Water Gardening In Containers: Small Ponds Indoors & Out - Softcover

Nash, Helen; Speichert, C. Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806981989 ISBN 13: 9780806981987

Publisher: Sterling, 1999

Synopsis

“Well-illustrated.”—Atlanta Journal Constitution. “All clearly and simply explained and well photographed.”—Library Journal. “Makes it possible for nearly everyone to grow aquatic plants...instructions are clear and easy to follow...readers ready to create their first water feature will appreciate the...down-to-earth approach to potentially challenging topic.”—Country Living Gardener.

About this title

From Booklist

The authors combine the art of container gardening with that of water gardening, resulting in this engaging book on water gardens in containers. The Chinese have been doing this for nearly 5,000 years--in pots, urns, and tubs. Nash and Speichert explain the basics: how to choose containers and make them watertight, how to select and install a small pump, how to select the appropriate type of fish, and how to protect fish and plants from predators. There are chapters on creating tub gardens, dish and indoor container gardens, aquatic hanging baskets, aquatic planters, and window boxes. There is information on making an English trough garden, an aquatic topiary, a patio pond, a fountain sculpture, a lotus garden, and a carnivorous bog garden. There are helpful photographs in color on every page. Creating these water gardens is not as easy as the authors would have you believe, but with time and perseverance it can be done. George Cohen

Edition details

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806981989
• ISBN 13: 9780806981987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128