Backyard Water Gardens

Backyard Water Gardens: How to Build, Plant & Maintain Ponds, Streams & Fountains It's Not Just a Pond--It's a Lifestyle A backyard water feature is a feast for your senses! It surrounds you with sights, sounds, colors, and a constant source of movement that will never fail to inspire you. Both soothing and invigorating, water features come in every size, from simple bubblers for patio-sized gardens to more elaborate streams and waterfalls. You "can" create a water garden--without spending a fortune or all summer doing it--and maintain it yourself. Water gardens offer as much color and variety as "terrestrial" gardens but with "no" weeding, "no "mulching, "no" pruning--and "no" watering. It sure beats mowing! "Backyard Water Gardens" answers your questions about designing, building, maintaining, planting, and even stocking fish. This is the place to getyour feet wet on the road to successful water gardening. Inside you'll findplenty of how-to and step-by-step photos, plus tips for:
- avoiding common mistakes
- properly siting and sizing your water feature (how big is "too" big?)
- keeping up on basic year-round maintenance
- choosing the right kind of equipment
- selecting plants and fish It's not just a pond; it's a lifestyle. Join in the fun today.