Product Description

This functional book contains information on creating, stocking, and maintaining garden ponds of all sizes, and offers advice on issues like pond and plant maintenance, species selection, and health care.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #422399 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 111 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780793837786
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

From the Publisher
T.F.H. Publications, Inc. has teamed up with Animal Planet, the only television network devoted to the unique bonds between humans and animals, to present an exciting new series of comprehensive guides to superior pet care. Each book in the Animal Planet Pet Care Library offers incredible value, featuring:

* 112 pages of all-new, current information from pet care and animal experts
* No canned text--content text is newly written for each book
* Family-friendly design with over 60 full-color photographs plus helpful tip boxes
* Includes advice on feeding, housing, grooming, training, health care, and fun activities

From the Back Cover
From aquarists who wish they could keep fish in a natural setting to people who know nothing about fish but would love a garden worth bragging about, outdoor garden ponds offer so much to so many people. Full of expert yet easy-to-read information, Setup and Care of Garden Ponds covers nearly every aspect of this increasingly popular hobby. You'll find detailed information, helpful tips, and beautiful pictures on designing, constructing, planting, stocking, and maintaining a huge array of gorgeous garden ponds. With this book, you will be able to create anything from a tiny pond in a bucket to a magnificent, waterfall-laced backyard paradise.

Each book in the Animal Planet Pet Care Library contains original, lively text, complete with informative tips and colorful photos illustrating all aspects of pet care. Expertly written, these user-friendly guides are bound to delight the entire family.

About the Author
Terry Anne Barber has been keeping fish since childhood and has spent years dedicated to studying--and loving--all aspects of growing aquatic plants in the aquarium and small ponds. The author of several fish- and pond-related books, she is dedicated to helping support and advance the aquarium and pond hobbies for beginners and experts alike.

Customer Reviews

Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation
Part of the superbly produced 'Animal Planet & Pet Care Library' series from T.F.H. Publications, "Setup And Care Of Garden Ponds" by Terry Anne Barber is a profusely illustrated, step-by-step instruction guide covering all aspects of creating, planting, stocking, and maintaining a garden pond of any size appropriate for the available terrain. There are many factors involved, including the benefits of garden ponds, determining the desired pond size and shape, choosing and planting garden pond compatible plants, selecting the proper fish and other aquatic animal life for the pond, keeping the water in a pond healthy and avoiding such biohazards as mosquito breeding, and what is necessary to enjoy a garden pond in every season of the year. Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Setup And Care Of Garden Ponds" is enthusiastically recommended for anyone contemplating the creation or renewal of a garden pond.