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Smart Guide: Ponds & Fountains: Step-by-Step Projects (Smart Guide)


by Editors of Creative Homeowner

List Price: $8.95
Available: Usually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank: 86332
Studio: Creative Homeowner
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: December 28, 2002
Publisher: Creative Homeowner


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  • Creative Homeowner Press #274643 Pond/Fount Smart Guide
  • CREATIVE HOMEOWNER PRESS


EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
A water garden, pond, or fountain is today's sought-after companion to almost any backyard landscaping project. Whether you are deciding on the type of pond that best suits your wants and needs or trying to decide whether a stream or a waterfall fits better into your landscape, Smart Guide: Ponds & Fountains has it all. Packed with detailed full-color illustrations, this guide will help you plan, build, and maintain your pond or fountain with step-by-step do-it-yourself sequences and easy-to-understand directions. Chapters cover everything from plant and fish selection to tips on choosing a spray or statuary fountain, how to install pond shells, digging out a watercourse, and even adding accents such as bridges and stepping-stones to your backyard. For those of you who cannot wait to get started in the spring and want to show off your creativity, Smart Guide: Ponds & Fountains will not only help your project take off but will instill confidence to the finish.

  • More than 175 full-color illustrations on everything from ponds and fountains to streams and waterfalls
  • Over 40 color photographs
  • Helpful information on water quality and testing, fish and plant selection, care, and maintenance
  • How to bring a stream or waterfall into your backyard the easy way
  • Advice for installing a pond shell liner
  • Tips on installing flexible pond liners of any size, on any kind of terrain
  • Softcover, 80 pages, Published 2002


  • CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 1 review)

    The Basics  
    This paperback gives you the basics, step by step, for constructing a water feature. It doesn't overwhelm you with projects that you can't possibly complete. Good entry level book.
    March 15, 2007


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