If your home's landscape is designed properly it will be a source of enjoyment for your entire family, enhance your community and add to the resale value of your property.Landscape design involves much more than placing trees, shrubs and other plants on the property. It is an art which deals with the conscious arrangement or organization of outdoor space for human satisfaction and enjoyment.In the Homeowners Guide To Landscaping you will learn how to: Organize and develop your yard for maximum use and pleasure. Create a visual relationship between the house and the site. Reduce landscape maintenance to a practical level.Americans spend tremendous amounts of money landscaping their homes. Much of this money is wasted however, because of little or no planning.The Homeowners Guide To Landscaping will guide you every step of the way, from creating a base plan to choosing plants and trees and landscaping for energy savings. Here are the chapters you will find inside this comprehensive manual: Planning The Home Landscape The Base Plan Planning For Your Needs Studying The Site Landscaping Materials Placing Your Plants Choosing And Planting Your Plants Landscape Construction Terracing Backyard Ponds Landscaping For Energy SavingsIt's time that you discovered the joy and beauty of having a wonderfully landscaped yard.