Best Book Finalists: About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012
When you need ideas or inspiration for landscaping your yard, designing or building a patio, building a pool, or instructions for a do-it-yourself project, there's nothing like a good old-fashioned home and garden book. Some of us have dozens (possibly hundreds) in our home-based libraries, and we're always waiting for the next one to be published.
The Best Book, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living category is new to the 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards.
The five finalists include books about succulent container gardening, designing for privacy, outdoor structures, outdoor DIY projects and all-things related to backyard living.
Ready to vote? The voting phase of the Readers' Choice Awards is Wednesday, February 22 through Wednesday, March 21. The winners, as determined by your votes, will be announced on Friday, March 30, 2012.
To get weekly updates about the Pool and Patio awards as well as the latest news about the world of outdoor living, subscribe to About.com's weekly Pool and Patio newsletter, which includes projects, ideas and news on Thursdays -- right before your DIY weekends.
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First up: Backyard Cottages & Gazebos. All finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
'Backyard Cottages & Gazebos': Best Book Finalist, Design & Outdoor Living
Full Title: Sunset Outdoor Design Guide: Backyard Cottages & Gazebos: Fresh Ideas for Outdoor Living (Sunset Outdoor Design & Build Guides) (Compare prices)
Author: Editors of Sunset Books
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Year: 2011
What It's About: Since the late 1940s, the authors/editors of Sunset Books (Sunset Magazine) have been providing homeowners and do-it-yourselfers with how-to books on every topic inside and outside of the home.
Backyard Cottages & Gazebos offers contemporary design solutions for backyard-based home offices and studios, pool houses, playhouses, boathouses, party spaces, arbors, gazebos, greenhouses and sheds.
Next up: Handmade Garden Projects
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'Handmade Garden Projects': Best Book Finalist, Design & Outdoor Living
Author: Lorene Edwards Forkner
Publisher: Timber Press
Year: 2011
What It's About: Artistic, crafty horticulturist/author Forkner shows readers how to decorate the garden going the DIY route. Projects use inexpensive materials -- like hardware store basics, salvaged goods, repurposed items -- to make structures like a pergola from plumbing pipes, a tree-hung chandelier, a stacking containier tower and vertical gutter garden, among others.
Instructions are clear and easy-to-achieve.
Next up: Landscaping for Privacy
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'Landscaping for Privacy': Best Book Finalist, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living
Full Title: Landscaping for Privacy: Innovative Ways to Turn Your Outdoor Space Into a Peaceful Retreat (Compare prices)
>Author: Marty Wingate
Publisher: Timber Press
Year: 2011
What It's About: Landscaping for Privacy provides numerous creative ideas for dealing with the areas in your outdoor living space that you want to gain some privacy, cover up, or that intrude on your personal outdoor space.
Wingate shows several real-world examples that demonstrate how to keep the outside world at bay by strategically placing buffers, barriers, and screens, around your property. Helpful plant lists tell you precisely which varieties to choose in order to enhance your sense of privacy.
Next up: New Backyard Idea Book
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Full Title: New Backyard Idea Book (Compare prices)
Author: Natalie Ermann Russell
Publisher: Taunton Home Idea Books
Year: 2010
What It's About: Based on the concept that homeowners and dwellers are using their backyards as living spaces now more than ever, the New Backyard Idea Book offers lots of ideas and designs for porches, patios, outdoor rooms for dining and entertaining, garden rooms, all types of sheds and outdoor buildings, pools and more.
A sidebar features a DIY project for more hands-on homeowners.
Next up: Succulent Container Designs
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Full Title: Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants (Compare prices)
Author: Debra Lee Baldwin
Publisher: Timber Press
Year: 2010
What It's About: In Baldwin's follow-up to her best-selling Designing with Succulents, the author shows gardeners how to create beautiful container designs of succulents and other water-wise plants.
The extensive palette includes succulents such as sedums, echeverias, senecios, agaves, and beaucarneas. Easy-to-follow, expert tips explain soil mixes, overwintering, propagation, and many other useful tips to design eye-catching succulent container arrangements.
Voting runs February 22 - March 21...Winners will be announced on March 30, 2012!
You will be able to vote once per day. In order to ensure fairness in the voting procedure, you can either vote through your Facebook login or provide an email address here. About.com will never share, rent, or sell your personal information without your consent, unless it is required by law. Your information will be protected by About.com's Privacy Policy
Vote for Best Book, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living
When you need ideas or inspiration for landscaping your yard, designing or building a patio, building a pool, or instructions for a do-it-yourself project, there's nothing like a good old-fashioned home and garden book. Some of us have dozens (possibly hundreds) in our home-based libraries, and we're always waiting for the next one to be published.
