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Landscape Lighting: Create A Different Image Than In the Daytime.

During the day, your garden shows its full glory to all those who pass by your lawn. How about at sunset? If you’re the sort of person who wants to show everyone how beautiful your yard is, there are a number of ways to do it, even at nighttime. Your garden at night can be a delight to you and your neighbors thanks to landscape lighting.

Landscape lighting has become popular in many parts of the United States. Lighting your lawn provides you with an opportunity to create a very different image than what you see in the daytime. There’s a huge range of lighting fixtures you can use, how-to information available in the market, and starter kits can be found at almost every Garden Store and hardware centers.

Lighting your landscape can extend the use of outdoor space while providing safety, atmosphere, and space definition at the same time. Lighting can also accent your landscape and create patterns and contrast. Night lighting requires good visibility. It is not essential to illuminate all areas, but highlight specific areas like steps, entry areas, and walkways. Lights around the perimeter of a lawn can define and create transitions from one area to another.

A landscape can come alive in the evening with a few lights in the appropriate places. There are many lighting products which can give you a professional look. All you need to know is what type of lighting is available and how you should use it. If you are unsure, it is advisable that you acquire the services of a
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There are many benefits when you add landscape lighting to your property. Firstly, adding lights is a great way to draw attention to and emphasize the
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and architectural features of your home. Lit steps help minimize the risk of slips and falls. They help protect your family, friends, guests, and property while reducing your risk of liability.

Landscape lighting is also good for security purposes. Statistics suggest that an unlit home is three times more likely to be burglarized than one equipped with exterior lighting. Finally, you can expect an increase in the overall value of your property. The curb appeal of your home helps determine its resale value. Landscape lighting is one of the best ways to get a return on your
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Subcontractors and contractors who deal with irrigation, drainage, and landscaping can turn to this comprehensive manual to enhance their technical skills. In this exclusive guide professionals will also find answers to all aspects of landscape construction from decks and retaining walls to pest and plant identification. Both the practicing and novice lalndscaper will benefit from information about hot topics such as energy-efficient irrigation and "earth-friendly" landscaping techniques, as well as important side issues such as scheduling and marketing.

Landscaping Principles and Practices


Landscaping Principles and Practices


$194.26


Newly reorganized and updated, the fifth edition of this popular book offers a comprehensive introduction to landscape management. To present a balanced view of the industry as a process, the text is now organized by the industry’s three career areas – design, contracting, and maintenance – to illustrate the interdependence of these areas. New material covers such current topics as xeriscaping and landscape calculations, providing you with the latest in landscaping techniques and management. Excellent for launching you into a landscaping career

Landscaping, Irrigation and Floriculture Terminology


Landscaping, Irrigation and Floriculture Terminology


$50


“Landscaping, irrigation and floriculture are one of the important subjects of agriculture/horticulture due to its great theoretical and applied value, the subject is presently taught to UG, PG and Research Scholar in all Agricultural Universities and colleges. Appropriate knowledge about landscaping, irrigation and floriculture, technical terms are quite necessary for individuals in the field of horticulture and agriculture. The need for a comprehensive book on related terminology was felt since long. The lack of specialized resource book on terminology concerning landscaping, irrigation and floriculture has encouraged me to launch this volume. Terminology has been incorporated in this book with a lot of selected and commonly used technical terms of landscaping, irrigation and floriculture in detail with their suitable examples. Some terms have more than one definition for sound and clear understanding. The book 'Landscaping, irrigation and floriculture terminology' is particularly useful in Indian perspective, as it is the only book of terminology of Indian terms available in our country. It is hoped the manner of presentation and conceptual path followed in the terminology will be useful for the readers in searching any terms. This terminology hopefully will prove an asset for the students, teachers, researchers, scientists and industrialist.”

Green Careers in Building and Landscaping


Green Careers in Building and Landscaping


$9.99


Thinking about a green career or looking for a college or university that promotes great green programs? Peterson’s Green Careers in Building and Landscaping pinpoints the best opportunities in building design and construction; installation, operations, and energy efficiency; commercial industrial, and residential design; landscaping, groundskeeping, and turf care; and policy, analysis, advocacy, and regulatory affairs-with job details as well as info on colleges, organizations, and institutions that offer courses, degrees, certification, and training/retraining-that can lead to a green career. Green Careers in Building and Landscaping offers inspirational and insightful essays on the importance of sustainability, written by individuals at the forefront of environmental organizations, university sustainability efforts, and college training programs. Essay writers include folks with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Second Nature, Earth911.com, University of Arizona, Philadelphia University, and Skanska USA Building Inc. Green Careers in Building and Landscaping also features an exclusive bonus section, “What Is the New Green Economy,” which examines the current interest in sustainability. You’ll also find building and landscaping-related features, including interviews with individuals in a variety of green careers. Other feature articles offer useful tips and advice for a more sustainable life.

Landscaping With Stone


Landscaping With Stone


$5.99


Construct natural-looking stone paths, steps, retaining walls, water features, and rock gardens. Photo galleries showcase creative uses for stone. Shopping guidelines and planting suggestions are included in this guide.

