Water Features for Small Gardens: From Concept to Construction
Having backyard fountains is a fantastic way to add special character to it. There are all kinds of water features, starting with the love birds, to the dolphins, even the classic cupid fountains are still in style.
Water Features for Small Gardens: From Concept to Construction
Celebrated designer Keith Davitt brings the delights of the water garden within reach of everyone in Water Features for Small Gardens. With a clear eye to design, construction, materials, and maintenance, Davitt offers alternatives for every style of garden and every budget. Detailed case studies depict actual gardens progressing from the planning stage to planting, and the author shows step by step how such features are created using only modest building skills. Types of water gardens discussed include: natural, formal, and informal pools; raised and in-ground formal fountains; wall fountains; streams and waterfalls; and bog and tub gardens. Heavily illustrated and packed with practical information, Water Features for Small Gardens is a must for any gardener seeking to bring his or her garden to the next level.
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Backyard Water Fountain Review by New York State Gardener for Water Features for Small Gardens: From Concept to Construction
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Water Features for Small Gardens is a wonderful book.
Most books of this sort show incredible water features only for the very wealthy but this book not only shows beautiful, attainable water features but explains, with photos and diagrams, how to build them. Mr. Davitt includes virtually every type of water feature from tub gardens to streams and shows a wide range of styles, many of his own creations and many from other designers. For anyone wanting a comprehensive,
beautifully illustrated book on water features, this is a must.
Backyard Water Fountain Review by A Reader for Water Features for Small Gardens: From Concept to Construction
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Water Features For Small Gardens is the ultimate how-to book for every type of water garden from tub gardens to raised fountains. Not only is it filled with beautiful after pictures, it has in-progress photos, construction details and technical drawings for each of the eight types of water gardens covered (with several examples of each), which anyone can use to build her own water garden. It also has chapters on pumps, filtration and water plants, explaining what to use, what quantities and why.
The writing is clear, succinct and written with the obvious intent of guiding anyone through the entire process of creating any sort of water garden. It is probably not a book for professional builders doing large-scale construction but it is certainly the best of its kind I have found for the average homeowner.
Backyard Water Fountain Review by Deborah Miller for Water Features for Small Gardens: From Concept to Construction
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This is a gorgeous book! The pictures (by the author) are luscious, the gardens are inspiring: it does the heart good just to look at them, even if you haven’t got a garden, or have one but can’t afford to remake it. He doesn’t just rate his own gardens, he also commends other well-made water gardens, so the scope is wider than might be expected. The writing is clear, friendly, and concise. Even the book design is inviting and elegant. Very highly recommended for gardeners of all skill levels–and wistful nongardeners, too. I loved it!
Backyard Water Fountain Review by A. Manocchia for Water Features for Small Gardens: From Concept to Construction
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Excellent book! I found a ton of great ideas to use on my new property. Well worth the price.
Backyard Water Fountain Review by M. Bannish for Water Features for Small Gardens: From Concept to Construction
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Keith Davitt takes water features to the next (natural)level with careful scrutiny of stone shapes, colors, sizes, placement. With the same attention to detail, he has an uncanny feel for scale (how large to make the feature given the amount of space there is to work with). I really like the photos that demonstrate his points. The ponds and growth really look like they belong there. Great work!!