Deckscaping
Gardening and Landscaping On and Around Your Deck
by Barbara
W Ellis
Softcover
235 x 255mm
168pp
Published by Storey Books, North Adams, MA, USA
R.R.P.$34.90
ISBN 1-58017-408-6
Extract from back cover of book:
Transform your deck into the ideal outdoor living space.
Let climbing roses wander up a trellis or train old-fashioned wisteria on an arbor, enclosing your deck with color and shade and filling it with fragrance on summer evenings. Surround your deck with spring flowers and fall berries, as well as annuals and perennials. Plant ornamental edibles and herbs in containers or in a deckside bed for summertime meals. With flowers, vines, arbors, trellises, comfortable furnishing's, well-placed lighting and great decorating ideas, you can transform your deck into an inviting place to linger all year long.
When surrounded by shrubs and small trees, perennials and annuals, ornamental grasses and vines, your deck becomes an appealing link between your home and yard. In this book, you'll find everything you need to know to create your dream deck environment. Barbara Ellis offers dozens of creative ideas and fail-proof techniques.
Long-blooming flowers, fruit-bearing shrubs, and gracefully drifting grasses offer fragrance and color.
Plant-packed containers grouped on a deck convey a special feeling of abundance, and they instantly create a gardenlike feel.
Flowering vines trained over a sturdy arbor create an island of welcome shade. Flowers and foliage spilling over railings and covering a trellised wall or arbor provide a sense of privacy.
Photos: Colour
Contents
Introduction:
The Ideal Outdoor Living Space
Customizing
Your Design
Gathering Ideas
Creating Privacy and Shade
Traffic and
Usage Considerations
Create a Working Drawing
The
Surrounding Gardens
Getting
Started with Garden Design
Enduring Perennials for Deck Gardens
Deck Plantings
in Shady Spots
Deckside Theme Gardens
Kitchen Gardens
Hummingbird Gardens
Butterfly
Gardens
Fragrance Gardens
Evening Gardens
Container
Gardening
Choosing
Containers
Designing with Containers
Designing Container Combinations
Theme
in a Pot
Green Sculpture
Trellises
and Arbors
Creating
Shady Retreats
Trellises and Other Supports
Vines for Deckscapes
Deckside
Roses
Decorating
With Style
Selecting
Furniture
Outdoor Furniture Choices
Decorating Your Deck Year-Round
Favorite
Deckside Plants
Annuals
and Tender Perennials
Perennials, biennials and Bulbs
Shrubs and Small Trees
Hardy
and Tender Vines
Index