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Classic Garden Structures : 18 Elegant Projects to Enhance Your Garden

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Some really attractive and useful projects here. Instructions are very well illustrated and easy to follow. Definitely not for beginning woodworkers - if you don't have access to a good assortment of power saws, many of these projects will be difficult if not impossible to execute.

We've just finished building our strawberry tower, an obelisk to grow 90 strawberry plants in a couple of square feet of space. We're beaming from the rave reviews of friends who find our project attractive and functional. The Gertley's do a superb job of presenting their unique projects with gorgeous pictures in attractive settings. I have a whole list of projects I intend to create--and I know that each one will be classy and distinctive. This is a book for people who like to build garden projects that they know they won't see any where else around the neighborhood.

The projects are not so challenging as to be overwhelming; they are fairly simple and can be completed in an evening or over the weekend. The exception is the greenhouse, which has a block waist wall and wood framing for the glass top. I am building the tomato towers and will start the strawberry tower to use next year. There are several smaller projects - a sting-line row marker, caddies and dibble that can be made with scraps you may already have.

I am blessed with a shop full of power tools and shop-made jigs, which makes ripping and cutting complicated angles easier, faster and more accurate, but many of these can be built with simple hand tools and attention to detail.

The book is well laid out, profusely illustrated with color photographs of the completed projects and clear construction drawings and plans. They even recommend specific woods for each project - mainly cedar - but I had a bunch of pressure treated yellow pine left over from other projects which I am using. They also recommend finishes for each project.

If you are looking for something to do when it is too hot, cold or wet to work outside; here's your book. Your garden will be more beautiful and efficient. Your plants will thank you.

I agree that the projects are very nice, but disagree that power tools are needed. Some experience is definitely useful, but I have been happily building these projects with only hand tools -- save the occasional drill for driving lots of screws!

I have built four of the projects in this book.
Dimensions on the strawberry tower were conflicting. Measurements were wrong and some dimensions left out. Some of the projects in this book were not proof read. Lots of good pictures, but could use more detailed instructions.

REALLY nice garden projects, not too difficult to make if you have some type of power cutting tool. I keep coming back to this book for ideas. In fact, I've bought other book by the Gertleys just because I like their style so much.

I had found this book in the library and loved the different projects in it. I found it on Amazon.com and order it. It arrived in a few days and I am excited to get going on some of the projects in the book.Classic Garden Structures : 18 Elegant Projects to Enhance Your Garden

Really nice-looking projects with detailed instructions. I fell in love with their trellis pictures, and next spring I will be building the berry trellis, grape trellis, and a trellis for espalier apple trees. It does require access to power tools.

Several usuable attrictive garden projects - beautiful photos - I'm no woodworker so I'll have to hire someone to make them - but if you have basic woodworking skills the projects look dooable.