Landscaping

Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including the following:

* Living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beauty within the landscape.
* Natural abiotic elements, such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of water.
* Abstract elements, such as the weather and lighting conditions.

Landscaping requires a certain understanding of horticulture and artistic design, but is not limited to plants and horticulture. Sculpting land to enhance
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Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives
Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens
Landscaping with Fruit: Strawberry ground covers, blueberry hedges, grape arbors, and 39 other luscious fruits to make your yard an edible paradise. (A Homeowners Guide)
Stone Landscaping: Ideas and Techniques for Stonework
Landscaping With Stone
New Complete Home Landscaping
New Complete Guide to Landscaping: Design, Plant, Build (Better Homes and Gardens(R))
Blue Dahlia (In the Garden, #1)
Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
Principles of Ecological Landscape Design
All About Creating Japanese Gardens
Permaculture: A Designers' Manual
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape
Trellises and Arbors
The Chef's Choice (The McBains of Grace Harbor, 1)
Regrow your Veggies by Melissa RaupachSmall Plot, Big Harvest by D.K. PublishingThe Vegetable Gardener's Bible by Edward C. SmithThe Midwest Native Plant Primer by Alan BranhagenChoosing Plant Combinations by Cathy Wilkinson Barash
Gardening Book Display
15 books — 1 voter
Tiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerThe Well-Tempered Garden by Christopher  LloydAround the World in 80 Gardens by Montagu DonThe Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll by Richard BisgroveItalian Gardens by Montagu Don
Garden design and history
26 books — 15 voters

Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs by Michael A. DirrPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsThe Well-Tended Perennial Garden by Tracy DiSabato-AustThe Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll by Richard BisgroveThe Collector's Garden by Ken Druse
Best Books for Gardeners
133 books — 51 voters


Douglas W. Tallamy
If we need space to live, we take it -- all of it -- and if that means filling in a ...pond or cutting down a woodlot, then so be it. We feel completely justified in sending the plants and animals that depend on those habitats off to make do someplace else. This is partly because...until recently, there has always been someplace else for nature to thrive. But no longer.
Douglas Tallamy

Douglas W. Tallamy
If you are concerned about the human impact on our plant's climate, reducing the amount of lawn you mow each week is one of the best things you can do to reduce your family's carbon dioxide emissions. On average, mowing your lawn for one hour produces as much pollution as driving 650 miles. Moreover, we now burn 800 million gallons of gas each year in our dirty little lawnmower engines to keep our lawns at bay. ...more
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