Description
| Product ID: | 9780865718456 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Building Natural Ponds |
| Subtitle: | Create a Clean, Algae-free Pond without Pumps, Filters, or Chemicals |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Pavlis |
| Page Count: | 184 |
| Subjects: | Landscape architecture and design, Landscape art & architecture, Limnology (inland waters), Home and house maintenance, Landscape gardening, Water gardens, pools, Limnology (freshwater), Home & house maintenance, Landscape gardening, Water gardens, pools |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Building Natural Ponds is the first book to walk through the steps required to design and build a natural pond without the need of pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals. Coverage includes pond ecosystems and natural algae control, planning, design, aesthetics, and siting, maintenance and troubleshooting, and large ponds and pools. Build a natural pond for wildlife, beauty, and quiet contemplation Typical backyard ponds are a complicated mess of pipes, pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals designed to adjust pH and keep algae at bay. Hardly the bucolic, natural ecosystem beloved by dragonflies, frogs, and songbirds. The antidote is a natural pond, free of hassle, cost, and complexity and designed as a fully functional ecosystem, ideal for biodiversity, swimming, irrigation, and quiet contemplation. Building Natural Ponds is the first step-by-step guide to designing and building natural ponds that use no pumps, filters, chemicals, or electricity and mimic native ponds in both aesthetics and functionality. Highly illustrated with how-to drawings and photographs, coverage includes:
Whether you''re a backyard gardener looking to add a small serene natural water feature or a homesteader with visions of a large pond for fish, swimming, and irrigation, Building Natural Ponds is the complete guide to building ponds in tune with nature, where plants, insects, and amphibians thrive in blissful serenity. Robert Pavlis , a Master Gardener with over 40 years of gardening experience, is owner and developer of Aspen Grove Gardens, a six-acre botanical garden featuring over 2,500 varieties of plants. A well-respected speaker and teacher, Robert has published articles in Mother Earth News , Ontario Gardening magazine, the widely read blog GardenMyths.com, which explodes common gardening myths and gardening information site GardenFundamentals.com. |
| Imprint Name: | New Society Publishers |
| Publisher Name: | New Society Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-04-07 |
