Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home

by Creative Homeowner

Overview

Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home provides essential information on designing and installing all types of home water gardens, from naturalistic to formal, plus fountains, waterfalls, streams, and bog gardens. Readers will learn how to construct each of these structures, as well as how to design bridges and stepping-stones.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580115063
Publisher:	Creative Homeowner Press
Publication date:	07/25/2011
Series:	Landscaping
Edition description:	Third
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	518,178
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.64(d)
Age Range:	10 Years

About the Author

Consumers recognize Creative Homeowner as their leading and trusted source for the best information, inspiration, and instruction related to the house and home. Creative Homeowner is the preeminent publisher of books on all aspects of decorating and design; home repair and improvement; house plans; gardening and landscaping; and grilling. Creative Homeowner's books stand out from other publications with their complete and easy-to-follow instructions, up-to-date information, and extensive use of color photography. Among its best-selling titles are Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Edition; Ultimate Guide: Plumbing, 4th Updated Edition; and Ultimate Guide: Wiring, 8th Updated Edition.

Table of Contents

Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART I PRELIMINARY WORKChapter OnePLANNING YOUR PONDConsidering Your LifestyleSiting Your Water FeatureSize and Styles

Chapter Two BUILDING YOUR PONDLinersEdging OptionsDesigning the Pond ConfigurationMaking a Site Plan

PART II Design and BuildChapter ThreePOND FOUNDATIONSSpecial SitesInstalling a Flexible LinerPlanting-Shelf OptionsExtra Support for Pond FoundationsOptional Cement OverlinerInstalling a Preformed Shell

Chapter Four STREAMS & WATERFALLSDesign PointersChoosing and Buying a LinerChoosing a Pump for Moving WaterPlumbing Your Moving Water FeatureInstalling a Lined WatercourseInstalling a Preformed Watercourse

Chapter Five FOUNTAINS & LIGHTChoosing FountainsSpray FountainsStatuary FountainsLighting

Chapter SixBRIDGES & STONESWooden BridgesStepping-Stones

PART III Enhancing Your Pond Chapter Seven CREATING A WET LAND OR BOG GARDENA Pondside Wetland or Bog GardenA Freestanding Wetland GardenFilling Your Wetland GardenSpecialized Plants for Bogs

Chapter EightPOND CRITTERSFishChoosing Your FishWater QualityBringing Fish HomeFish PredatorsOther Water-Loving Creatures Attracting Birds

PART IV Maintaining Your Garden Chapter Nine WATER QUALITYA Pond’s LifeControlling AlgaeBalancing a New PondFiltration

Chapter Ten MAINTENANCERoutine Seasonal TasksTroubleshooting

PART V Selecting Your Plants Chapter ElevenPLANT ENCYCLOPEDIAChoosing PlantsBeware of Invasive PlantsSubmerged Plants, or OxygenatorsFloating PlantsWater LiliesLotusesMarginal PlantsPlants for the Periphery

AppendixAN APPRECIATION OF THE PASTEarly CivilizationPersia and IslamThe OrientAncient Greece, Rome, and the RenaissanceFranceEnglandMid-to-Late 1800sModern Water Gardens Glossary 
Index
Zone Maps