The Complete Guide to Creative Landscapes : Designing, Building, and Decorating Your Outdoor Home (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library)

By Black & Decker, Jerri Farris, Bryan Trandem

Book Overview

In simple and practical language, this manual teaches the seven secrets of good landscape design, shows how to plan a stylish landscape that meets practical family needs, and teaches readers how to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865735794
• ISBN13: 9780865735798
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Creative Pub Intl
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

The complete guide to creative landscape

This is a great book with so many very well illustrated projects. I have just built a new home and am beginning to landscape my 4 acres I find this book very useful. All the projects are described in great detail with lots of pictures. Thanks L. Rocha

It can't be replaced!!!

I bought this book over a year ago. I've read through each project a dozen times. I love about 94% of them. Our house sits on a lot that is ~ 100 feet x ~ 120 feet. I was going to get crazy this spring and summer with a new patio, arbor, and several garden areas. Sometime a couple of months ago, my book disappeared. I have searched nearly every square inch of our attic and basement, in addition to every closet, underneath every bed, and even in the garage. My wife has looked as well, but to no avail. I'm 32 years old, and losing this book has nearly made me cry on at least four occassions. It's that good. Our library doesn't have it. None of the hardware stores in town have it. We have one bookstore in town - and they don't have it. Last weekend, I finally broke down and bought two other books, thinking that by doubling up it would somehow take away the pain of losing my B & D Creative Landscapes book. It hasn't worked. I'm purchasing another copy on line this afternoon. There are just too many things in the book that I can't find anywhere else. It's nothing that difficult, but they do such a great job of making things easy to follow, and each project gives you ideas for three more. Buy the book. Buy two copies. And be sure to hide one in your drawer where no one can take it.

Great Book

This book is so well layed out. I give this book 5 stars because it has excellent descriptions and pictures. I built the terra cotta fountain in the book and I love it so much.

great book!!

I have been in the search of a home for months now and the one thing I kept telling myself was that when I finally bought it, I would also buy this book. I looked at lots of books at Home Depot, B & N, etc. but this is one of the best and most creative landscaping books I have found. So today, knowing that I have a home and YARD that I can call my own, I am buying it!!