Hardscaping: How to Use Structures Pathways Patios & Ornaments in Your Garden

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The flowers are blossoming the foliage looks fantastic and the plant combinations are gorgeous. So why doesnt your garden satisfy? The problem just might be a lack of hardscaping?structures like arbors walls fountains pools and decks that delineate ornament animate and add dimensionality to a garden. Using both his own and others layouts a top garden designer reveals why these structures are so important and how to incorporate them into the landscape. Each chapter examines a specific principle (creating balance instilling motion establishing focal points) and features illuminating discussions of style function application and plantings as well as magnificent projects. Bring fresh life to a garden by adding a curvaceous patio with a rill a sculpture plinth on a terraced platform or a Victorian ?room.