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Landscaping Earth Ponds: The Complete Guide
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Landscaping Earth Ponds: The Complete Guide
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by Tim Matson
Sales Rank: 372601
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List Price: $30.00
$19.80
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on 12-5-2008
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Paperback: 161 pages
Publisher: Chelsea Green May 1, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933392029
ISBN-13: 978-1933392028
Product Dimensions:
9.8 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Product Review
"A pond adds value to a property, but many books which extol its virtues are mysteriously silent on just how to install and landscape for maximum benefit - until Landscaping Earth Ponds: The Complete Guide. Tim Matson's proven methods and designs come from his background as an aquaculture consultant: he's been designing and restoring such ponds for over twenty-five years, and his tips update his prior Earth Ponds with new details on everything from assessing and maintaining water quality to considering types of fill and handling embankments. Color photos throughout enhance the presentation."
- Bookwatch, August 2006
"Aside from some particularly thoughtful frogs and phragmites, no one on earth knows more about ponds than Tim Matson." -- Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and others
"Aside from some particularly thoughtful frogs and phragmites, no one on earth knows more about ponds than Tim Matson." -- Michael Pollan,
"Tim Watson draws upon more than 25 years of experience and expertise building ponds and developing wetlands in Landscaping Earth Ponds: The Complete Guide. Here is a informative, step-by-step, profusely illustrated reference for creating a more lively and beautifying diverse landscapes and home-area garden areas with ponds. Providing "user friendly" information on how ponds work to enhance a landscape, create recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase property values, Landscaping Earth Ponds offers a complete and readily accessible account of a variety of methods and techniques to employ in the creation of a pond. An important addition to any personal, professional, or community library reference collection, Landscaping Earth Ponds is very strongly recommended for anyone searching for an all-inclusive instructional guide to pond building and encouraging natural beauty through the development of a customized pond appropriate to the rest of the landscaping environment.
- Midwest Book Review, July 2006
"Very few people with acreage in the country have not created a pond, or thought about it. A body of water has practical value for swimming and fishing and as a fire pond, but it also brings a placid contrast to the surrounding property and draws wonderful wildlife. There are a number of books about the engineering aspects of building and maintaining ponds, but few about the value of landscaping them. And yet, an artfully planted pond environment is one of the most powerful landscapes you can effect. I can think of public gardens where this has been done well: The trusty New York Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Chanticleer in Wayne, Pa., and Stonecrop in Cold Spring, N.Y., come to mind. But Matson's softbound book offers great insights into what to do (and not; invasive plants can soon consume your feature). It includes an illustrated section on suitable trees, shrubs, perennials and bog plants that will make your pond something beyond the ordinary. It also lists suppliers, nurseries and other resources you will need.”
- Washington Post, December 14, 2006
Aside from some particularly thoughtful frogs and phragmites, no one on earth knows more about ponds than Tim Matson." -- Michael Pollan, Author of
Product Review
"Aside from some particularly thoughtful frogs and phragmites, no one on earth knows more about ponds than Tim Matson." -Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and many others
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