02533cam a2200397 i 4500 626011530 TxAuBib 20100702120000.0 970811s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97034540 9780292728158 paperback 0292728158 paperback (OCoLC)37493101 DLC eng rda DLC DLC TxAuBib rda Garrett, Howard, 1947- Plants of the metroplex / by John Howard Garrett ; [foreword by Alex Burton]. Newly revised edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998. 90 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page iv) and index. Covering Texas and beyond, Plants of the Metroplex is the only Texas book available giving practical landscape advice from a landscape architect's point of view. Howard Garrett uses his years of experience as a gardener, landscape contractor, maintenance contractor, and landscape architect to give you clear-cut, money-saving advice on the proper selection, installation, and maintenance of landscape plant material for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and beyond. Garrett also explains his organic approach, "The Natural Way," which gives gardeners greater success with lower costs and without the risks of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. All of this information has been revised and updated from Garrett's popular Plants of the Metroplex III. J. Howard Garrett has converted several commercial projects to organic programs. They include Frito-Lay National Headquarters in Plano, Johnson and Johnson Medical in Arlington, and Collin County Community College in Plano. 20100702. Landscape plants Texas Dallas Region. Landscape plants Texas Fort Worth Region. Landscape gardening Texas Dallas Region. Landscape gardening Texas Fort Worth Region. Organic gardening Texas Dallas Region. Organic gardening Texas Fort Worth Region. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/texas041/97034540.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0609/97034540-t.html Table of contents TXAAL