Each of the 52 plans in this book include an illustrated planting plan, season-by-season highlights, a shopping list with brief plant descriptions, what to expect as the planting matures, and tips on customizing the planting for different sites, climates, or themes. Planting groups are broken into three sections for sun, partial shade, and full shade, and there's a section that shows how to mix and match 5-plant plans to design an entire landscape at once or expand it slowly using a modular method.