The Perfect Pond Recipe Book
How To Build Waterfalls, Ponds, Streams For Your Garden Water Feature Project.
Use preformed, liner and rock type products, above ground and below ground ... all covered using detailed drawings and diagrams.
Do any of these questions or statements below ring a bell with you?
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Have you ever contemplated building your own pond or water garden?
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Were you scared off by the complexities of designing and then costing and then actually doing the work of building that water feature in your garden in order to increase the value of your property or just get more pleasure out of it?
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Were you afraid it would become a nightmare rather than a dream?
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Did this prevent you creating that dream pond your family and yourself always wanted?
Did you ever say ...?
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I am afraid the water will go green and smelly ... will it?
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How many plants must I put into the pond?
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How can I put a pond in my garden ... my garden is not flat or level?
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Should I use a flexible liner or a preformed pond?
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Is it possible to use a liner and create my own stream or waterfall?
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How many fish can I put into the pond?
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Can I create a wildlife pond?
Just remember this .....
"To have the sight and sound of water near them in a garden has been an almost instinctive urge to people of all cultures in all ages. Now as then, the beauty of reflection, the relaxing sound of moving water and the life that it attracts make the water garden as desirable to many people as a lawn or patio." Peter J May AND ....
Best Book Ever Produced ...
To my knowledge, this is the best book ever produced on how to construct pools, waterfalls and streams in any style and in any position. We stock it in all of our shops as the most reliable guide available on how to build any sort of water garden. Peter Wheeler Aquajardin Managing Director and owner.
Another Happy Customer
Dear Peter,The Perfect Pond Recipe Book arrived today and I am thrilled with it. The illustrations show your love for your craft. Thanks again for making it available. Regards, Linda Jeanne May 22 2005
Don't worry because you were right to have these fears and feelings ... a pond is an important investment in money and time and you must get it right. All these fears are answered and allayed in my book. This is a book to be used ... it is not for the coffee table. It contains all my hard earned experience over many years actually putting ponds into water gardens ... all shapes, sizes and in all sorts of challenging environments My book does not contain boring descriptions ... you will see how everything goes together. All the tools required for each stage are explained and as it happens; the things NOT to forget are covered, the real time-tested tricks of the trade, estimating and budgeting tips are covered too.
Building a pond can be simple and a great pleasure especially when the pond idea was yours in the first place; especially when you designed the location, the shape, organized the bill of materials, bought the right equipment and conceived the intricacies of waterfall flow and design too. Let my unique extremely practical DIY manual and book help you get it right first time too .....
I am Peter May. I am an author, horticultural journalist and garden photographer. My specialist field is water gardening, about which I have written five books, two of them were called The Perfect Pond Detective. Not only that though, for 17 years I owned a landscaping company that specialised in the construction of water gardens and we built hundreds and maintained many of them for years. Now, I write regular monthly features for two specialist water garden magazines and have covered aspects of water gardening for most of the garden magazines on the British newsagent racks. I also answer any queries of a water garden and horticultural nature for a specialist Koi carp magazine. I have built award-winning gardens at The Chelsea Flower Show, I have created water gardens for Time/Life Horticultural Library as well as instruction videos for Television.
In 1994 the first edition of my book "The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" was published and quickly gained a well earned reputation. Many thousands of this low cost practical book have been sold through bookstores all over the world. It became out of print. It stills remain an unique book.
"The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" was written by me and I also drew the many detailed landscaping picture ideas and practical in-situ sketches that characterized the uniqueness of the book. The book was created when I was a professional landscaper in order to be able to show my clients how complex some water garden situations were and this was a reason why so many projects done by the DIY enthusiast went wrong. Well as the result of many many requests I have now completely updated the original successful version. You will find "The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" ...
"The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" empowers, informs and enables even the maladroit novice on the necessary processes involved in creating a water garden. It doesn't confuse the reader with fancy outmoded techniques like puddling nor does it underrate the skills required for concreting; instead it describes the simple landscapers' techniques for using the products that are available for you to buy like preformed ponds, and flexible liners.
"The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" is not just for those flat perfect bowling green situations. The techniques shown in my book enable you to put a pond or waterfall into any terrain.
Is full of very highly practical sketches that will allow even the most inexperienced to successfully cost, design and complete the perfect pond, waterfall or stream for the garden
Is unique not only in content but design too ... the book is printed on heavy board and is designed to open out completely flat so that it can be used "on site" even in windy conditions.
