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. "The renderings and graphics are first-rate and the details about installation of garden carpentry and masonry are clear and practical. A finished project out of this book would closely resemble the work of the best commercial-nursery designers." Don Ladig, Fodder: News from the Hungry Mind Bookstore May 1999 -- Review - Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations - 46 designs covering 23 of the most common situations, such as front entries, foundation plantings, patios, and steep slopes. - Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants that will grow well in your region, plus all you need to know to select, plant, and care for them. - Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises. 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. First Edition