Stone in the GardenStone in the Garden
Inspiring Designs and Practical Projects
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Book, 2001
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Current format, Book, 2001, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsA garden designer describes the creative and practical aspects of garden rock work, from choosing stone that is sympathetic to a property and creating inspired scenes with it to moving heavy stone without hurting oneself. Superb color photographs and detailed pen-and-ink drawings illustrate modest, fanciful, and grand uses for various materials. Also covers practicalities such as choosing a stone mason and calculating amounts of stone. Especially useful is a visual index of 53 widely-available varieties of stone. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Stone furnishes the framework, the structure, and the sense of permanence that transforms gardens. Whether in the form of retaining walls or benches, terraces or walkways, as bold standing stones or as boulders at the edge of a small stream or pond, stone lends a garden focus, providing the perfect foil to plants.
A lavishly illustrated guide to using stone in your garden, walls, walkways, terraces, and more features more than one hundred detailed drawings and photographs that give readers intructions on how to complete a wide range of projects with confidence and finesse.
A guide to using stones in the garden, walls, walkways, and terraces features more than one hundred drawings and photographs that give instructions on how to complete a wide range of projects.
How to use stone—in walls, walkways, terraces, and more—to create beautiful, lasting gardens.
Stone furnishes the framework, the structure, and the sense of permanence that transforms gardens. Whether in the form of retaining walls or benches, terraces or walkways, as bold standing stones or as boulders at the edge of a small stream or pond, stone lends a garden focus, providing the perfect foil to plants.
A lavishly illustrated guide to using stone in your garden, walls, walkways, terraces, and more features more than one hundred detailed drawings and photographs that give readers intructions on how to complete a wide range of projects with confidence and finesse.
A guide to using stones in the garden, walls, walkways, and terraces features more than one hundred drawings and photographs that give instructions on how to complete a wide range of projects.
How to use stone—in walls, walkways, terraces, and more—to create beautiful, lasting gardens.
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- New York : W.W. Norton, c2001.
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