I know you all love books, so today I’ve got a fun giveaway for a new book, Big Impact Landscaping by Sara Bendrick. Transform your space on any budget with 28 DIY Projects for homeowners to beautify and add value to your home. Expert landscape designer and TV host of DIY Network’s I Hate My Yard, Sara packs 10 years of experience into this beautiful how-to guide that will teach readers the best, most efficient ways to elevate their yard and get the most out of it at every budget.
We all know firsthand how much landscaping projects impact a home. I can certainly attest to that with my current home and how much it changed when I landscaped the front yard. Talk about the wow factor!
The book is for crafty men and women who love to get creative and enjoy doing DIY projects.
Sara is giving away 2 copies to my readers, so all you have to do is leave a comment and tell me what sort of landscape project would you like to tackle at your house? Interested in adding a privacy screen, fireplace/firepit, dry creekbed, water feature? What’s on your list?
I’ll choose 2 winners at random and you’ll both get a book! Giveaway ends one week from today!
I definitely hate my back yard! I would have to start with some way to make shade on our patio without having to build an expensive patio cover/pergola. It is hot and all my plants die. Thanks for the chance to win.
We will be retiring to Venice Fl soon and I need easy, inexpensive ideas for a lenai, plantings and ( hopefully) a pool area
Thank you for your blog…you are like a trusted friend that I look forward to keeping up with each day! You have been such a blessing to me! I would love to add a water feature and i also need to pull out and re-work some existing overgrown shrubs! Thanks again!
Hi Rhoda,
My husband and I moved to lower Alabama from Minnesota 2 years ago. Our grass in the backyard is dying and there are many unsightly spots of dry dirt. We have tried several rounds of fertilizer and fungus control products…..NO LUCK! We need help with ideas for rocks, pavers, etc….to do away with the grass….and we have a dog which she needs some “space”. This book is exactly what I’ve been looking for!
P.S. Our story is very similar to yours and Mark’s! 🙂
Oh, sweet Brenda!!
Fire pit with lots of seating is first on my list! That looks like a treasure of a book!
Oh a dry creek bed would be great!! Unfortunately, our deer population is increasing exponentially and they eat everything but rocks . . . .
Would love to win a copy of this book. We are in desperate need of updating our backyard and we’d love a fire pit.
Would love to add some sort of kids’ space for our 9 grandchildren to have fun in!
Thanks for the opportunity!
I’d love to build that privacy screen. Looks like a fun book!
Great giveaway!
That screening wall is to die for! I could attempt that at my house and the dry creek bed at my daughter’s house to solve their ongoing drainage issue.
My front yard looks like an orphan!
I so need this book!! About to build a 750 sq. ft. cottage so a lot of my “living” area will be outdoors. l am planning fencing, outdoor patio with a water feature and a fire pit area.
I love all kinds of landscape projects, especially those involving water! I also love the privacy walls and plans for seating around a fire pit.
I need a privacy screen between my half of the yard–I live in a duplex–and the other yard, which contains a loud dog who jumps at the fence and barks fiercely every time it sees me working/gardening nearby. I am learning to be relatively handy in making things, but need ideas!
Hi Rhoda,
First of all Prayer continues for your Dad. Second, Congrats on your engagement and new home!!
I bought an older home and the front yard is disaster!!! Need major Ideas..!!!
Patricia (NC Coast)
Definitely a fire pit is on our dream list! But realistically, fixing our curb appeal is a must!!! Thanks for the opportunity!
We just bought our house after renting it for 10 yrs and there are so many things that need improvement both inside and out. But, the front area right outside our front door really needs to be completely redone. There are weeds growing up through shrubbery and we just don’t know anything about gardening.
Privacy screen/wall.
What timing! My backyard is currently covered in black plastic to kill all the weeks that have taken over. I am looking to do a nice grass area, with plants and shrubs. Wish list is a fire pit, small water feature, raised bed garden, and may a horseshoe pit. I have ideas, but could use some help. Thanks.
Would love a water/pond and a fire pit area.
Love your book!!