Waterfalls: Building Water Falls and Cascades

All About Building Waterfalls, Ponds, and Streams

A practical, easy-to-understand guide to adding both still (ponds) and moving (waterfalls and streams) water features to any garden. Includes complete, easy-to-follow instructions on designing, establishing, and caring for a variety of eye-pleasing water projects. More than 220 vivid photographs and illustrations, plus detailed instructions, make this guide a must-have for garden enthusiasts looking to plan and build a water feature. Expert advice on selecting the right fish and plants for embellishing any backyard aquatic paradise. Solution-based format will inspire you to confidently create water havens in your own yard.

Smart Guide: Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls (Landscaping)

Whether readers are deciding on the type of pond that best suits their wants and needs or trying to decide whether a stream or a waterfall fits better into their landscape, Smart Guide: Ponds, Waterfalls & Fountains has it all. Completely rewritten and packed with all-new full-color photographs and illustrations, this guide will help homeowners plan, build, and maintain their water feature 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 waterfall, and even adding accents such as bridges and stepping-stones to the backyard. For homeowners who can't wait to get started in the spring and want to show off their creativity, Smart Guide: Ponds, Waterfalls & Fountains will not only help their project take off; it will instill the confidence to finish.

Garden Pools. Fountains & Waterfalls: Design Ideas and Installation Techniques for Natural Looking Water Features (Sunset Books)

Dont be intimidatedjump right in to provide your garden with the soothing sights and sounds of water. The 5th edition of this Sunset bestseller lures you into the languid ease and peaceful beauty of water features with a richly expanded photo gallery. Then it backs up these great design ideas with step-by-step instructions for constructing ponds, fountains, and waterfalls. Includes plant recommendations.

How to Build Ponds and Waterfalls and Much More...: The Complete Guide

How to Build Ponds and Waterfalls and Much More. was written with the consumer in mind: it's a show and tell presentation of everything needed to build spectacular water gardens. Jeffrey Reid proves that knowing the correct steps and using the right product for the job practically guarantees success. The methods shown in these chapters are proven, and have been taught to thousands of do-it-yourselfers. In an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand format, this book shows readers how to build ponds and waterfalls, as well as providing information about Koi fish, submersible pumps, water lilies, water features, water garden designs, UV lights, rock placement, filter systems, pond fish, marginal plants, preformed ponds, excavating, pond liners, plumbing, and landscaping. Adding a pond or waterfall to your landscape can be very rewarding. "How to Build Ponds and Waterfalls and Much More." ensures it will also be successful.

Sunset Garden Pools Fountains & Waterfalls - Design Ideas, Installation, Upkeep

Enhance a garden with the soothing sights and sounds of reflecting pools and other imaginative water elements. Garden Pools, Fountains & Waterfalls, a new edition of a Sunset bestseller, provides all the information needed to build everything from small-scale fountains to inviting ponds and flowing waterfalls. Includes step-by-step photographs, a practical guide to tools and materials, and recommendations for fish and plants.

Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home (Landscaping)

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. With dozens of inspiring photographs, readers will learn how to construct each of these structures, as well as how to design bridges and stepping-stones. Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home also has a comprehensive plant encyclopedia and special sections on aquatic plant, fish and other pond inhabitants. Homeowners will learn all they need to know about creating and maintaining the water garden of their dreams. * More than 490 color photographs and illustrations * Step-by-step photos and illustrations of construction techniques * Advice and plants for all regions, with special tips for gardens in extreme conditions * Extensive aquatic plant encyclopedia * Special section on fi sh and other pond inhabitants * Sources and resources for special supplies * Expert advice on all aspects of water gardening