IntroductionChapter One: Beyond Gardening What Is Landscaping? The Ten Elements of Landscape Design The Basis for Change Why Am I Doing This? Moving Mountains: Who Does the Work? Calling for Help Paying for It Understanding the Basics: Grades, Levels and Drainage How to Measure the Positive Grade Where the Water Goes How Drainage Tiles Work How to Install Drainage TilesChapter Two: Planning a Landscape Ten-Point Assessment Survey Putting It Down on Paper Controlling the Landscaping Urge A Sample Four-Year Plan A Landscaping Plan Step-by-Step Creating Your Own Four-Year Landscaping Plan Before You Begin Making Stone SoupChapter Three: Hard Landscaping Raised Edges and Retaining Walls How to Make a Raised Edge How to Build a Retaining Wall How to Terrace a Slope Fences and Gates How to Create a Living Fence Steps How to Build Steps Pathways How to Make a Gravel Path How to Make s Stepping-Stone Pathway The Ten Best Plants for Between Stepping Stones Driveways and Parking Spaces Patios and Decks Garden Sheds Ten Best Shed-Covering Vines Pools and Ponds How to Install a Pond Irrigation Lighting Ten Best Weeping Shrubs and Small TreesChapter Four: Soft Landscaping Trees Ten Best Trees for House and Garage Corners Ten Best Trees Distinctive Trees up to 30 Feet (9 M) Ten Best Trees to Create Filtered Shade Shrubs Ten Best Shrubs for Hedging Temporary Plantings Part-Shade to Full Shade Five of the Best Quick-Growing Temporary Plants Five of the Best Slow-Growing Permanent Plants Part-Sun to Full Sun Five of the Best Quick-Growing Temporary Plants Five of the Best Slow-Growing Permanent Plants Foundation Plantings Ten Best Dwarf Evergreen Foundation Plants Ground Covers and Lawns Ten Best Ground Cover Plants Ten Steps to a Better Lawn Beds and Borders How to Edge a Bed How to Renovate an Older Garden Bed Hills and Steep Inclines Berms Ten Best Ornamental GrassesChapter Five: Installing Landscape Plants Shopping Selecting Plants Using Mail Order to Purchase Plants Zone Guidelines Traveling with Plants Temporary Storage Ten Best Perennials for April and May Ten Best Perennials for June and July Ten Best Perennials for August and September Ten Best Summer Annuals Garden Tools The Ten Most Necessary Tools How To Plant Perennials How to Plant a Shrub How to Plant a Tree Planting for Difficult Situations Ten Best Drought Resistant Shrubs Ten Best Ornamental Shrubs for Shade Planting for Seasonal Interest Ten Best Early-Flowering Spring Shrubs Ten Best Spring-Flowering Bulbs, Corms and Tubers Ten Best Plants for Autumn Display Ten Best Shrubs for Winter InterestChapter Six: Looking After the Landscape Soil Condition and Fertility Pets and Diseases Horticultural Sprays Pruning How to Prune a Tree How to Remove a Tree Limb with a Jump-Cut How to Prune Flowering Shrubs How to Renovate an Overgrown Shrub Ten Best Flowering Shrubs and When to Prune Them Caring for Hard Surfaces Winter Protection Last Words: A Comfortable Seat.