Patio and Stone: A Sunset Design Guide - Softcover

Wilhite, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0376013494 ISBN 13: 9780376013491

Publisher: Sunset Books,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

Whether the dream is to create a winding path through the garden or to build a patio for enjoying outdoor living, homeowners will find out how to get exactly what they want in this exciting new book. Today's top design and building professionals deliver all the inspiration and planning advice necessary to create a beautiful, eye-catching hardscape. Included is vital information on how to find the right materials, the best installation methods; landscaping how-tos, and great ideas for adding character and functionality to your property.This book offers expert ideas and advice for building everything from unique outdoor kitchens to garden pools, steps, walls, fireplaces, furniture, and more. A guide to the best companion plants for stone shows what works with what. Over 400 beautiful, never-before-published photos offer inspiration and how-tos. A bound-in DVD delivers powerful hardscape and landscaping design software. It also features bigger and better format in this new series - more pages on heavier paper with easily accessible facts and vital information.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Wilhite is a garden designer, horticultural consultant, and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area who has contributed to 14 books on gardening and landscape design. His business, Green Man Garden Design & Consultation, is based in Sausalito, California.

For more than half a century, Sunset has been helping readers remodel their homes and improve their lives. During that time, Sunset has published numerous books on how to actually build a wide variety of subjects, cementing its authority in House & Home publishing. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunset Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0376013494
• ISBN 13: 9780376013491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224