Landscaping for Privacy


Landscaping for Privacy


$15.56


The area around your home is your haven, your sanctuary, your refuge from the noise and irritation of traffic, eyesores, and nosy neighbors. Or at least it could be if there was some sort of barrier between your front yard and the sidewalk, or if you didn

Western Landscaping


Western Landscaping


$3.98


This all-new second edition, the companion book to the much-beloved Western Garden Book, promises to be just as successful as the first. Packed with expert advice from landscape designers, gardeners, and others, it addresses climatic, soil, and topographical challenges–and solutions–for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and southwestern Canada.

Landscaping with Herbs


Landscaping with Herbs


$28.88


This book emphasizes the ornamental value of herbs. The author considers six different garden concepts, from formal to wild, and suggests suitable herbs for each.

Landscaping Postcoloniality


Landscaping Postcoloniality


$29.73


This is a foundational text on the production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature. The Republic of Cameroon is a bilingual country with English and French as the official languages. Ashuntantang shows that the pattern of production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature is not only framed by the minority status of English and English-speaking Cameroonians within the Republic of Cameroon, but is also a reflection of a postcolonial reality in Africa where mostly African literary texts published by western multi-national corporations are assured wide international accessibility and readership. This book establishes that in spite of these setbacks, Anglophone Cameroon writers have produced a corpus of work that has enriched the genres of prose, poetry and drama, and that these texts deserve a wider readership.

Landscaping Earth Ponds - Book


Landscaping Earth Ponds – Book


$30


In the decades since he wrote his acclaimed Earth Ponds, Tim Matson has designed scores of ponds, each unique to its site and its owners. In Landscaping Earth Ponds, he shares what he has learned to make these captivating ponds truly fit into their landscapes and into the lives and lifestyles of their owners.

Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest


Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest


$18.56


Whether you are planting a yard from scratch or modifying an existing area, Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest will help you select, arrange, and maintain plants and other landscape elements that fulfill wildlife needs. Homeowners, property owners, professional wildlife managers, landscape architects, and garden designers will all find it invaluable.

Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping


Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping


$7.43


Talk with your Spanish-speaking employees–no prior knowledge of Spanish needed!Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the landscaping industry, with translations spelled out ph

Landscaping on the New Frontier


Landscaping on the New Frontier


$24


A practical volume for the home or business owner on landscaping with native, drought-tolerant plants in the Rocky Mountain West. Filled with color illustrations, photos, and design sketches, over 100 native species are described, while practical tips on landscape design, water-wise irrigation, and keeping down the weeds are provided. In this book you will learn how to use natural landscapes to inspire your own designed landscape around your business or home and yard. Included are design principles, practical ideas, and strong examples of what some homeowners have already done to convert traditional "bluegrass" landscapes into ones that are more expressive of theWest. Landscaping on the new Frontier also offers an approach to irrigation that minimizes the use of supplemental water yet ensures the survival of plants during unusually dry periods. You will learn how to combine ecological principles with design principles to create beautiful home landscapes that require only minimal resources to maintain.

Step-By-Step Landscaping


Step-By-Step Landscaping


$21.8


A new edition of "Better Homes and Gardens(r)" best-selling landscaping book. Packed with 408 pages of all-new material from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens(r) books, this complete landscaping guide has everything you need to know transform your yard. More than 700 stunning photographs and 100 complete step-by-step projects show you how to improve grading, plant successfully, build a deck, and much more. Plus an all-new plant encyclopedia with 95 plant photos It’s everything you need to know to improve your view. Step-by-step plans for patios, edging, walls, fences, water gardens, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, garden sculpture, and more. Cost estimate, time needed to complete, skill level, and material list included with every project. Hundreds of inspiring photographs, ideas, and plans.

Home Landscaping: Southeast Region


Home Landscaping: Southeast Region


$3.48


"Home Landscaping: Southeast Region" shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. Design variations incorporate more than 200 of the best plants for the southeastern states. Readers also learn all they need to know to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs. Step-by-step instructions show how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions also explain planting and care.

Ideas & How-To Stone Landscaping


Ideas & How-To Stone Landscaping


$17.96


This book offers inspiring and creative ideas for using stone in the landscape, including water features and rock gardens, fireplaces and fire pits, and archways and grottos. Materials comparisons, construction specifications, and the basic techniques of working with stone are presented in detail in an easy-to-follow final chapter. Large and small projects are covered, from columns to sheds and pool houses. The process of choosing and managing landscaping professionals is also covered in detail.

Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses


Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses


$3.48


Sunset is the first to offer Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses, a complete design and reference book that explores the history of grasses in their natural settings, and describes how to integrate them in a variety of climatic situations — shady woodland to desert, Asian-style gardens to naturalistic landscapes, family-friendly yards to small patios. Step-by-step directions, over 250 beautiful photos, ideas for stylish indoor container and craft projects, and retail and mail-order sources make this new edition a must for anyone passionate about expanding their gardening repertoire.

Into the Image


Into the Image


$55.95


Into the Image examines visual technology sociologically and, in so doing, rejects the fashionable idea that the new visual technologies are displacing the real.

Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest


Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest


$20.71


As the world heats up and we become more and more conscious of our place in the natural scheme, the appeal of the native plants of the Southwest becomes ever more compelling for gardeners. In addition to providing year-round beauty with relatively little maintenance, landscaping with native plants contributes to the repair of the natural ecosystem and brings us closer to our environment–and the array of native plant material available to the Southwestern gardener is diverse and spectacular, providing seemingly endless opportunities for creative and attractive landscapes. In Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest," George Oxford Miller provides the definitive guide to choosing the best of the best among the native plants of Arizona and New Mexico. Covering wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, groundcovers, and cacti, this comprehensive, richly illustrated book selects the species whose ornamental qualities, growth habit, adaptability, maintenance needs, and beauty add up to the highest landscape value. The illustrations, maps, and charts provide guidelines for species selection and planting, ongoing maintenance, landscape design, and water and energy conservation. In-depth plant profiles describe the habitat requirements for more than 350 native plant species, subspecies, and varieties, with lush photographs illustrating how each plant looks and responds to landscape conditions. As the interest in native-plant landscaping and xeriscaping continues to grow, this book will find a place on the shelf of every gardener and landscaper in the region–or of anybody interested in recreating the beauty of the Southwest in a hot, dry corner of the yard.

Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan


Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan


$20.7


"Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan" is designed for beginning and experienced gardeners who want to learn more about Michigan’s unique native-plant communities and how to successfully incorporate them into their home landscapes. It combines the practicality of a field guide with all the basic information homeowners need to create an effective landscape design. The plant profiles section includes comprehensive descriptions of more than 600 native plant species, subspecies, and varieties of flowers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns that have grown in Michigan since the time before European settlement. Information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant is also included. Readers will also gain many creative ideas from the section featuring Michigan gardeners who have successfully incorporated native plants into their home landscapes.

Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin


Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin


$23.9


Aimed at beginners and veteran gardeners alike, this book is designed to help Wisconsin gardeners find, plant, and maintain the best native species for their specific sites, however modest or lavish. Gardening with native plants is an ever-more popular practice–and for good reason. Naturally suited to a region’s climate and soil, native plants tend to thrive, and to reflect a true "fit" with the environment. The Native Plant Profiles section offers comprehensive descriptions of some 600 species of flowers and groundcovers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns native to Wisconsin, as well as information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant. With advice on the process of designing a natural garden that fits each lifestyle and family, the book will guide readers to the level of native plant landscaping that is just right for them.

Image, The


Image, The


$8.47


Albert Finney stars as a TV-news anchorman who wrongly implicates a good friend in a savings-and-loan scandal; when the friend commits suicide, Finney must question his ethics and obsession with high Nielsen ratings. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi responsibility and his image.

Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota


Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota


$5.98


Gardeners use native plants for several reasons. For many, their initial attraction is to native plants’ reputation for being low maintenance, as well as their ability to survive difficult soil and weather conditions. But equally appealing is the joy of connecting with nature and our state’s natural heritage and the satisfaction of creating a real sense of place rather than just another cookie-cutter landscape. "Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota" is the first book designed to help you identify Minnesota’s native plants and plant communities and to demonstrate how to use them effectively in a typical home landscape. In this book you’ll find the basic gardening information you need for working with the native plants of Minnesota. You’ll learn what level of native-plant landscaping is right for you and get valuable information on the process of designing a natural garden that fits your lifestyle and family. You’ll also find lots of plant lists for specific styles of gardens. In the Gallery of Gardens section, you’ll be inspired by what your fellow Minnesota gardeners have done with native plants in their own landscapes, including a prairie restoration, a suburban woodland garden, and a garden for wildlife. The Native Plant Profiles section includes comprehensive descriptions of some 600 species of flowers and groundcovers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns native to Minnesota, as well as information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant. About the Author: Lynn M. Steiner is one of the best-known gardening writers in Minnesota. Her enthusiasm for native plants and gardening stems from her childhood curiosity about all things natural as well as 20 years of tending her own extensive home gardens. For 15 years she was the editor of Northern Gardener magazine, and under her direction it earned several awards for ""Overall Excellence"" from the Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association.

Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas


Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas


$26.98


Have you ever planted a beautiful, and expensive, shrub in your yard and watched it slowly die because it was in the wrong location? Not enough light, too much water, improper soil, or too hot an exposure can turn the nursery-perfect specimen into an eyesore. This all-in-one guide helps you beautify your yard, not with high-maintenance imports, but with native plants adapted to your local growing conditions. Whether as a foundation hedge, mass planting, or accent shrub, native species can provide year-round beauty to your yard. While the interest in native-plant landscaping and xeriscaping (sp?) has mushroomed, the necessary "how-to," "when-to," and "what-to" has been slow in coming. In this comprehensive, richly illustrated guide, George Oxford Miller describes the best of the best. Covering wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, cacti, and groundcovers, the book selects the species that combine ornamental qualities, growth habit, adaptability, and year-round beauty for the highest landscape value. Chapters with photos, maps, charts, and design samples provide guidelines for species selection and planting, ongoing maintenance, landscape design, and water and energy conservation. Plant descriptions and photographs provide detailed habitat requirements for each and illustrate how each plant looks and responds to landscape conditions. New and experienced gardeners alike will find the facts and advice needed to choose the plants best adapted for their particular landscape design. The unique botanical heritage of Texas provides a treasure chest of choices for home and commercial landscaping. The ornamental beauty of our native species and the economic advantages of using plants adapted to thelocal climate have demonstrated that the best for our yards sometimes comes from our own backyards, often literally as urban sprawl creeps across the prairies, hills, and forests of our state. But perhaps most importantly, using native plants encourages the repair and preservation of natural plant communities and the wildlife they shelter.

