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Lawns can be wonderful, but they can also consume and enormous amount of time and resources. In many areas, they are neither practical nor feasible. And sometimes, you just want a different look. So what can be done with spaces too shady for lawn, or when you don't want to make the kind of investment lawns require The answers to that are many and varied. In Beyond the Lawn, veteran garden designer Keith Davitt brings a plethora of ideas to the table. From bautifying with stone, brick, gravel, water, rock gardens, decking, mosaics, and murals, to planting ground covers, herbs, conifers, planted pots, natives, and wild plantsyou will discover that it is possible to create a truly stunning garden sans grass. Table of Contents Introduction The Lawnless Garden Stone Gardens Green Solutions for Grassless Gardens Mixed Media Pebbled Gardens Bricked Gardens Mosaic Gardens Flower Gardens Gardens of Wood Gardens with Water Directory of Materials Directory of Designers Photo Credits Acknowledgements About the Author Keith Davitt has been designing, building, photographing, and writing about gardens for twenty years. His gardens and articles have appeared in numerous magazines, and he recently won the Herald Award for Excellence in Garden Communication. He lives in Cambridge, New York.
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