Backyard Blueprints


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Projects include: Slatted garden bench -- Rectangular tree seat -- Home cooking -- Raised features -- Bridging space -- Pond cascade -- Simple spout -- Constructive composting -- Playhouse -- Sunken sandpile -- Romance overhead -- An arbor room -- Dramatic light -- Stage light -- Magic light.




Garden Blueprints


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“Any of the plans, adapted to a particular situation, would be a great place to start for gardeners who don’t have the time, experience or confidence to research and develop a plan on their own. Browsing through these plans also would give a more confident gardener ideas.”—Chicago Tribune.




Backyard Blueprints


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Home Planners Complete Book of Landscape Plans


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Landscape designs to enhance your home.A lavish collection of plans in full-color, sure to spark the imagination and add beauty to any home.From peaceful garden retreats to expansive landscapes designed to create outdoor living and entertainment spaces, whatever your paradise, you'll find it here.Instant gratification - get immediate results with six easy-to-use garden plans.Get helpful advise on reading your blueprints, adjusting the plan to fit your homesite, planting tips, and much more with our special Help section.Blueprints are available for all designs, as well as a regionalized plant list to install a landscape appropriate to your area.Home Planners Complete Book of Landscape Plans is a must-have resource for any homeowner interested in adding value and creating the perfect complement to any home.




Backyard Blueprints


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Imprint. Down-to-earth design advice and inspiring creative ideas for gardens to suit different tastes, situations and lifestyles. The author demystifies the stages of designing a garden, and the result is a collection of imaginative and beautiful plans, features and planting.




35 Garden Blueprints


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This gound-breaking book presents 35 beautiful garden designs in clear, botanically accurate, full-color illustrations and bird's-eye-view line drawings accompanied by lists of their appropriate plant ingredients. 35 full-color illustrations, 35 line drawings.




Garden Blueprints


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Beautifully illustrated garden plans and numerous full-color photographs make this a book to cherish as well as a practical guide to planning and planting a memorable garden. The book features 25 ready-made garden plans, scaled to every possible backyard situation and complete with easy-to-follow directions for planting and maintaining.




The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects


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Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop, a greenhouse, and a root cellar with storage bins, most of the projects are suitable for complete novices, and all use just basic tools and easy-to-find materials. You’ll find techniques to build whatever your outdoor world is missing, with additional tips to live sustainably, happily, and independently. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.




Jay Shafer's DIY Book of Backyard Sheds & Tiny Houses


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From the bestselling author of The Small House Book, comes a collection of designs for tiny homes with “instant curb appeal.” (The New York Times) From internationally recognized small living expert Jay Shafer, who has been featured on CNN, Oprah, Fine Homebuilding, and This Old House, a revised edition of his bestselling book, Tumbleweed DIY Book of Backyard Sheds and Tiny Houses. Ranging in size from 100 to 120 square feet, these tiny backyard buildings can be used as guest cottages, art or writing studios, home offices, craft workshops, vacation retreats, or full-time residences. This book is filled with photos, elevation drawings, and door/window schedules for constructing six of the handsome little buildings, plus an extensive how-to set of instructions that can be applied to any backyard building project. This revised edition contains many new photos of buildings designed by Jay Shafer. Praise for Jay Shafer and Tumbleweed Tiny Houses: "... guru of the small house movement." —John Blackstone, CBS "Move-in ready gems." —Better Homes and Gardens “Astounding." —Oprah Winfrey "A visionary designer ..." —Domino Magazine "100 square feet of bliss." —Thelma Guiterrez, CNN




Backyard Play Areas You Can Make


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15 projects (from simple to complex) to create an assortment of play areas.