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	Formal Ponds & Water Gardens any of us have wondered around the gardens belonging to stately homes and no doubt looked with envy on the wide expanse of peaceful lakes or on the majestic fountains and water staircases. However, reproducing a formal water garden in your own garden can be something of a daunting task. What is the right formal feature for your space? Do you have enough space? Is it going to be a large expensive task? Well Formal Ponds & Water Gardens by Philip Swindells, part of the Water Garden Handbook Series could well be the answer to all your prayers. This excellently written handbook captures all the elegance and opulence of the water features from the great houses and distills it into wonderfully easy to read advice and step-by-step instructions. The handbook deals with all aspects of creating a formal water garden. Starting with an interesting insight into the history of this type of water features around the world. Each page is illustrated beautiful full-colour photographs showing a wide range of ideas and designs. ach chapter is beautifully presented, using simple straight-forward terminology that even the most inexperienced garden will find easy to understand. There is still much for the veteran water garden to learn. On every page there are clear full-colour photographs depicting a wide range of water ideas and designs, each one accompanied by an explanatory note giving useful hints and advice. Even though the title indicates that this Handbook is about creating formal water gardens, some of the more innovative designs are anything but out-dated. These combine very easily with detailed information about some of the more traditional elements of formal water gardening, such as fountains and classically styled shapes. oving on from the descriptive pages into the practical instruction section, this aspect of the books is perhaps its strongest element. Very clear pictoral and written step-by-step instructions reveal how gardeners of all skill levels should go about planning the style, proportion and position of a formal water feature. Sample Pages Contents Introduction Classical-style square pools Classical-style round pools Raised pools Oriental-style water gardens Moorish and Arabic style The 21st Century look Moving water in formal features Fountain features Formal planted pools Self-contained formal features Basic principles Options and materials Pumps and filters Marking out the site Installing an external filter Making a round lined pool Installing a formal patio pool Edging with stone and brick Edging with decking and timber Introducing movement and light Pond chemistry Plants for formal features Planting in water features Stocking with fish Coping with physical problems Maintaining the eco-balance Index Reviewed by Katie Brooks Other titles in this series... All of the books reviewed are available from selected UK Garden Centres. To search for a garden centre near you or anywhere else in the United Kingdom click on the image to the right. * Note: It is always advisable to telephone a garden centre before you visit to check on stock levels of specific items. Should the item you require not be currently in stock, the garden centre will be happy to order it for you.

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