Click this image to see full sized page from my book ... this will provide you
with good idea as to how my book is constructed .... it is designed to help you
in the most simple of ways, Clear instructions, clear practical drawings
Buy the printed book here and get two free gifts
There is No Better Pond Construction Manual ... I give a copy of The Perfect Pond Recipe Book anyone who buys a large fibreglass pond or pool liner. Its all they need to show them what to do. There is no better construction manual for water gardens and it is laid out so simply and clearly, anyone could follow the instructions. Mike Foley, Green Acres Water Garden Centre, Manorbier, Dyfed.
If you are thinking of creating a water garden, perhaps a backyard pond, a pool, a fountain or maybe a waterfall or stream buying this book will be the best you thing you ever did.
If you want to improve your existing pond, add a waterfall create a realistic looking garden stream then this book is for you. Here's what the book contains and remember it is designed to be used on site ... is printed on heavy board and opens competely flat. The drawings are detailed and clear and are done in a way any inexperienced person can follow easily.
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Introduction to Water Gardening
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Siting
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Planning
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Size and shape
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Materials
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Filters, lights and electrics
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How to use the book in the field (garden). It is designed to be used on site not just in the armchair
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Estimating and avoiding problems
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Installing preformed ponds and streams
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Siting and the first dig for installing the preformed pool
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Second dig and fitting the pool
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Laying the pool edge
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Installing preformed waterfalls
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Preformed pools raised: either formal or informal shape
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Simple preformed raised pool
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How to build ponds and streams using liner
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Digging out and creating the levels
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Alternative method of making the pond framework
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Preparing and laying the liner
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Dressing the inside of the pool
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Other alternatives
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Natural pool: conservationists dream
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Framework for waterfalls with liners
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Framework for stream and shallow waterfalls with liners
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Stream lining
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Waterfall facing techniques
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Smaller features with economy and safety in mind
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Design for a formal pool lined
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Features in the water garden landscape
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PLANTS :the essential ingredients
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Index
FREE gift when you buy the book ... worth $8.00
Tony Roocroft well known across the internet as "The Pond Professor" has allowed me to offer totally FREE to all purchasers of "The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" one of his collection of ebooks that sell for $8.00. The book which you can only receive by download is called .... "How To Get and Keep Crystal Clear Pond Water"
Tony's book discloses everything you will ever need to know to ensure that your pond or water garden will always remain crystal clear year in and year out. A green murky ponds is the most common of all garden pond problems and yet it is the easiest problem to diagnose and to solve and the solution does not involve adding anything to the water and does not involve any hassles at ll.
When you buy my book you will receive instructions immediately after payment on how to download this free book. Please note that this book is NOT sent to you in the post ... it is an electronic book (ebook) only available by download on the internet. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your machine to read the pdf file.
Gosh ... I'm Glad It's back ... After it was republished having been out of print for a couple of years, Steve Hale of Woodland Nurseries specialist Pond and Garden, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria wrote to me with an order: Gosh, Im glad its back!
I have read through your Perfect Pond Recipe Book and find it exceptionally good, clear and easy to follow. Alan Holt, Watergate Water Gardens, Widecombe in the Moor, Devon
Well done on an excellent job! John Stanley, from John Stanley Associates International Business Consultants, Kalamunda, Western Australia.
We think its really good! Roger Smith, Blagdon Water Gardens, Upper Langford, Nr Bristol.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY ...... BUYING INFORMATION
OPTION 1 ...... How To Buy The Autographed PRINTED copy of "The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" and what you will get. Total cost including postage and packaging $13.00 (when you get to the store you will the be shown the equivalent amount in your local currency eg Pounds, Euro etc) ... click here for that dream pond
First a total unconditional guarantee by me, Peter J May, that if your are not
satisfied for any reason with the book you receive in the post that cost you
$13.00 or equivalent then return it to us in its original condition and I will
refund you in full for your purchase without any questions whatsoever. You will
be allowed to keep with my compliments the two free gifts.Second ... while you are waiting for your book to be delivered by post a completely free electronic edition of "The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" in pdf format. You can then start your planning before your working copy of the manual arrives. This electronic copy contains exactly the same material as the printed book and is in pdf format Third you will receive completely free Tony Roocroft's pdf ebook "How To Get and Keep Crystal Clear Pond Water" ... this books sells worldwide on the internet for $8.00 |
OPTION 2 ...... How To Buy Electronic Copy ONLY of "The Perfect Pond Recipe Book" In DOWNLOAD FORMAT (ie no book is sent to you in post) and what you will get. Total cost $10.00 (when you get to the store you will the be shown equivalent amount in your local currency eg Pounds, Euro etc) ... click here for that dream pond
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You will receive completely free Tony Roocroft's ebook "How To Get and Keep Crystal Clear Pond Water" ... this books sells worldwide on the internet for $8.00 ... click here for that dream pond |
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