Start Your Own Lawncare or Landscaping Business


Start Your Own Lawncare or Landscaping Business


$14.89


“A start up guide with ideas and various suggestions on starting your own lawncare and landscaping business”–

Landscaping with Fruits and Vegetables


Landscaping with Fruits and Vegetables


$40.43


Most homeowners design their gardens as little decorative plots set amid expanses of green lawn. Europeans, on the other hand, have long understood the value of making the most of what the land has to offer, emphasizing a gardens potential for year-round productivity and beauty. This highly informative book by noted U.S. landscaper and designer Fred Hagy offers a new approach — providing lots of great ideas for a totally edible garden. Beginning with the premise of "maximum beauty with maximum utility", Hagy discusses the principles of garden design and shows how one can easily visualize what the land from lawn garden to backyard to field — can provide. He outlines a step-by-step procedure for combining all one’s ideas, dreams, and tastes to create a setting that is both eye-pleasing and food-producing. In addition, Landscaping with Fruits and Vegetables includes an authoritative series of "Plant Information Sheets" featuring the most up-to-date, genetically advanced tree, bush and plant varieties available. They not only specify the characteristics and varieties of each plant and where you can get them, but describe how to maintain them for maximum productivity and longevity. Information on drainage and irrigation, pest control, espaliering, container gardening and pollination requirements as well as an extensive bibliography make this an informative and indispensable reference for any home gardener.

Complete Guide to Landscaping (Ortho Books)


Complete Guide to Landscaping (Ortho Books)


$3.99


Plants are the most versatile components in your landscape and the most essential for creating beautiful, comfortable, and livable outdoor environments. Ortho’s Complete Guide to Landscaping takes the mystery out of planting design and helps make it easy to achieve the landscape of your dreams with the best trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines, and flowers for your yard.

California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition


California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition


$17.27


Make your California home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping, Third Edition. Like the other titles in this series, the book contains three parts: Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. Beautifully photographed, these 48 designs–created by California professionals–include 200 of the best plants for the region as well instructions for installing the plants, paths, patios and arbors used in the designs. Clearly written in a friendly style with more than 450 color photos and paintings, California Home Landscaping provides everything the reader needs to know to landscape like a pro.

In the Image


In the Image


$3.48


"In the Image" is an extraordinary first novel illuminated by spiritual exploration, one that remembers "a language, a literature, a held hand, an entire world lived and breathed in the image of God." Bill Landsmann, an elderly Jewish refugee in a New Jersey suburb with a passion for travel, is obsessed with building his slide collection of images from the Bible that he finds scattered throughout the world. The novel begins when he crosses paths with his granddaughter’s friend, Leora, and continues by moving forward through her life and backward through his, revealing the unexpected links between his family’s past and her family’s future. Not just a first novel but a cultural event-a wedding of secular and religious forms of literature-"In the Image" neither lives in the past nor seeks to escape it, but rather assimilates it, in the best sense of the word, honoring what is lost and finding, among the lost things, the treasures that can renew the present. Reading group guide included.

Chief Architect Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer 7.0 750839022284


Chief Architect Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer 7.0 750839022284


$18.11


Chief Architect Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer 7.0 750839022284

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IMAGE 10: IMAGE 10


$8.09


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The Landscaping Revolution: Garden with Mother Nature, Not Against Her


The Landscaping Revolution: Garden with Mother Nature, Not Against Her


$4.98


In The Landscaping Revolution, award-winning gardening experts deliver a call to arms for gardeners searching for a better way to plant and maintain their gardens. The Wasowskis’ landscaping approach for gardeners of any climate is environmentally friendly and promotes the use of native plants, natural alternatives to man-made chemicals, and easy-to-maintain landscape designs.

The Image


The Image


$10.99


“From since the beginning of creation we as human beings have been deceived about our true essence and existence here in this world. The deceptive ideology is to get us to think that we were put here by an accident, thus the theory of evolution, the Big Bang theory. But fellow citizens of the world, that is far from the truth. We are not an accident. We did not evolve from animals. We are and were wonderfully made by the creator of all creation.”

Stone Landscaping: Ideas and Techniques for Stonework


Stone Landscaping: Ideas and Techniques for Stonework


$4.48


Basic techniques for working with stone and stone veneer. Detailed instructions for popular stonework projects, with concise, easy-to-follow text that gives do-it-yourselfers confidence to accomplish great results. Inspirational ideas for incorporating stonework into current landscapes. Beautiful color photos show how to use stone to solve landscaping problems. Tips and illustrations add fun to projects and explain the expert techniques and tricks of the trade that do-it-yourselfers want to learn.

In The Image


In The Image


$10.41


Two stories converge in this novel, that of a young woman named Leora, and the life of the grandfather of a friend, in an exploration of past and present, tradition and change.

Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Small Landscaping,


Spon’s Estimating Costs Guide to Small Landscaping,


$59.99


Especially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon’s Estimating Costs Guide to Small Landscaping Work, Gardens and External Works contains accurate information on thousands of rates.

Landscaping Earth Ponds: The Complete Guide


Landscaping Earth Ponds: The Complete Guide


$26.23


The guru of earth ponds explains how to site, design, shape, and plant these beloved fixtures of rural landscapesaand make them fit your property and your life. In the decades since he wrote his acclaimed "Earth Ponds," Tim Matson has designed scores of ponds, each unique to its site and its owners. In "Landscaping Earth Ponds," he shares what he has learned to make these captivating ponds truly fit into their landscapes and into the lives and lifestyles of their owners. Ponds have long been valued for their charm and utility: how else can you simultaneously enliven your landscape, create recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase your property value? Earth ponds are increasingly recognized for the full range of gardening, landscaping, and ecological promise they hold. As pond-building methods have been perfected, more homeowners are restoring existing ponds or digging new ones. With dozens of color photographs, Matson shows you how to site a pond in right relation to your house, offering surprisingly simple ways to visually link the two. His proven methods and designs reflect the many moods water evokes. Screen your pond for privacy, create a sandy beach and natural diving platform, encourage wetland gardens, line the shores with moisture-loving perennials, or design your gardens and paths to create a sense of mystery and adventure.

Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses (Sunset)


Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses (Sunset)


$5.99


A guide to incorporating ornamental grasses in your garden design. Find all the right places for grasses and bamboo. Stunning photographs illustrate grasses for all climates and every garden. Includes information on beautiful borders, natural lawns, and do-it-yourself meadows.

New Complete Home Landscaping


New Complete Home Landscaping


$9.99


Erler’s complete guide to choosing, planting, and maintaining trees, shrubs, flowers, and lawns includes more than 870 full-color photos and drawings.

Landscaping with Annuals - Book


Landscaping with Annuals – Book


$3.95


Since 1973, Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Yorkshire Dales: A Landscaping of Longing


Yorkshire Dales: A Landscaping of Longing


$16.96


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A Homeowners Guide Landscaping With Fruit


A Homeowners Guide Landscaping With Fruit


$22.4


A gardening consultant and author of The Pruning Book shows how to incorporate a wide variety of fruit trees, shrubs, and vines into one’s backyard landscape, offering detailed instructions on how to grow temperate-zone fruit, from site analysis and plant

Sunset Landscaping With Stone


Sunset Landscaping With Stone


$11.16


A fundamental resource for realizing the potential of virtually any garden focuses on the resilience and color of stone and includes step-by-step instructions for everything from patios to walls and waterfalls. Original.

Landscaping Solutions for Small Spaces


Landscaping Solutions for Small Spaces


$13.15


10 Garden Solutions for Small Spaces offers attractive but practical gardening ideas that solve a variety of landscape problems.

Landscaping With Native Plants of the Southwest


Landscaping With Native Plants of the Southwest


$18.96


As the world heats up and we become more and more conscious of our place in the natural scheme, the appeal of the native plants of the Southwest becomes ever more compelling for gardeners. In addition to providing year-round beauty with relatively little

Landscaping Plants and Trees


Landscaping Plants and Trees


$104.49


With this tool, you can research tree management, woody landscape plants, selected ornamental grasses, and herbaceous material management. Information on over 1,000 plant species is included, and over 1,000 color photos aid in tree and plant identificatio

Haynes Garden Landscaping Manual


Haynes Garden Landscaping Manual


$24.6


In uncertain economic situations the trend is usually to ‘stay put and spend’, which means home improvements take priority over moving house, foreign holidays and other expenses. According to various surveys by lenders, estate agents and DIY chain stores,

Landscaping With Native Plants of Wisconsin


Landscaping With Native Plants of Wisconsin


$18.63


Aimed at beginners and veteran gardeners alike, this book is designed to help Wisconsin gardeners find, plant, and maintain the best native species for their specific sites, however modest or lavish.  Gardening with native plants is an ever-more po

Smart Guide: Home Landscaping


Smart Guide: Home Landscaping


$3.98


"Smart Guide: Home Landscaping" shows readers how to turn their yards into landscaped spaces. Reakers learn to incorporate hardscapes, trees and shrubs, lawns and ground covers, and flowering plants into their landscapes.

Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping


Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping


$16.73


This new edition provides inspiring ideas for making your Mid-Atlantic home landscape more attractive and functional. Starting with the 200 best plants for the region, area professionals have created 46 outdoor design concepts that are easy to implement and lovely to look at. Includes more than 430 color photos and drawings. States covered include Deleware, New York (Long Island only), Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Green Careers in Building and Landscaping: Professional and Skilled Jobs


Green Careers in Building and Landscaping: Professional and Skilled Jobs


$2.99


As part of Peterson’s Green Careers in Building and Landscaping, this eBook offers detailed information on various careers in the following: building design and construction; installation, operations, & energy-efficiency; commercial, industrial, & residential; landscaping & grooundskeeping; policy, analysis, advocacy & regulatory affairs.You’ll also find up-to-date data on job trends, work environment, career paths, earning potential, education/licensure requirements, and contact information for additional resources. Bonus sections include “What Does Being Green Mean,” a look at the current interest in sustainability, and “Essays on the Importance of Sustainability,” inspirational and insightful essays on the importance of sustainability, written by folks at the forefront of environmental organizations, university sustainability efforts, and college training programs. For more information see Peterson’s Green Careers in Building and Landscaping.

