How to Build Paths, Steps and Footbridges (Paperback)

Incorporating movement in the landscape is one of the hot trends in gardening today. As people invest more time and money in their homes, landscaping becomes a primary focus. How can we make the outdoors more inviting? Paths, steps, and footbridges are three key elements that help define a landscape and how people move through it and enjoy it. An inviting path that meanders through a garden, steps that connect terraced outdoor "living rooms," and a footbridge that spans a small stream each serves a utilitarian purpose, but when designed creatively and well can infuse a property with an irresistible sense of wonder and delight. In How To Build Paths, Steps & Footbridges, building contractor Peter Jeswald explains how to add practical and visually pleasing elements to any property. He advocates choices that complement, rather than dominate, the home and landscape and recommends natural and manmade materials appropriate for the goals and objectives of each project. Wood, masonry, stone, earth, and vegetation are all options he discusses for building and creating an environment that complements the topography. In addition to 64 pages of inspirational colour photographs, How To Build Paths, Steps & Footbridges includes hundreds of clear instructional drawings of plans and construction techniques. Jeswald provides careful advice for every stage of a project -up-front planning, assessing a site, finalizing a design, and selecting proper tools and building materials for construction - all with the goal of providing a strong theoretical basis that will allow readers to achieve the best possible result: greater access to and interest in their outdoor spaces.

General

Imprint:	Storey Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	February 2005
Authors:	Peter Jeswald
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-58017-487-9
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Garden design & planning Books > Health, Home & Family > Home & house maintenance > DIY > General Books > Gardening > Garden design & planning
LSN:	1-58017-487-6
Barcode:	9781580174879

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