This is a hardworking but approachable guide to building the most popular outdoor structures, including decks, sheds, greenhouses, pergolas, trellises, raised planting beds, benches, and seating-plans included. Complete plans, including technical illustrations and even cutting and shopping lists, will lead you through the building process, punctuated by clear step-by-step photographs and how-to descriptions. If you value entertaining, recreating, or growing vegetables and flowers in your own yard, you will find everything you need to create the structures and hardscaping that support your interests. The projects are all selected based on more than 30 years of publishing Black & Decker books for the home DIYer. The most requested and most frequently chosen backyard projects are all included.