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Michael Glassman & Associates

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Books

Solving Problems in the Landscape

Solving Problems in the Landscape

Solving Problems in the Landscape addresses key landscaping challenges, including privacy, screening, summer heat, erosion, drainage, hardscape, layout, and critter management. It emphasizes the role of maintenance and the potential of plants to resolve many issues. The book provides insights from three perspectives: the gardener, the do-it-yourselfer, and the professional landscape designer.

By Michael Glassman and Janey Santos

 

To purchase this book, please follow the link below to Janey's website. Amazon is currently sold out!

https://www.digplantwaterrepeat.com/product-page/solving-problems-in-the-landscape

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The Garden Bible

The Garden Bible

Transforming outdoor space is one of the hottest home trends today. It expands indoor square footage, makes a property more usable, keeps homeowners healthier whether they grow vegetables or swim laps. It also makes a neighborhood more aesthetically attractive.

The Garden Bible can help homeowners understand the challenges of their site and what needs to be done on an ongoing basis for their garden to develop and thrive. Explaining the many options available, this title will show you how to get it right first time.

The Garden Bible on Amazon.com (site friendly link)
Kinder Gardens

Kinder Gardens: Autumn Fun

Extend your gardening season into autumn and enjoy those golden orange leaves and pumpkins with your children. With 235 color images, see for yourself that it's not too cold to still play outside. Games like soil bag obstacle course or creating borders for your spring flowers with a digging contest are perfect during this cooler time of the year. A little planning and a bunch of fun ideas can help you encourage your children's exploration and enjoyment of the garden no matter the time of year. Karden® is there waiting to make garden glove puppets and garden art brushes, go on a scavenger hunt, and play garden tic tac toe. With over thirty projects, the possibilities are endless!

Kinder Gardens

Kinder Gardens: Games and Adventures

A typical child spends only 4 to 7 minutes outside each day. You may wonder, How could that be? It's time to teach kids how much fun it is to play outside to romp in the dirt and run in the sun! Let Kinder Garden show you and your kids how gardening is a great form of exercise that will teach healthy eating while building brain muscles. Did you know that flowers are not the only things in the garden that bloom and grow kids do, too! Karden, the puppet pal, reminds us that, with just a leaf, you can have fun for hours outside in the garden. Karden introduces 25 fun games like building a soil castle, making a sunflower watch, creating muddy art, and sponge tag! This book will help inspire adults and children to turn gardening into a family project full of fun memories, as well as to get a little exercise, too!

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Kinder Gardens

Kinder Gardens: Growing Inspiration for Children

Join Kinder, a puppet pal who teaches a bucket-load of fun activities that encourage experimentation in the garden. Fun projects include turning umbrellas, rain boots, and old toys into gardens. Learn where vegetables come from, then grow your own. Over 250 color photographs bring the book to life, and start your children on their own horticultural adventure.

Visit Kinder at Kinder's Corner, a dedicated website for the book which includes activities for children, coloring books, gardening tips, and more.

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Garden Getaways: Havens at Home

Garden Getaways: Havens at Home

There is no need to make reservations, pack and rush to the airport to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life.  This book shows you how to transform a neglected portion of your yard into a private sanctuary that you can visit every day, anytime you like.

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Outdoor Designs for Living

Outdoor Designs for Living

Over 320 beautiful color photos and concise text address reclaiming lost outdoor areas and transitioning them into useful, enjoyable spaces. This delightful book provides ideas to create outdoor rooms for lounging and dining in front and back yards. Before and after images help readers visualize the myriad of possibilities they can create. Professionals will find inspiration with specific examples of design details and solutions for their clients because "good design is in the details."

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Contact Us

Michael Glassman and Associates
1725 10th Street, Suite 101
Sacramento, CA 95811

Phone: (916) 736-2222

Email: glassmanlandscapes@gmail.com

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