Complete Guide To Water Gardens Ponds Fountains

Gives hands-on advice on designing and creating formal and informal water gardens with still or moving water, stones, bridges, lighting, decking, or fish. Includes a catalog of over 150 plants suitable for water gardens and over 700 photographs and illustrations.

Backyard Water Gardens is a complete overview of everything you need to know in order to create a backyard water feature, from ideas, to installation, to maintaining, to stocking with plants and fish.

With an abundance of gorgeous color photographs and illustrations, and invaluable practical information, Complete Guide to Water Gardens will show you how to create the water feature you've always wanted. You'll learn about site selection, plus construction materials and methods. Find out how to install flexible-liner ponds and preformed ponds. Learn about pumps, filters, lighting, and other accessories. Get how-to information on installing streams, waterfalls, fountains, and statues. Learn about designing bridges and stepping-stones. Get information on maintaining water quality and selecting fish and other pond life. And there's in-depth coverage on plants to help you buy the perfect choices for your water garden.

"Water gardening is one of the fastest growing segments of the gardening market, and with good reason. Water features are intriguing, providing pleasure and calm with sound, light, reflections, and pond life. Whether you want a small fountain or a lake wit"

How to design and create water gardens, ponds, and fountains. Over 490 color photographs and illustrations.

• A practical, easy-to-understand guide to adding both still (ponds) and moving (waterfalls and streams) water features to any garden. • Includes complete, easy-to-follow instructions on designing, establishing, and caring for a variety of eye-pleasing water projects. • More than 220 vivid photographs and illustrations, plus detailed instructions, make this guide a must-have for garden enthusiasts looking to plan and build a water feature. • Expert advice on selecting the right fish and plants for embellishing any backyard aquatic paradise. • Solution-based format will inspire you to confidently create water havens in your own yard.

Whether you are looking to create a lush outdoor paradise, complete with waterfalls and fish-filled ponds, or you simply want a conservative balcony fountain, this book can show you how to build your own backyard escape no matter your budget.