Product Description

Sunset is the first to offer Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses, a complete design and reference book that explores the history of grasses in their natural settings, and describes how to integrate them in a variety of climatic situations shady woodland to desert, Asian-style gardens to naturalistic landscapes, family-friendly yards to small patios. Step-by-step directions, over 250 beautiful photos, ideas for stylish indoor container and craft projects, and retail and mail-order sources make this new edition a must for anyone passionate about expanding their gardening repertoire.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74874 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

A very unique book for innovative landscape design!
"By incorporating ornamental grasses into your garden, you are doing more than choosing just another plant out of many available. You are inviting nature into your landscape. With their naturalistic simplicity, grasses are the perfect plants for a new gardening sensibility, one that works in harmony with the earth rather than strangling against it..." Fiona Gilsenan writes. She continues to discuss other aspects of the grasses: origin of the species and the "real" grasses. She also covers design techniques for grasses, the use of grasses in different type of gardens and locations, how to care for grasses, shopping for grasses, and troubleshooting.

"Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses Sunset book" includes six chapters: the Nature of Grasses, the Lowdown, Standing Tall, For Every Garden, In and Out of Garden, and Grasses and Grasslike Plants.

"Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses Sunset book" has 128 pages and over 250 beautiful interior photos. It is a very unique book for innovative landscape design!