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Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home
Landscaping
CHF 12.70 |
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Verlag: | Creative Homeowner |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 01.04.2017 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781607654377 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Beschreibungen
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.
<b>Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home<br />
Table of Contents<br /></b><br />
Introduction
<br /><b>PART I PRELIMINARY WORK</b><b>Chapter One</b>PLANNING YOUR PONDConsidering Your LifestyleSiting Your Water FeatureSize and Styles
<br /><b>Chapter Two </b>BUILDING YOUR PONDLinersEdging OptionsDesigning the Pond ConfigurationMaking a Site Plan
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PART II Design and BuildChapter Three</b>POND FOUNDATIONSSpecial SitesInstalling a Flexible LinerPlanting-Shelf OptionsExtra Support for Pond FoundationsOptional Cement OverlinerInstalling a Preformed Shell
<br /><b>Chapter Four </b>STREAMS & WATERFALLSDesign PointersChoosing and Buying a LinerChoosing a Pump for Moving WaterPlumbing Your Moving Water FeatureInstalling a Lined WatercourseInstalling a Preformed Watercourse
<br /><b>Chapter Five </b>FOUNTAINS & LIGHTChoosing FountainsSpray FountainsStatuary FountainsLighting
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Chapter Six</b>BRIDGES & STONESWooden BridgesStepping-Stones
<br /><b>PART III Enhancing Your Pond </b><b>Chapter Seven </b>CREATING A WET LAND OR BOG GARDENA Pondside Wetland or Bog GardenA Freestanding Wetland GardenFilling Your Wetland GardenSpecialized Plants for Bogs
<br /><b>Chapter Eight</b>POND CRITTERSFishChoosing Your FishWater QualityBringing Fish HomeFish PredatorsOther Water-Loving Creatures Attracting Birds
<br /><b>PART IV Maintaining Your Garden </b><b>Chapter Nine </b>WATER QUALITYA Pond's LifeControlling AlgaeBalancing a New PondFiltration
<br /><b>Chapter Ten </b>MAINTENANCERoutine Seasonal TasksTroubleshooting
<br /><b>PART V Selecting Your Plants </b><b>Chapter Eleven</b>PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIAChoosing PlantsBeware of Invasive PlantsSubmerged Plants, or OxygenatorsFloating PlantsWater LiliesLotusesMarginal PlantsPlants for the Periphery
<br /><b>Appendix</b>AN APPRECIATION OF THE PASTEarly CivilizationPersia and IslamThe OrientAncient Greece, Rome, and the RenaissanceFranceEnglandMid-to-Late 1800sModern Water Gardens<b></b> Glossary
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Index
<br />
Zone Maps
Table of Contents<br /></b><br />
Introduction
<br /><b>PART I PRELIMINARY WORK</b><b>Chapter One</b>PLANNING YOUR PONDConsidering Your LifestyleSiting Your Water FeatureSize and Styles
<br /><b>Chapter Two </b>BUILDING YOUR PONDLinersEdging OptionsDesigning the Pond ConfigurationMaking a Site Plan
<br /><b><br />
PART II Design and BuildChapter Three</b>POND FOUNDATIONSSpecial SitesInstalling a Flexible LinerPlanting-Shelf OptionsExtra Support for Pond FoundationsOptional Cement OverlinerInstalling a Preformed Shell
<br /><b>Chapter Four </b>STREAMS & WATERFALLSDesign PointersChoosing and Buying a LinerChoosing a Pump for Moving WaterPlumbing Your Moving Water FeatureInstalling a Lined WatercourseInstalling a Preformed Watercourse
<br /><b>Chapter Five </b>FOUNTAINS & LIGHTChoosing FountainsSpray FountainsStatuary FountainsLighting
<br /><b><br />
Chapter Six</b>BRIDGES & STONESWooden BridgesStepping-Stones
<br /><b>PART III Enhancing Your Pond </b><b>Chapter Seven </b>CREATING A WET LAND OR BOG GARDENA Pondside Wetland or Bog GardenA Freestanding Wetland GardenFilling Your Wetland GardenSpecialized Plants for Bogs
<br /><b>Chapter Eight</b>POND CRITTERSFishChoosing Your FishWater QualityBringing Fish HomeFish PredatorsOther Water-Loving Creatures Attracting Birds
<br /><b>PART IV Maintaining Your Garden </b><b>Chapter Nine </b>WATER QUALITYA Pond's LifeControlling AlgaeBalancing a New PondFiltration
<br /><b>Chapter Ten </b>MAINTENANCERoutine Seasonal TasksTroubleshooting
<br /><b>PART V Selecting Your Plants </b><b>Chapter Eleven</b>PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIAChoosing PlantsBeware of Invasive PlantsSubmerged Plants, or OxygenatorsFloating PlantsWater LiliesLotusesMarginal PlantsPlants for the Periphery
<br /><b>Appendix</b>AN APPRECIATION OF THE PASTEarly CivilizationPersia and IslamThe OrientAncient Greece, Rome, and the RenaissanceFranceEnglandMid-to-Late 1800sModern Water Gardens<b></b> Glossary
<br />
Index
<br />
Zone Maps
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