Design and Maintenance of the Home Landscape is full of practical advice on how to design and care for the grounds of your home. You will learn how to: Look at your house and grounds as a whole; create outdoor rooms, adding valuable living space to your home; design shrub and flower borders, shade and sun gardens; prune trees, shrubs and vines; identify pests and diseases and keep your garden healthy using earth friendly techniques. Meant to be used as a garden journal, this book takes you through an entire year of creating and caring for the home landscape.