Front Yard Gardens: Growing More Than Grass

What a delightful book, full of photos and wonderful ideas. We've already replaced most of the grass in both the front and back yards with gardens. Neighbors, dog walkers and joggers stop by to tell us how much they like what we've done. We see all sorts of birds and butterflies in our yard now.If you don't have the time to visit major botanical gardens and arboretums to gather ideas (like we did), this book will be a great help to you. Digging up that first shovel full of grass is the hardest part---but caution, you may find yourself addicted to beautiful gardens and digging up the rest of the lawn.

I love this book. I have checked it out of my local library many times, copied pages, and yet I still dream about the photos, the author's interesting story of how she reconceived her own front yard, and not in just any clime, but a cool place. no matter. also loved the variety of front yard transformations - from desert to lush, and how each one can show off one's home to great advantage, is so great. just bought this with cc points, so excited to finally own a copy!

This is the way to go. Beautiful yards less work and better for the environment. Here is the information and ideas on how to do it.

For people wanting to end the resource drain of maintaining a clipped grass lawn, the author presents an alternative. The photos are beautiful, and there is plenty of practical advice, for instance, to tackle the project in stages.

I had found this book at my local library and taken it out twice and realized I had to own it!!! I have purchased books before on Amazon and have always been pleased with the service and the condition of the books!!

So much that this is the second copy I have bought, darn it (lost the other in the last move.) If, like me, you are willing to spend most of your spare time and discretionary income on your garden, it is nice to have guides that provide help, inspiration, and some tangible cues on, for example, thinking about how house colors/hardware/hardscaping materials interact with the form and function of your garden.I loved the story of the author's own garden, as well as the photographs which showed the journey from suburban lawn to a gorgeously abundant cottage garden. The book is just really well written and interesting and seems to anticipate questions before they arrive in your mind. This is my favorite garden "inspiration" book. Highest recommendation.

I gave it 3 stars because it did not meet my expectations. I found the photos and text interesting, but I would have liked to see planting plans for the pictures. It does me little good to know the names of the plants if I can't identify them in the picture. I was looking for a guide to planting rather than pretty pictures. It is a worthwhile book and might be enjoyed by others with different expectations.

I love this book. It really makes my inspired to create a garden out of my front yard-unused lawn space.I recommend this book to anyone who wants great pictures ideas on how to start a flower/herb (with trees and shrubs) in their front yards, or back yards.This is a picture book mainly, If you want a book on how to start an ornamental garden this may not be the book for you. With that said, you will still want to buy this book. It will surely inspire you to find out how to start a garden!I just love it.

Great book really useful

This well illustrated and personal book covers what one needs to know about the first step to ditching your front grass. IDEAS! plenty of them and well documented. Also features a great cross section of growing zones and of gardening levels - all which are covered with personal stories to accompany each one. I can't wait to get rid of my useless track of front grass and kick up the neighbourhood. With this book, i have a the basic and the advanced methods to doing it in style. Just a nice book to hold as well - perfect bedsized reading! :-)

Very good book on front yard gardening.

My front Yard is already converted in garden but I want to change it a bit, that book is really helpful and I enjoy it.

just received it but has great ideas look forward to employing some of them.