This manual features construction techniques, planting instructions and care for building backyard garden pools, ponds, fountains, streams, waterfalls and other water features. There are 25 projects, such as a natural stream waterfall feature and a marsh-bog garden. Each project is summarized in a detailed "recipe" list that provides beginners and intermediate gardeners with a key to building a water garden, with references to skill, equipment and materials, and step-by-step instructions on technique. The volume includes a detailed encyclopaedia of the 85 most popular aquatic plants, USDA plant hardiness maps, on-line Web resources, and an index. Chapters feature: planning; design; installation; construction; planting; and care of water gardens.


