" ... like having a team of professional garden designers on hand." — Country Living Gardener Find inspiring ideas to make your Pacific Northwest home landscape more attractive and functional! 48 beautiful designs created by landscape professionals specifically for Washington, Oregon, and Western British Columbia, Canada - Over 200 plants picked for your region, with detailed descriptions and all you need to know to plant and maintain them - 400 color photos and illustrations to help envision your results - Step-by-step instructions for landscape projects like paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises - Creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, raised entries, steep slopes, and more - Native plants , identifications of invasive and banned plants, the impact of climate change, updated plant profiles, and more updates in this edition Explore the complete guide to landscaping specifically in the northwest! Northwest Home Landscaping, Fourth Edition is an updated edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning book on landscaping for the region. Inside, you'll find inspiring ideas for making your northwest home landscape more attractive and functional. The 48 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 dependable annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs that thrive in the northwest. Each design considers the unique climate and environment of the area, featuring creative solutions for front entries, back entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, narrow side yards, backyards, property boundaries, and much more. This updated edition within the Creative Homeowner's award-winning series of regional home landscaping books includes detailed instructions for building structures such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. More than 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions that take the fear out of landscaping for homeowners. Updates to this edition include an emphasis on the importance of native plants and those most suitable to the region, updated plant profiles, the impact of climate change — from warming temperatures, increased wildfire risk, and insect and disease outbreaks — and how to adjust your garden for it, and more. Your landscape will be in full bloom with Northwest Home Landscaping ! "The Home Landscaping series takes the fear out of gardening by skillfully combining a wide range of attractive, dependable plants with clear, concise information on the techniques of gardening and easy-to-follow plans." —Thomas Fischer, Executive Editor, Horticulture NORTHWEST HOME LANDSCAPING INCLUDING WESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA 48 designs created by landscape professionals specifically for the Northwest—featuring creative solutions for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, steep slopes, and more - Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants picked for your region, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them - Step-by-step instructions for building structures, such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises - Approximately 400 full-color photos and illustrations Praise for the Home Landscaping series "...like having a team of professional garden designers on hand." — Country Living Gardener "... you'll turn to these beautifully rendered design possibilities again and again." —Eleanore Lewis, Woman's Day Garden Planner & Practical Guide "The Home Landscaping series takes the fear out of gardening by skillfully combining a wide range of attractive, dependable plants with clear, concise information on the techniques of gardening and easy-to-follow plans." —Thomas Fischer, Executive Editor, Horticulture Co-author 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 .