Start & Run a Landscaping Business [With CDROM]


Start & Run a Landscaping Business [With CDROM]


$15.75


If you like being your own boss and working outdoors and enjoy nature, you can start your own profitable landscape maintenance business. This book is perfect if you want to start from scratch or if you already work in the field but would like to strike out on your own. Start & Run a Landscaping Business will get you started in the fascinating business of professional lawn and garden care and will prove essential in helping you to shorten the learning curve you have ahead of you.The book gives you the basics of landscape maintenance, as well as proven systems for running a business. Written by an expert with over a decade of experience, the book includes an insider’s tricks of the trade. This book also covers snow shoveling and plowing, so entrepreneurs who live in colder climes can still make money all year round. More than 30 checklists, samples, and worksheets are on the CD-ROM in MS Word, MS Excel, and Acrobat PDF formats.

Northwest Home Landscaping: Including Western British Columbia


Northwest Home Landscaping: Including Western British Columbia


$3.98


"Northwest Home Landscaping, including Western British Columbia" is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner’s award-winning best seller on landscaping northwest-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 48 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 420 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The Pacific Northwest will be in full bloom with "Northwest Home Landscaping" US: WA, OR CAN: Western British Columbia

How to Start a Home-Based Landscaping Business


How to Start a Home-Based Landscaping Business


$17.8


Making money doing lawn-care, landscape architecture, and garden work is a dream of many people–and this guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies they need to successfully launch and develop their own business doing so. This sixth edition also features advice on marketing and selling one’s services within "sustainable landscaping," one of the hottest new trends in the field. * Develop a profitable business plan * Build word-of-mouth referrals * Handle employees, paperwork, and taxes * Work smart and safe * Adapt to new trends like sustainable landscaping * Become your area’s top landscaper

Landscaping  & Lawn Care (John Deere)


Landscaping & Lawn Care (John Deere)


$5.99


Provides practical and accessible projects that homeowners can accomplish in a weekend. Creating a comfortable, attractive, and safe outdoor living space is an essential part of home ownership. While homeowners take great responsibility for their home’s exterior maintenance and pride in its curb appeal, yard work often poses the greatest challenge to new homeowners, especially those who are limited on time and resources. This illustrated reference book provides homeowners with practical information to handle their yard care needs and protect their most valuable asset. While there are many books available on lawn care, the lawn is only half the battle in creating an enviable yard; trees, beds, walkways and paved areas are an important part of outdoor spaces. Most new homeowners aren’t interested in the minutia of lawn maintenance and fertilizing; they need to start at the beginning and receive a broader overview. Questions homeowners may ask themselves include: What type of mower should I buy? Do I need to aerate? When is the best time to water? How often do I need to trim my hedges? What is the most effective way to improve the look of my yard? What’s involved in creating the most popular outdoor projects and does it make sense to do myself or should I hire a contractor? John Deere’s Illustrated Guide to Landscaping & Lawn Care will walk homeowners though these common questions and provide inspiring weekend projects that will allow them to use their new found knowledge in practical ways.

The Image DVD


The Image DVD


$9.97


The Image DVD

Elegant Image


Elegant Image


$125


Elegant Image:

Ames 1188800 3.75 Lb 36 Landscaping Axe With Hickory Handle


Ames 1188800 3.75 Lb 36 Landscaping Axe With Hickory Handle


$37.06


Ames 1188800 3.75 Lb 36″ Landscaping Axe With Hickory Handle Ames 1188800 3.75 Lb 36″ Landscaping Axe With Hickory Handle Features: Used to trim branches, prune trees, split, and cut wood Hickory repair handle 2017400 36″ handle length 3-3/4 lbs head weight

Image Fusion


Image Fusion


$99


Image Fusion

Image of the Indian


Image of the Indian


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Image of the Indian

The Union Image


The Union Image


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The Embodied Image


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God's Image


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$12.68


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In the Image of Orpheus


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In the Image of Orpheus

In The Image Of The Ancestors


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The Phantom Image


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Start Your Own Lawncare and Landscaping Business


Start Your Own Lawncare and Landscaping Business


$19.95


Successful landscapers and lawn care professionals reveal their secrets to success in this $20 billion industry. With all the homes, business parks, apartment complexes, shopping malls and hospitals that need landscaping, you can tailor your services and create your dream job. Your business can range from the simple—mowing and edging lawns, raking leaves and clipping hedges—to applying chemicals and fertilizer, trimming and shaping trees, designing landscapes and more. Learn everything you need to know, including:• How to find customers• What equipment you’ll need• How to hire and manage employees• Record keeping and accounting• Where to find working capital• How to calculate job estimates• And moreIf you love working outdoors, you owe it to yourself to buy this step-by-step guide and start building your own successful lawn care or landscaping business.