The Best Book, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living category is new to the 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards.
The five finalists include books about succulent container gardening, designing for privacy, outdoor structures, outdoor DIY projects and all-things related to backyard living.
Ready to vote? The voting phase of the Readers' Choice Awards is Wednesday, February 22 through Wednesday, March 21. The winners, as determined by your votes, will be announced on Friday, March 30, 2012.
To get weekly updates about the Pool and Patio awards as well as the latest news about the world of outdoor living, subscribe to About.com's weekly Pool and Patio newsletter, which includes projects, ideas and news on Thursdays -- right before your DIY weekends.
Share this with friends, colleagues and Facebook friends!
First up: Backyard Cottages & Gazebos. All finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
'Backyard Cottages & Gazebos': Best Book Finalist, Design & Outdoor Living
The About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012
Full Title: Sunset Outdoor Design Guide: Backyard Cottages & Gazebos: Fresh Ideas for Outdoor Living (Sunset Outdoor Design & Build Guides) (Compare prices)
Author: Editors of Sunset Books
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Year: 2011
What It's About: Since the late 1940s, the authors/editors of Sunset Books (Sunset Magazine) have been providing homeowners and do-it-yourselfers with how-to books on every topic inside and outside of the home.
Backyard Cottages & Gazebos offers contemporary design solutions for backyard-based home offices and studios, pool houses, playhouses, boathouses, party spaces, arbors, gazebos, greenhouses and sheds.
Next up: Handmade Garden Projects
Vote for Best Book, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living
'Handmade Garden Projects': Best Book Finalist, Design & Outdoor Living
The About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012
Full Title: Handmade Garden Projects: Step-by-Step Instructions for Creative Garden Features, Containers, Lighting & More(Compare prices)Author: Lorene Edwards Forkner
Publisher: Timber Press
Year: 2011
What It's About: Artistic, crafty horticulturist/author Forkner shows readers how to decorate the garden going the DIY route. Projects use inexpensive materials -- like hardware store basics, salvaged goods, repurposed items -- to make structures like a pergola from plumbing pipes, a tree-hung chandelier, a stacking containier tower and vertical gutter garden, among others.
Instructions are clear and easy-to-achieve.
Next up: Landscaping for Privacy
Vote for Best Book, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living
'Landscaping for Privacy': Best Book Finalist, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living
The About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012
Full Title: Landscaping for Privacy: Innovative Ways to Turn Your Outdoor Space Into a Peaceful Retreat (Compare prices)
>Author: Marty Wingate
Publisher: Timber Press
Year: 2011
What It's About: Landscaping for Privacy provides numerous creative ideas for dealing with the areas in your outdoor living space that you want to gain some privacy, cover up, or that intrude on your personal outdoor space.
Wingate shows several real-world examples that demonstrate how to keep the outside world at bay by strategically placing buffers, barriers, and screens, around your property. Helpful plant lists tell you precisely which varieties to choose in order to enhance your sense of privacy.
Next up: New Backyard Idea Book
Vote for Best Book, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living
The About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012
Full Title: New Backyard Idea Book (Compare prices)
Author: Natalie Ermann Russell
Publisher: Taunton Home Idea Books
Year: 2010
What It's About: Based on the concept that homeowners and dwellers are using their backyards as living spaces now more than ever, the New Backyard Idea Book offers lots of ideas and designs for porches, patios, outdoor rooms for dining and entertaining, garden rooms, all types of sheds and outdoor buildings, pools and more.
A sidebar features a DIY project for more hands-on homeowners.
Next up: Succulent Container Designs
Vote for Best Book, Landscape Design & Outdoor Living
The About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012
Full Title: Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants (Compare prices)
Author: Debra Lee Baldwin
Publisher: Timber Press
Year: 2010
What It's About: In Baldwin's follow-up to her best-selling Designing with Succulents, the author shows gardeners how to create beautiful container designs of succulents and other water-wise plants.
The extensive palette includes succulents such as sedums, echeverias, senecios, agaves, and beaucarneas. Easy-to-follow, expert tips explain soil mixes, overwintering, propagation, and many other useful tips to design eye-catching succulent container arrangements.
Voting runs February 22 - March 21...Winners will be announced on March 30, 2012!
You will be able to vote once per day. In order to ensure fairness in the voting procedure, you can either vote through your Facebook login or provide an email address here. About.com will never share, rent, or sell your personal information without your consent, unless it is required by law. Your information will be protected by About.com's Privacy Policy
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