Home Landscaping: Midwest Region, Including Southern Canada, shows how to beautify 23 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. 46 design variations incorporate more than 200 of the best plants for the Midwest. This book has it all. Readers will learn everything they need to know to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs. Step-by-step instructions show how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions also explain planting and care.
Roger Holmes is the founding editor of Fine Gardening magazine. He co-edited the monumental Taylor''s Master Guide to Gardening and other highly regarded gardening books, and produced the landscaping series of which this book is part. He also co-wrote Creative Homeowner''s Creating Good Gardens.
Rita Buchanan is a lifelong gardener with degrees in botany and an encyclopedic knowledge of plants. She worked with Roger Holmes to edit Fine Gardening magazine and co-edit several books, including Taylor''s Master Guide to Gardening. She is the author of numerous award-winning books and is a contributor to many gardening magazines.