Start Your Own Lawn Care or Landscaping Business


Start Your Own Lawn Care or Landscaping Business


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Rake in the Green Successful landscapers and lawn care professionals reveal their secrets to success in this $20 billion industry. With all the homes, business parks, apartment complexes, shopping malls and hospitals that need landscaping, you can tailor your services and create your dream job. Your business can range from the simple-mowing and edging lawns, raking leaves and clipping hedges-to applying chemicals and fertilizer, trimming and shaping trees, designing landscapes and more. Learn everything you need to know, including: How to find customers What equipment you’ll need How to hire and manage employees Record keeping and accounting Where to find working capital How to calculate job estimates And more If you love working outdoors, you owe it to yourself to buy this step-by-step guide and start building your own successful lawn care or landscaping business.

Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities


Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities


$32.2


In response to demand from landscape architects and home gardeners, "Natural Landscaping" returns to print in an updated and expanded second edition. It is unique in its focus on plant communities; it approaches landscape design as the establishment of natural ecosystems, rather than mere planting of specimens. Emphasizing the natural landscapes of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, this book o reviews landscaping principles and techniques o introduces native plant species for grasslands, forests, edge areas, and small wetlands o illustrates how to evaluate a site and plan for visual effect and maintenance o presents the issues involved in restoring bogs, ponds, and other wetlands o offers practical advice on reducing chemical use while still combating invasive plants o addresses social, legal, design, and planting problems often encountered on residential sites o discusses natural landscaping for public parklands, civic buildings, school grounds, and corporate properties

Landscaping on the New Frontier: Waterwise Design for the Intermountain West


Landscaping on the New Frontier: Waterwise Design for the Intermountain West


$24.12


A practical volume for the home or business owner on landscaping with native, drought-tolerant plants in the Rocky Mountain West. Filled with color illustrations, photos, and design sketches, over 100 native species are described, while practical tips on landscape design, water-wise irrigation, and keeping down the weeds are provided. In this book you will learn how to use natural landscapes to inspire your own designed landscape around your business or home and yard. Included are design principles, practical ideas, and strong examples of what some homeowners have already done to convert traditional "bluegrass" landscapes into ones that are more expressive of theWest. "Landscaping on the new Frontier also offers an approach to irrigation that minimizes the use of supplemental water yet ensures the survival of plants during unusually dry periods. You will learn how to combine ecological principles with design principles to create beautiful home landscapes that require only minimal resources to maintain."

Public Image Ltd: Public Image


Public Image Ltd: Public Image


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Public Image Ltd: Public Image

Hands-On Home Landscaping from The Paving Guy


Hands-On Home Landscaping from The Paving Guy


$6.99


As seen on Backyard Blitz, Australia’s favourite “Paving Guy” Nigel Ruck believes that anyone with a can-do attitude can turn an ordinary outdoor space into one that is well designed, functional and a reflection of their own style. A practical guide to designing and landscaping your own outdoor area, this book is a must-have for all DIY enthusiasts and anyone interested in improving their outdoor living spaces.

Stone Landscaping (Better Homes & Gardens Do It Yourself)


Stone Landscaping (Better Homes & Gardens Do It Yourself)


$6.99


Add beauty to your landscape with one of nature’s most enduring elements – stone. Whether it’s a cobblestone patio or a fieldstone path, Ideas and How-To: Stone Landscaping will show you how to create popular stone objects that accentuate your home. With detailed illustrations and savvy design tips, this book will give you all the information you need to complete your stone projects.

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IMAGE: IMAGE


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Green Careers in Building and Landscaping: Workforce Training


Green Careers in Building and Landscaping: Workforce Training


$2.99


This ebook offers advice about state and federal workforce training to help prepare you for the new jobs that are now available. Topics covered are: using the internet, finding a one-stop career center, veterans’s affairs, registered apprenticeship programs, ARRA green job training grants, and state’s one-stop career centers. For more information see Peterson’s Green Careers in Building and Landscaping.

Pools and Spas: Planning-Designing-Maintaining-Landscaping


Pools and Spas: Planning-Designing-Maintaining-Landscaping


$21.62


Turn a dream into a reality with the second edition of Pools & Spas. More than 300 color photos and illustrations offer ideas and advice starting with pool/spa selection to creating an attractive environment. Choose from infinity-edge pools to indoor swim spas; from built-ins to attractive aboveground pools. Valuable advice is included on site selection, materials, financing plus decking, patios and landscaping around a pool or spa. Covers maintenance including "green" alternatives.

Northeast Home Landscaping: Including Southeast Canada


Northeast Home Landscaping: Including Southeast Canada


$4.98


"Northeast Home Landscaping, Including Southeast Canada, " shows how to beautify 27 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. 54 design variations incorporate more than 200 of the best plants for the region. Readers also learn all they need to know to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs. Step-by-step instructions show how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions also explain planting and care.

