim

Find inspiring ideas to make your Californian home landscape more attractive and functional! Inside California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition , you'll find 48 featured designs created by landscape professionals from the region. The designs use more than 200 dependable plants that are proven to perform and thrive in the Californian climate. This idea-filled book is presented in three Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. In the "Design Portfolio" section, you'll find 48 beautiful designs—24 plans, each in 2 variations—created by landscape professionals in California. Then, "Guide to Installations" shows you how to install the plants, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors used in the designs. Finally, more than 200 of the best plants for the region are fully described in "Plant Portraits." Included are detailed instructions for the projects, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. Over 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by step-by-step instructions that take the fear out of gardening! Clearly written in a friendly, conversational style, California Home Landscaping provides everything a Californian needs to know to landscape like a pro. CA will be in full bloom with California Home Landscaping ! "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, Fine Gardening and Country Living Gardener "...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."
—Elanore Lewis, Woman's Day Garden Planner & Practical Guide "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

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, How To, Reference

224 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2005

Reviews

[Josh Fogelson]

I like how the book presents detailed garden design for various scenarios.... but focus is on manicured water intensive landscaping solutions. Not at all what contemporary California landscape architects should be creating. This book looks like it was written in 1990.

[Tilden]

This book gives you landscape designs so that you can actually use the book's designs and plants and not have to come up with your own design and plant list. There are lots of photos and a list of over plants to use in your garden.

[Di]

Love all the drawings, photos and the fact that details very thoroughly the plants/flowers. Wish it covered how to grow a garden as well.

[Amanda]

This has actual planting plans and designs for different sized areas on your property, and instructions on how to build trellises, fences and arbors, plus clearing the site properly before planting. Includes plants native to California and drought tolerant. Very useful!