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Books > Gardening > Garden design & planning
Loaded with complete plans and easy-to-follow construction tips,
Garden DIY offers a creative mix of both practical and decorative
projects for gardening enthusiasts. Brother and sister team
Samantha and Daniel Johnson present 25 hands-on projects for
aspiring horticulturalists. From a hummingbird feeder, bee-friendly
flower gardens, cold frames, and trellises to compost bins,
birdbaths, sundials, and a mason bee lodge, clear step-by-step
colour photographs guide the reader through each hands-on project.
An introduction to the DIY mind-set explains the positive benefits
and satisfaction of building things yourself and provides an
overview of the basic tools and skills needed to complete each
task.
Korean gardens strive to be in harmony with nature and to encourage
the quiet contemplation of the natural world. They are
intentionally humble in their conception and very different from
Japanese and Chinese gardens. Korean gardens deserve to be more
widely appreciated in the West as a separate, distinctive,
venerable and continuing garden tradition, capable of wide appeal
if better known. This book introduces, describes and explains
traditional Korean gardens to Western readers. It contains more
than one hundred photos and maps and details of 20 notable gardens.
The bench: a functional object that rarely features at the
forefront of our minds, even when we are sitting on one in a
garden. And yet (as this book will reveal) benches have surprising
significance, regarding the specific places where they operate, and
in a more general sense. The bench is more than a convenient
sitting point. It is the domain where aesthetics, garden history,
architecture, spatiality and subjectivity interfere. The bench acts
as a powerful visual machine and regulates the reception of
surrounding landscapes to its visitors. By transmitting verbal
messages (through inscriptions), citing other benches and being
part of a complex walk circuit, by providing rest and inviting its
users to discover new aspects of the site, the bench is a highly
polysemic element of a garden, which orients and disorients the
visitor simultaneously.
Patios is the essential guide to enhancing outdoor spaces with
attractive patios, divisions, levels, seating areas, walkways, and
more. From city backyards to country gardens, nothing adds
distinction like a well-constructed patio. Here you'll find advice,
inspiration, and hundreds of achievable designs to develop the
patio you've always wanted. Build a barbeque area, create a cozy
nook, or restore an existing patio to its original elegance. This
all-in-one reference is perfect for beginners and DIY enthusiasts
alike.
Features Medieval artists' illustrations of gardens, garden
structures and bedding patterns with birds, animals, plants and
people.
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