Deckscaping: Gardening and Landscaping on and Around Your Deck


Deckscaping: Gardening and Landscaping on and Around Your Deck


$4.98


Decks are popular in North American landscapes because they serve as outdoor sanctuaries. They are in the back yard, where life is quiet and less hectic. The deck is the perfect place to read the Sunday paper, listen to a ballgame, or entertain when the weather’s nice. But a large, flat expanse of deck isn’t all that exciting. Often, decks look bare and uninviting and can take up valuable gardening space. With DECKSCAPING, learn to landscape on and around your deck. Landscaping and planting techniques help create the feeling that the deck is surrounded by the garden while hiding the deck’s unsightly undercarriage. Add structure and privacy to the deck by building a lattice-covered pergola and growing climbing vines on it for shade. Containers planted with flowers, herbs, or vegetables bring the garden, with its fragrances, butterflies, birds, and wildlife, right up onto the deck. Running low on space? Attach hanging baskets and planter boxes to the railing. What you plant around your deck is just as important as what you plant around your house. In addition to teaching landscaping and planting techniques, DECKSCAPING provides decorating tips on furniture, ornaments, and water features that strengthen the link between indoor and outdoor rooms. Homeowners will also learn how to evaluate a deck, analyze its usefulness and effectiveness, and identify options to improve it so that it is comfortable, safe, and appealing.

Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota - 2nd Edition


Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota – 2nd Edition


$22.42


This new and updated edition of "Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota" combines the practicality of a field guide with all the basic information homeowners need to create an effective landscape design. The plant profiles section includes comprehensive descriptions of approximately 150 flowers, trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, grasses, and ferns that grew in Minnesota before European settlement, as well as complete information on planting, maintenance, and landscape uses for each plant. The book also includes complete information on how to garden successfully in Minnesota’s harsh climate and how to install and maintain an attractive, low-maintenance home landscape suitable for any lifestyle.

Midwest Home Landscaping: Including Southern Canada


Midwest Home Landscaping: Including Southern Canada


$3.48


"Midwest Home Landscaping, Including Southern Canada," shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. After presenting 46 design variations, the book explains how to install and care for the plants, ponds, walls, and fences involved in the landscape designs. Plants that are proven performers in the Midwest are used in the designs and described in full detail. Step-by-step instructions provide the essential knowledge to tackle each project. US: IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI Canada: Ontario (southern)

Midwest Home Landscaping: Including South-Central Canada


Midwest Home Landscaping: Including South-Central Canada


$18.57


Midwest Home Landscaping (including Southern Canada), Third Edition, shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. Each situation is presented with a variation, for a total of 46 designs. In addition, the book explains how to install and care for the plants, ponds, walls, and fences involved in the landscape designs. Plants that are proven performers in the Midwest are used in the designs and are described in full detail. States covered include: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Also covers Ontario (Sountern Canada).

Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping and Gardening


Spon’s Estimating Costs Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping and Gardening


$64.95


Especially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, this second edition of Spon’s Estimating Cost Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping Work and Gardening contains accurate information on thousands of rates.

My Image


My Image


$10


My Image – Illa Ghee

The Wisconsin Garden Guide: The Complete Guide to Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Fruits & Nuts, Lawn & Landscaping, Indoor Gardening


The Wisconsin Garden Guide: The Complete Guide to Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Fruits & Nuts, Lawn & Landscaping, Indoor Gardening


$22.23


The complete guide to vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruits & nuts, lawn & landscaping, and indoor gardening in Wisconsin.

Green Careers in Building and Landscaping: Colleges and Union Organizations with Great Green Programs


Green Careers in Building and Landscaping: Colleges and Union Organizations with Great Green Programs


$2.99


If you’re looking for a school that offers “green” education then this ebook is for you. In this ebook the reader will find a listing of 25 four-year schools and 25 two-year schools that have great “green” programs. There is also a chapter on union training programs for green jobs. For more information see Peterson’s Green Careers in Building and Landscaping.

Garden Stone: Creative Landscaping with Plants and Stone


Garden Stone: Creative Landscaping with Plants and Stone


$19.91


The Garden Writers Association of America awarded Garden Stone a 2003 Garden Globe Award of Achievement for Writing. The Washington Post wrote, "Garden Stone is one of the best idea books on using stones in the landscape that I have seen." And Country Living Gardener said, "While the book is visually stunning . . . diagrams and step-by-step instructions show how gardeners can make their dreams come true." Garden Stone capitalizes on a hot trend in landscaping: adding stone to bring texture, color, serenity, and strength to the garden. Author Barbara Pleasant offers gardeners more than 40 enchanting designs–from something as simple as a flagstone path to an elaborate Zen-inspired meditation garden. But this is not just a picture book. Each project is packed with practical, down-to-earth installation advice, including clear line-drawings and instructional diagrams. Furthermore, an up-to-date resource list helps do-it-yourselfers find the tools and materials they need. Pleasant helps gardeners decide which type of stone is best for which kind of design. Limestone, for example, is ideal for stacking to make rock walls. Sandstone is easy to cut for steps and adds warm shades of red, yellow, or chocolate brown to the landscape. Blocks of granite can be used as sturdy paving stones. And an upright piece of marble or basalt adds a decorative touch to any garden. Pleasant also shows how to create stone water features, such as fountains and natural-looking ponds and streams. And, making this valuable as a gardening book as well as a stone projects book, she provides hundreds of detailed suggestions for plants whose color, texture, and shape will enhance the stone–whether growing in rock gardens, bordering paths and steps, or meandering along water elements. Both practical and inspirational, Garden Stone shows any gardener how stone can add enduring beauty to any landscape.


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