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Author: Richard Weixler
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Published: 2011-01
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780764336362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides advice on effectively using water features, including garden ponds and swimming ponds, in landscape architecture, and includes information on the design and construction of pools and ponds.
Author: A. E. Hodge
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2018-01-31
Total Pages: 99
ISBN-13: 1528783484
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Garden Ponds and Pools” is a vintage guide to large garden water features, with chapters on designing, constructing, populating, and maintaining them. Written in simple language and full of handy tips and hints, this volume is perfect for those wanting to make the most of their garden with the inclusion of an eye-catching pond or pool. Contents include: “Site, Construction and Design”, “Fountains”, “Light and 'Balance'”, “Aquatic and Marginal Plants”, “Fishes”, “General Maintenance”, “Unwelcome Visitors”, “Fish Diseases and Remedies”, and “Addendum—Useful Appliances”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.
Author: David Pagan Butler
Publisher:
Published: 2011-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781856230582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNatural swimming pools are kept clean by plants, not chemicals and are healthy environments for both people and wildlife. David Pagan Butler takes you through two projects step by step. The first one is how to build a plunge pool, an ideal nature reserve that you can swim in too ... The second part shows you how to make a much larger natural swimming pool--Container.
Author: Michael Littlewood
Publisher: Schiffer Design Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764321832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to natural swimming pools that rely on a balance of plants and micro-organisms to clean and purify the water.
Author: Jim and Joel Ashton
Publisher:
Published: 2020-04-02
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780241435816
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved." Alan Titchmarsh Join the rewilding movement and share your outdoor space with nature. We all have the potential to make the world a little greener. Wild Your Garden, written by Jim and Joel Ashton (aka "The Butterfly Brothers"), shows you how to create a garden that can help boost local biodiversity. Transform a paved-over yard into a lush oasis, create refuges to welcome and support native species, or turn a high-maintenance lawn into a nectar-rich mini-meadow to attract bees and butterflies. You don't need specialist knowledge or acres of land. If you have any outdoor space, you can make a difference to local wildlife, and reduce your carbon footprint, too. "Wildlife gardening is one of the most important things you can do as an individual for increasing biodiversity and mitigating the effects of climate change. From digging a pond to planting a native hedge, the Butterfly Brothers can help you every step of the way." Kate Bradbury
Author: Robert Pavlis
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 2017-04-07
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1550926403
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuild a natural pond for wildlife, beauty, and quiet contemplation Typical backyard ponds are a complicated mess of pipes, pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals designed to adjust pH and keep algae at bay. Hardly the bucolic, natural ecosystem beloved by dragonflies, frogs, and songbirds. The antidote is a natural pond, free of hassle, cost, and complexity and designed as a fully functional ecosystem, ideal for biodiversity, swimming, irrigation, and quiet contemplation. Building Natural Ponds is the first step-by-step guide to designing and building natural ponds that use no pumps, filters, chemicals, or electricity and mimic native ponds in both aesthetics and functionality. Highly illustrated with how-to drawings and photographs, coverage includes: Understanding pond ecosystems and natural algae control Planning, design, siting, and pond aesthetics Step-by-step guidance for construction, plants and fish, and maintenance and trouble shooting Scaling up to large ponds, pools, bogs, and rain gardens. Whether you're a backyard gardener looking to add a small serene natural water feature or a homesteader with visions of a large pond for fish, swimming, and irrigation, Building Natural Ponds is the complete guide to building ponds in tune with nature, where plants, insects, and amphibians thrive in blissful serenity. Robert Pavlis , a Master Gardener with over 40 years of gardening experience, is owner and developer of Aspen Grove Gardens, a six-acre botanical garden featuring over 2,500 varieties of plants. A well-respected speaker and teacher, Robert has published articles in Mother Earth News , Ontario Gardening magazine, the widely read blog GardenMyths.com, which explodes common gardening myths and gardening information site GardenFundamentals.com.
Author: Ulrich Timm
Publisher: Water in the Garden
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764309151
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA quiet pond, a babbling brook, or a dramatic pool can make a garden unique; to achieve such beauty, however, requires careful planning and design. Using over 150 brilliant color photographs, this inspiring book presents the variety of possibilities for using water in the garden. Advice on waterproofing, the shore formation, attractive plantings, and even fish are presented.
Author: Nancy Lawson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2017-04-18
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1616896175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Author: Veronica Fowler
Publisher: Strange Chemistry
Published: 2013-04-08
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1591865530
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBackyard 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.
Author: A. E. Hodge
Publisher:
Published: 1939
Total Pages: 0
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