The ensembles Calhoun presents are an invitation to try plants in fresh, innovative ways. Combinations of complementary colors, masses of grasses, foliage spectacles in extraordinary shades of green and purple, and height variations are all used to good advantage to make your garden a unified whole that will be pleasing to the eye.

Well illustrated, here's a how-to book that can help anyone transform a drab, uninteresting side or backyard into something exciting.