MID-ATLANTIC HOME LANDSCAPING Table of Contents About This Book Seasons in Your Landscape As Your Landscape Grows PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS First Impressions* Make a pleasant passage to the front door A Step Up* Plant a foundation garden Up Front and Formal* Seasonal color brightens sheared symmetry Angle of Repose* Make a back-door garden in a sheltered niche A Corner with Character* Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants Streetwise and Stylish* Give your curbside strip a new look Landscaping a Low Wall* Two-tier garden replaces a short slope "Around Back"* Dress up the family's day-to-day entrance Beautify a Blank Wall* Paint a picture with plants A Shady Hideaway* Create a fragrant oasis Create a "Living" Room* Enclose a patio with foliage and flowers Splash Out* Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends Garden in the Round* Create a planting with several attractive faces A Beginning Border* Flowers and a fence make a traditional design Back to Nature* Create a wooded retreat in your backyard Make a No-Mow Slope* A terraced grove transforms a steep site Under the Old Shade Tree* Create a cozy garden in a cool spot A Garden Path* Reclaim a narrow side yard for a shade garden Down to Earth* Harmonize your deck with its surroundings A Woodland Link* Create a shrub border for nearby woods Gateway Garden* Simple structure and plantings make pleasing passage A Pleasing Postal Planting* Provide a leafy setting for the daily mail Elegant Symmetry* Make a formal garden for the backyard Guide to installation Organizing Your Project* Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation. How to organize them for best results. Clearing the Site* Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material. Making Paths and Walkways* Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface. Laying a Patio* Same materials and techniques as for paths and walkways. Ensuring proper drainage. Installing a Pond* Siting, excavation, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell. Growing pond plants.

Building a Retaining Wall* Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps. Fences, Arbors, and Trellises* Selecting wood, layout, setting posts, basic construction. Plans for building the fences, arbors, and trellises shown in the Portfolio of Designs. Preparing the Soil for Planting* Digging and improving the soil. Edgings for beds. Buying Plants* Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price. The Planting Process* When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing. Annuals as fillers.

Planting Basics* Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs. Basic Landscape Care* Mulches and fertilizers. Controlling weeds. Watering. Caring for Woody Plants* Basic pruning. Training an espalier. Making a hedge. Caring for Perennials* Routine care, pruning, dividing.

Problem Solvin* Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases. Winter protection. PLANT PROFILES Descriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them. Glossary Photo Credits Index.