Keywords: Building materials, Landscape design, Stone in landscape gardening

Garden Tool: Winter is a good time to plan a new patio or fix that drainage problem. You can find an excellent guide to materials, techniques and more from pavingexpert.com. Although this is a British site, with British measurements, the principles still apply. Use the site map to navigate through this exhaustive, informative website.

Season: Winter
Date: 2007-04-09
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Keywords: Stone in landscape gardening

Garden Tool: Stone structures in the garden add a sense of history and permanence. A Guide to Dry Stone Walling by Andy Radford (Crowood Press, 2001) gives practical advice on basic and advanced wall building techniques. The fabulous photographs for the book In the Company of Stone; the Art of the Stone Wall by Dan Snow (Artisan, 2001) show the many artistic ways stone can be used in the garden beyond a simple wall

Season: All Season
Date: 2003-03-26
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