California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition - by Roger Holmes & Lance Walheim (Paperback)

About the Book

Collection of 48 designs created by area landscape professionals, with over 200 plants that are proven performers and more than 450 color photos and drawings. Also shows how to install and care for plants, paths, fences, walls. Covers the entire state of California.

Book Synopsis

Make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping, third edition. Like the other titles in this series, this book contains three parts: Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. In the Design Portfolio section, readers will find 48 designs created by landscape professionals in California. Guide to Installations explains how to install the plants, paths, patios, and arbors used in the designs. More than 200 of the best plants for the region are fully described in Plant Portraits. Clearly written in a friendly style and with 450 color photographs and paintings, California Home Landscaping, third edition, provides everything Californians need to know to landscape like a pro.

From the Back Cover

- 48 designs created by landscape professionals specifically for California--featuring creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more

- Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for your region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them

- Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises

- Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations

Praise for the First Edition

"... 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

"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

"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

Review Quotes

Your yard is a blank canvas just waiting for inventive design and plantings. Enter Holmes (founding editor, Fine Gardening magazine), horticultural consultant and photographer Buchanan (A Weaver's Garden ), and Walheim (Citrus ), who offer a succession of possible landscaping designs in this neat and polished series. Simple projects such as fencing, arbors, and pathways are logically and clearly illustrated. Each volume is broken down into three parts-Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits-and each features approximately 50 designs, 200 plants, and 430 photos and paintings. Selection and seasonal care are individualized for the region.-- "Library Journal"

About the Author

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 seven-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 has also been a staff editor at Sunset magazine.