Quick and Easy Container Water Gardens: Simple-To-Make Water Features and Fountains for Indoor and Outdoor Gardens [Hardcover]

Philip Swindells (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 1998

Did you think the sophistication of an indoor fountain was only for the very rich?  Not so!  With these inspiring do-it-yourself projects for both still and moving water gardens, you can easily turn any room of your home into a spectacular showplace.

                Quick & Easy Container Water Gardens makes it simple with step-by-step photographs and instructions for creating more than 20 stylish gardens.  An illustrated plant directory features more than 90 varieties of submerged, floating, border, and water-loving plants with color photographs and at-a-glance information on planting and year-round maintenance.

                You’ll learn how to position plants and water features and incorporate fish to create striking, long-lasting displays.

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'Container Water Gardens' by Phillip Swindells shows you how you don't need a big hole in the garden to have a water garden. This book shows how to grow aquatic plants in small containers, both outdoors and in." -- Sunday Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA, 12/12/99

From the Back Cover

It's easy to create soothing, exquisite water gardens anywhere!

In a garden, on a patio, on a high-rise balcony, or even indoors -- container water gardens bring the soothing sights and sounds of nature to any setting.

Using step-by-step photographs and instructions and a plant directory of more than 90 water garden varieties, you'll learn how to:

* Choose, install, and maintain pumps and fountains

* Create elegant designs and maintain healthy plantings

* Incorporate tropical fish into your display

* Care for your water garden year-round

* Build and decorate your own containers or use store-bought containers

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 12, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580170803
• ISBN-13: 978-1580170802
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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84 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars clever ideas but missing some practical information, July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Quick and Easy Container Water Gardens: Simple-To-Make Water Features and Fountains for Indoor and Outdoor Gardens (Hardcover)

Lots of clever ideas for small water gardens, as well as helpful general information on appropriate plants, fish, etc. However, it would have been nice if the author had provided a list of suppliers, at least for the more esoteric items. I too would like to make a shishi-odoshi fountain, but haven't the first idea where to buy the shishi-odoshi that is the first item on the list of project supplies (!). Also, while each of the finished projects is nicely photographed it would have been a great help if there were more photographs or illustrations of more of the projects in the construction stage.

89 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Quick and Easy Container Water Gardening, February 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Quick and Easy Container Water Gardens: Simple-To-Make Water Features and Fountains for Indoor and Outdoor Gardens (Hardcover)

I was so excited to receive the book because I wanted to learn how to create wonderful water garden features. I ordered the book specifically to learn how to make the shishi-odoshi water feature. I was so disappointed to find that the book, which has great pictures,has very little information on how to do any of the pictured features. The book falls far short of my expectations. If I saw it in a book store, I would not buy it. It is a real disappointment that a noted horticulturalist, having the knowledge to help all of us novices, decidedly omits key information. This is not a quick and easy how to do book on water gardening. I can do much better watching Home and Garden Television. I wish I had my money back!

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of good ideas, April 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Quick and Easy Container Water Gardens: Simple-To-Make Water Features and Fountains for Indoor and Outdoor Gardens (Hardcover)

If you long to add the calming elegance of water to your garden this author shows many clever ways to achieve it. I like the simplicity of some of the containers-a window box, strawberry jars, sinks, etc. I plan to try the classical bamboo shishi-odoshi.A helpful plant directory is included too. -Linda Fry Kenzle, author of Gathering:Using Simple Materials From the Garden and Nature