Garden Pools, Fountains and Watercourses (Black & Decker Outdoor Home) (Paperback)

by Creative Publishing International (Editor), The Editors of Creative Publishing international (Author) "The presence of water is essential to any human community..." (more)
Key Phrases: North American, Variegated Scientific, Water Scientific

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Product Description
One of the most exciting and popular home improvement and gardening trends comes alive in this full-color, activity-filled book. In clear, colorful pictures and easy-to-understand text, it features every construction technique, planting instruction, and care need for building backyard garden pools, ponds, fountains, streams, waterfalls, and other water features.

Each project is summarized in a detailed "recipe" list that provides beginners and intermediate gardeners a clear and concise key to building their water garden, with references to skill, equipment, and material lists, step-by-step instructions depicting technique, and a host of other useful features.

This fabulous book will dazzle you with the following features:

**Includes detailed encyclopedia of the 85 most popular aquatic plants, USDA plant hardiness maps, important on-line web resources, and an easy-to-use index.
**Chapters feature: Planning, Design, Installation, Construction, Planting, and Care of Water Gardens.
**Features 25 step-by-step projects, such as a natural stream waterfall feature and a marsh-bog garden, with photographs and detailed instructions, more than any comparable book.
**It contains more than 300 full-color photographs and clear illustrations, with colorful pictures on every page.
**Offers practical instruction for every North American Garden - U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico - with complete metric conversions and advice. Also applicable to Australia, New Zealand, England, and South Africa.

About the Author
Author Rich Binsacca, author of Container Gardening: Creating Style and Beauty with Containers, is an expert on home construction. He formerly was editor-in-chief of Builder magazine and is a regular contributor to many national home repair and gardening magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing international (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865734666
• ISBN-13: 978-0865734661
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #803,755 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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