"From the experts in lawn care comes Scotts Lawnscaping, the complete guide to landscaping your lawn. With a carpet of green as your starting point, learn how to create a landscape that offers visual pleasure while increasing the value of your home"--Publisher website (November 2006).

Show your artistic abilities to the world--with your front lawn as the canvas!Lawnscapes contains 20 totally amazing designs that will transform the yard into a work of art. With easy-to-follow instructions, readers will learn the skills and techniques necessary to create patterns, pictures, holiday scenes, even words and phrases. All that's needed is string, a lawn mower and, of course, a lawn. Patterns are divided into Basic (checkerboard, bull's eye), Intermediate (flower, sunburst) and Advanced for writing words. Pictures include a glowing jack-o'-lantern and a Christmas tree with lights. With a cool Astroturf cover, Lawnscapes will have great appeal for house-proud suburbanites, as a Father's Day gift, or a gift for guys in general.

As cities from Cape Town to La Paz face acute water shortages, citizens need to know how urban water systems evolved to understand their vulnerabilities and alternatives. This volume sheds light on the challenges of water management in Australian cities drawing on environmental, urban and economy history.

Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value. Lawns are the foundation of a great landscape. This series contains regional information on the best lawns for a beautiful landscape.

Sources: 1) National Gardening Survey, 2002

Bloomington, Nashville/Spencer and nearby communities.