Deckscaping: Gardening and Landscaping on and around Your Deck
Let climbing roses wander up a trellis or train old-fashioned wisteria on an arbor, enclosing your deck with color and shad and filling it with fragrance on summer evenings. Surround your deck with spring flowers and fall berries, as well as annuals and perennials that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Plant ornamental edibles and herbs in containers or in a deckside bed for summertime meals. With flowers, vines, arbors, trellises, comfortable furnishings, well-placed lighting, and great...
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Transform your deck into the ideal outdoor living space 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 while attracting visits from butterflies and hummingbirds. 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. Count on Barbara Ellis to pick up on just what the American deck needs. Deckscaping shows us how to turn our own bland (or cluttered!) space into a delightful, usable room that seamlessly joins our indoor décor with our garden landscape. With so many good ideas, I can't wait to get started! (Frances Tenenbaum, Editor, Taylor's Guide to Gardening) Publishers Weekly In Deckscaping: Gardening and Landscaping on and Around Your Deck, Barbara W. Ellis observes that in many cases, the deck was nothing more than a platform that was stuck onto a dwelling. She goes into great detail, with color photos and drawings, to show how this space can be used and enjoyed year round, even in cold climates. From simple to elaborate, she suggests surfaces, materials, plantings, furniture and gives tips on maintenance as well. ( Feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Introduction: The Ideal Outdoor Living SpaceviiiChapter 1Customizing Your Design4Chapter 2The Surrounding Gardens24Chapter 3Container Gardening58Chapter 4Trellises and Arbors86Chapter 5Decorating with Style112Chapter 6Favorite Deckside Plants124Index158
\ From Barnes & NobleUsing the deck -- that ubiquitous but underutilized appendage to the American home -- as a canvas on which to create beautiful extensions of both the home and garden is the concept behind this book. Ellis addresses a number of design and practicality concerns, such as choosing an appropriate size and shape, evaluating the stability of your structure, creating shade and privacy, and more. The book also identifies plants and foliage that complement a "deckscape" and offers advice for gardeners. Whether your deck fantasies lean toward a built-in hot tub or built-in gardening containers, you'll find all the tools to design a thoughtfully conceived deck that enhances your home, indoors and out. Already have a deck? This book will inspire you to put it to better use!\ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklyIn Deckscaping: Gardening and Landscaping on and Around Your Deck, Barbara W. Ellis observes that in many cases, the deck was nothing more than a platform that was stuck onto a dwelling. She goes into great detail, with color photos and drawings, to show how this space can be used and enjoyed year round, even in cold climates. From simple to elaborate, she suggests surfaces, materials, plantings, furniture and gives tips on maintenance as well. ( Feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \
