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Title:
Beginner's guide to garden planning and design : 50 simple gardening ideas for adding style & personality to your outdoor space / Helen Yoest ; foreword by P. Allen Smith.
ISBN:
9781580116084
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Edition:
Revised and expanded edition.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Creative Homeowner Press, 2024.
Physical Description:
208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
Includes index.

"Beginner's guide to garden planning and design (2024) is a revised and expanded edition of Gardening With Confidence (2012), self-published by Helen Yoest. Revisions include a new title and design and updated text with and new photographs throughout."--Copyright page.
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Carving out space -- Sketch your idea -- Prepare a plan -- View from the inside -- Rhythm, scale, and balance -- Curb appeal -- Style -- Bulbs -- Container gardens -- Cottage and country gardens -- Formal and informal gardens -- Gardens out front -- Herb gardens -- Moss gardening -- Rock gardening -- Vegetable gardens -- Wildlife gardens -- Adding color to your garden -- Fence follies -- Creating a focal point -- Movement in the garden -- Sound -- Privacy -- Garden seating -- Accenting your garden with art -- Arbors -- Covered porches -- Garden bed edging -- Foundation plantings -- Water-fountains and ponds -- Fragrance in the garden -- Garden gates -- Level changes -- Layers of light -- Mailbox gardens -- The garden path -- Retaining walls -- Garden house -- Trellises -- Kids in the garden -- Attracting birds, bees, and butterflies -- Critter control -- Energy conservation -- Gardening for the seasons -- Layering the landscape -- Ideas for reducing lawn -- Simply sustainable -- Water-wise gardening -- Time -- Gardening with confidence -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the author.
Summary:
In the foreword of Planning & Designing Your First Garden: 50 Ways to Add Style for Personal Creativity, P. Allen Smith states, "Helen has outlined 50 ways to add style to express one's personal creativity in the garden--when in fact her 50 will inspire at least 50 more ideas." Rather than force her own creative ideas on you, author, gardener, and horticulturalist, Helen Yoest teaches you how to recognize and act on your own creativity. Sections include Garden Basics, Garden Styles, Garden Elements and Your Garden Environment. Learn about the importance of carving out the perfect space for your needs, how to create rhythm, scale, and balance along with curb appeal to help personalize your space, creating a sustainable garden environment where plants and animals can live together.
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OCLC Number:
on1420867464
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