Making Garden Floors: Stone, Brick, Tile, Concrete, Ornamental Gravel, Recycled Materials and More [Hardcover]

Paige Gilchrist (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2001

Create a stunning garden floor that reflects who you are and how you live. Just like the ones in the kitchen or living room, a floor outside the home needs to be practical and to set the tone for the space. * a wealth of excellent how-to information * real-life full-colour examples * * plenty of gorgeous inspiration * planning your design * paving materials * * paving tools * floor basics * brick floors * tile floors * cut stone floors * * ornamental gravel * pebble floors * flagstones * concrete floors *

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Asheville, NC

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157990212X
• ISBN-13: 978-1579902124
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,869,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars GOOD INFO - JUST NOT ENOUGH OF IT!, June 1, 2001

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Sandra D. Peters "Seagull Books" (Prince Edward Island, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Garden Floors: Stone, Brick, Tile, Concrete, Ornamental Gravel, Recycled Materials and More (Hardcover)

While this book has some nice concepts and illustrations on how to plan your garden floor, and offers a variety of materials to complete the task, I found the book simply did not provide enough detail or information. "Making Garden Floors" will make a nice complement to other existing books in your library, but you likely will not find enough information here to use as a "stand alone book." There are only 144 pages to this book, so it truly is condensed. However, what information that was provided was worth reading. Other books I do suggest for garden planning which have some excellent coloured photography and creative suggestions are, "The Complete Gardening Guide" by Peter McHoy (any material by McHoy is helpful in garden planning) and "Garden Structures" by Linda Joan Smith, which contains information on pathways, fences, walls and other structures.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars inspiring as well as technical, December 6, 2005

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Marla L. Stroup "M. Stroup" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Garden Floors: Stone, Brick, Tile, Concrete, Ornamental Gravel, Recycled Materials & More (Paperback)

I first read this book as a library book and liked it so well I bought one for myself. The pictures of all sorts of garden floors and settings cover a wide range of materials and applications. There is also a technical section about tools, and site preparation, drainage solutions, various paving materials and methods of installation. I found the illustrations to be exciting and would recommend this book to anyone with a yard to landscape.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Could have done much better., August 1, 2003

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This review is from: Making Garden Floors: Stone, Brick, Tile, Concrete, Ornamental Gravel, Recycled Materials and More (Hardcover)

There is hardly anything to this book at all. A few pictures, a few pointers. It is not worthwhile.