Lance Walheim

Western Home Landscaping, Second Edition features inspiring ideas to make your home landscape more attractive and functional. Creative Homeowner's award-winning bestseller on western-style landscaping, features 42 landscape designs from regional professionals for more than 300 plants that thrive in the west. Detailed instructions for projects, such as structures, fencing, paths, patios, ponds, and arbors, are also included. Over 600 full-color photographs are complemented by easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. Updates to this edition include an emphasis on topics such as drought-resistant plants, native plants, and those more suitable to the region, identifications of invasive and banned plants, the impact of climate change on the western region, and updated plant profiles.

Learn how to make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping, 4th Edition. This must-have resource is an updated edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping California-style. The 48 featured landscape designs are created by professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in California's climate. Detailed instructions for projects, such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors, are also included. Over 400 full-color photographs are complemented by easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. Updates to this edition include an emphasis on native plants and those most suitable to the region, updated plant profiles, the impact of climate change, and the challenge of planting natives in California landscaping, creating pollinator and wildfire landscapes, current heat and hardiness zone maps, and more.

Create an eye-catching outdoor oasis with this no-nonsense guide to landscaping As families spend more time at home, they're expanding their living space to their yards, decks, and patios. When you're ready to upgrade the look of your landscape, Landscaping For Dummies offers advice on installing fences and walkways, choosing hardy plants and trees, and enhancing natural habitats for the critters and creatures lurking in your neighborhood. You'll find out how to make your backyard a relaxing retreat space and discover the enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from working in your yard. Landscaping For Dummies includes: Lists of recommended plants and varieties, including the best ones for privacy plantings, low-maintenance groundcovers, and small gardensAdvice on how to deal with special landscaping concerns, including fire-prone areas, bee and butterfly gardens, and drought-tolerant and native landscapesInstructions on installing permanent features like decks, patios, fences, and morePointers on how to water more efficiently, including the latest tools and technologies that can save you time With a little bit of planning and some digging, trimming, or planting, you'll be set to enjoy your yard whenever the mood strikes. Let Landscaping For Dummies be your guide to making the most of your outdoor space.

Only one thing is standing between you and a fabulous lawn: It's called Lawn Care For Dummies. If you want a spiffy and well-coifed lawn (and not the overgrown, unruly one that people comment on when they pass by your house), you'll find everything you need to know to help you make your lawn the most dazzling spectacle on the block. Let authors Lance Walheim and the gardening experts at the National Gardening Association treat you and your yard to a megadose of lawn care information. In Lawn Care For Dummies, Walheim and the NGA give you the dirt on all the essentials, including how to *Design a low-maintenance or a high-maintenance lawn*Evaluate the pros and cons of planting a lawn from seed or starting one from sod*Discover how often you need to water your lawn without under-watering it or waterlogging it*Choose a mower that's right for your grass type*Deal effectively with wicked weeds and pesky insects*Create alternative lawns, such as ground cover plants, decks, and patiosLawn Care For Dummies also features a beautiful color insert with photos illustrating the various types of lawns found in yards across the world.