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Sunset Western Landscaping Book


Product Description
This all-new second edition, the companion book to the much beloved Western Garden Book, promises to be just as successful as the first. Packed with expert advice from landscape designers, gardeners, and others, it addresses climatic, soil, and topographical challenges—and solutions—for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and southwestern Canada. Features: * The only landscaping guide design… More >>

Sunset Western Landscaping Book

  1. #1 by Anonymous on May 15, 2010 - 8:50 pm

    I expected more for the price. There are some nice ideas and a few plans, but the plans don’t contain measurements. This is not very professional and makes implementation very difficult. Nice for dreaming, but no real help planning.
    Rating: 2 / 5

  2. #2 by D. McDermand on May 15, 2010 - 11:33 pm

    Covers all Western climates from hot, arid Arizona to cool, wet Washington. Besides lots of info on appropriate plants for each region there are many ideas for structures to compliment you landscape such as decks, arbors, gazebos, paths, patios, ponds, walls, rocks and more. Covers factors to consider when making your plan such as erosion, prevailing winds, need for privacy, protection from sun, etc. plus lots of sample landscape layouts. A good book to browse then delve into the areas that are applicable to your area and that interest you. Even though the plants you can use depend on your specific climate the layout designs and structures could be implemented anywhere.
    Rating: 4 / 5

  3. #3 by Horse on May 16, 2010 - 12:53 am

    Anytime I am tired of working on my housing projects I can look through this book and get excited again.

    I didn’t find much useful advice or How-To in here, so if that’s what you want there are much better books out there.

    For my purposes it is perfect: Inspiration and beautiful pictures.

    The info in there is OK, but don’t buy it for that or you will be disappointed.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  4. #4 by Koki's mom on May 16, 2010 - 1:59 am

    Interesting but not very deep. Good for ideas, then use another reference to research plant choices.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  5. #5 by Pamela D. White on May 16, 2010 - 2:29 am

    This is a great book with lots of wonderful information and pictures. Will be extremely beneficial in our plans to change our landscaping.
    Rating: 5 / 5