"Creative ideas for lawns, garden beds, decks, walkways, and entryways"--Cover. Includes index.

1House and Garden Style: From Young to Old to Rejuvenated 4 -- Where Do I Begin? 6 -- Your Neighborhood, Your House 9 -- Budgeting Time and Money for Renovation 10 -- Let's Get Started! 15 -- 2 Keepers, Movers, and Composters 16 -- Name That Plant 18 -- What to Keep 21 -- What to Move 23 -- What to Compost 25 -- 3 Developing the Yard: Dreaming and Planning 28 -- Well-Tended or Wild? 30 -- Family Spaces 31 -- From Dreamscape to Landscape: The Plan 33 -- 4 Reshaping the Wild Spaces 38 -- Thinning and Clearing 40 -- Taking Down a Tree 43 -- Hiring Tree Professionals 44 -- Dealing with Stumps 45 -- Eliminating Other Unwanted Plants 47 -- 5 Reshaping the Land 50 -- Checking the Grade 52 -- Correcting the Grade 55 -- Creating Drainage Systems 56 -- Renovating the Lawn 59 -- 6 Reshaping the Planting Beds 62 -- Plan before You Cut 64 -- Cutting the Beds 73 -- Planting the Beds 74 -- 7 Pruning Simplified 78 -- Prune for Healthy Plants 80 -- Tools of the Trade 81 -- Time It Right 82 -- Pruning Schemes 84 -- 8 Timely Transplanting 94 -- Size Spells Success 96 -- Timing Is Everything 96 -- Right Tools for the Job 99 -- Moving Trees 100 -- Moving Shrubs 105 -- Dividing and Moving Perennials 106 -- Moving Bulbs 108 -- 9 Renovating the Front Entry: Stoops and Steps 110 -- Start with an Assessment 113 -- Repair or Rebuild? 114 -- 10 Well-Designed Walkways and Patios 122 -- Anatomy of a Walkway or Patio 125 -- Common Problems 126 -- Surface Materials 128 -- Proper Pitch 128 -- Well-Designed Walkway 129 -- Building a Walkway 132 -- Well-Designed Patio 133 -- Possibilities for Change 136 -- Lighting: The Finishing Touch 139 -- 11 Transforming an Old Deck 140 -- Start with What You Have 142 -- Designing the Changes 142 -- Details 147 -- 12 Yard beyond the House 150 -- Adding a Pool 152 -- Renovating a Pool 156 -- Bringing a Pond Back to Life 157 -- Siting a New Pond 159 -- Creating a Water Feature 160 -- Adding Garden Structures 161 -- Planning Play Areas 162 -- Siting a Vegetable Garden 163 -- Lighting the Landscape 163 -- Finishing Touches 165.