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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
Stone Landscaping: Ideas and Techniques for Stonework
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)
Landscaping With Stone
New Complete Home Landscaping
Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist: How to Have Your Yard and Eat It Too
New Complete Guide to Landscaping: Design, Plant, Build (Better Homes and Gardens(R))
All New Square Foot Gardening
Blue Dahlia (In the Garden, #1)
Principles of Ecological Landscape Design
Permaculture: A Designers' Manual
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape
All About Creating Japanese Gardens
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

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

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


Ansel Adams
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.
Ansel Adams

Douglas W. Tallamy
All too often the first step in the suburbanization of an area is to bulldoze the plant assemblages native to our neighborhoods and then to replace them with large manicured lawns bordered by a relatively few species of popular ornamentals from other continents.
Douglas Tallamy

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