Garden Stone: Creative Ideas, Practical Projects and Inspiration for Purely Decorative Uses
The artful combination of plants and stonework, with all of their contrasting colors, textures, and shapes, brings drama, serenity, and even whimsy to gardens and landscapes. In Garden Stone, you'll learn how to use stone in combination with plants to create steps or walls, define boundaries, and set the mood for the garden you want to create. Stone enhances every garden setting: A collection of vegetables and herbs appears more abundant in stone beds, the wetness of water is intensified when framed in stone, and fine-textured foliage seems even more dainty in the company of gently undulating stones. Garden Stone shows how to create an authentic alpine rock garden, a dry streambed planted with water-conserving plants, a practical stone walkway, and a simple stone labyrinth for a walking meditation. Illustrating the book are more than 200 color photographs of lush gardens and close-ups of garden plants by noted garden photographer Dency Kane. Instructional line drawings provide the practical information you need to complete stone projects. Book jacket.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:158017406X
ISBN13:9781580174060
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:Storey Books
Length:239 Pages
Weight:2.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.7" x 10.3"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A beautiful, practical book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is a lovely book, full of practical advice, good ideas and useful tips. It's well written and easy to follow, perfect for anyone interested in adding stone to the garden or creating a garden in a stony site. But even those who may not have an application for the book will enjoy Dency Kane's gorgeous photographs. It's a great book for perusing and dreaming.
An informative and practical text
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
In Garden Stone: Creative Ideas, Practical Projects, And Inspiration For Purely Decorative Uses, gardening expert Barbara Pleasant has produced an impressive compendium of tips, tricks, techniques, suggestion, and original ideas for blending stone, plants, soil, water, and light to create gardens of enduring beauty and inspiration. The informative and practical text is wonderfully illustrated by Dency Kane's 250 full-color photographs of lush gardens and garden stonework taken from gardens throughout North America. More than forty different gardening projects are presented, along with instructional line drawings to complete stone projects in association with highlight plants that are especially effective when used in the company of stone. Garden Stone is a unique and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal and professional gardening reference collections.
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