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An updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's comprehensive guide to water gardens, Complete Guide to Water Gardens, Ponds & Fountains provides essential information on designing and installing all types of home water gardens, from naturalistic to formal, plus fountains, waterfalls, streams, and bog gardens. Readers will learn how to construct each of these structures, as well as how to design bridges and stepping-stones. Special sections on aquatic plants, fish, and other pond inhabitants bring life to these essential garden features. Beautifully illustrated with dozens of inspiring landscape photographs, plus step-by-step sequences and instructions, the book shows readers all they need to know to create and maintain the water garden of their dreams.

More than 600 color photographs and illustrations

Replaces Complete Guide to Water Gardens (ISBN 1-58011-074-6) which sold over 115,000 copies to date

Step-by-step illustrations of construction techniques

Extensive aquatic plant encyclopedia

Special section on fish and other pond inhabitants

Sources and resources for special supplies

Expert advice on all aspects of water gardening

Kathleen Fisher was the editor of The American Gardener, published by the American Horticultural Society, for 10 years. A longtime newspaper reporter and medical/science writer, she is the author of Herbal Remedies and coauthor with Karan Davis Cutler of Herb Gardening for Dummies. She maintains herb and perennial gardens in Alexandria, Virginia, and a water garden and vegetable garden near Reedville, Virginia.

“This book explains how to install all types of water gardens as well as fountains…” “As you look at the pictures, you can dream of the possibilities for your yard.”
-Gillette News-Record, June 03, 2007, on The Complete Guide to Water Gardens, Ponds & Fountains