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Building Your Garden: Create Planters, Patios, Ponds, & Everything in Between With Brick, Wood and Sto ne
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2694435 in Books
- Published on: 1992-03-21
- Released on: 1992-03-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 120 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
"As a gardener you need more than just green fingers; you need to be part surveyor, part landscaper, part architect, part construction engineer, part carpenter, part builder and part electrician." Penberthy, a magazine writer, tells us how to construct sandboxes, properly rake the "sea" of gravel in a Japanese garden, line a manmade pond, and attack various and sundry heavy-duty chores with creativity and confidence. His detailed instructions and step-by-step photographs and diagrams bring even bridges within range of possibility for the unschooled, though the author cautions that "designing seats is a complex business" perhaps better left to professionals. Most counsel is couched in quasi-fatherly tones: in building a wall, "it is a good idea to practice with secondhand materials," and a bridge must be "stoutly made, since the last thing you want is for it to collapse." Penberthy has more than done his homework--he includes a few photos of designs that didn't quite come off, accompanied by captions that soften the critique: a formal fountain installed in the middle of a pool occupying an informal garden, and the like.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This is a how-to book as well as a design book that emphasizes many garden concepts--stone walls, patios, planters, gates, and other items. These are accompanied by helpful illustrations and detailed construction directions. They can be done through one's own initiative with the appropriate tools or else with a contractor. Considerable skill in masonry and carpentry is needed for some of the designs, such as wooden seats and benches, ponds, paths, and courtyards. Highly recommended for all public libraries and special collections in landscape design.
- Daniel S. Kalk, St. Alphonse Coll. Lib., Suffield, Ct.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
