Water
Gardening Basics
by Helen Nash &
Marilyn M Cook
Softcover
215 x 255mm
128pp
Published by Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., New York USA
R.R.P.$27.50
ISBN 0-8069-5575-9
Extract from back cover of book:
Grace your yard with a beautiful water garden, one you build yourself, by following these simple guidelines to construction and upkeep.
Get all the help you need - from deciding on the right design, to installing a liner, to setting up the pumping system, to maintaining your beautiful finished handiwork. All the basics are here to make your dreams of a bubbling water garden come true.
One of the foremost experts in the world of water garden design joins with a veteran writer to cover all your concerns about creating and caring for this favourite garden style.
Plan
Your Garden:
Find out about water depth and quality, plants for ponds,
shallow water gardens, design, siting, safety features (especially important if
there's a child nearby), and budgeting.
Do
the Excavation and Installation Yourself:
Charts feature all the technical
info you need - from creating a natural-looking stream to pre-testing designs
before the actual building starts and preventing potentially costly errors.
Simple
Pond Chemistry:
Here are the essentials of maintaining fresh and clean
water and healthy plants and fish, and repairing pumps and filters, with troubleshooting
keys to successful pondkeeping.
Plus: an in-depth discussion of fish species, from selection to care and feeding.
Photos: Colour
Contents
Introduction
Planning Your Water Garden
Excavation & Installation
Pond Chemistry
Planting & Tending the Water Garden
Fish in the Water Garden
Pumps & Filters
Solving Problems
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Metric Conversions
Index