Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest, [2006]

©2006

256 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

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Family handyman.

Includes index.

1. Dream water gardens -- Backyard stream & waterfalls -- Preformed liner-type pond -- Do-it-yourself water garden -- Simple in-ground fountain -- Container water gardens -- Fountain of stone -- Bamboo water garden -- Millstone fountain -- 2. Dream decks -- Maintenance-free deck -- Deck in the round -- Simple deck -- Railing design/codes -- Garden pond & deck -- Wood/stone deck -- Dream deck -- Easy-care deck -- 3. Dream arbors, trellises * garden accents -- Bent-sapling arbor -- Arbor with seats -- Copper trellis -- Plant markers -- Hose-reel hideaway -- Arched bridge -- Mix 'n' match planters -- Classic columned pergola -- All-weather table -- Arched trellis -- Porch privacy trellis -- 4. Dream paths & patios -- Circular patio & retaining wall -- Garden path & steps -- Crushed stone path -- Path in a sheelbarrow -- Brick & stone patio -- Stone path -- Perfect stone patio & wall -- 5. Dream gazebos & sheds -- Gingerbread gazebo -- Open-air gazebo -- Rustic yard shed -- Schoolhouse storage shed -- Craftsman screenhouse -- Cottage-style shed -- Craftsman storage shed -- Stone-and-timber yard shed -- Outdoor living room -- Ultimate garden shed -- 6. Dream furniture & planters -- 3-hour cedar bench -- Yard and garden trio -- Folding grill table -- Patio planters -- Adirondack chair -- Pedestal picnic table -- Cedar potting bench -- 7. Dream fences, walls & lighting -- Modular concrete retaining wall -- Decorative privacy fence -- Boulder wall -- Low-voltage yard lights -- Low-voltage deck lighting -- Privacy fence -- Treated-lumber retaining wall -- Terraced window well -- Install a lamppost.

Garden structures -- Design and construction -- Amateurs' manuals.

Landscape construction.

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