Summary
The Garden Writers Association of America awarded Garden Stone a Garden Globe Award of Achievement for Writing. The Washington Post wrote, "Garden Stone is one of the best idea books on using stones in the landscape that I have seen." And Country Living Gardener said, "While the book is visually stunning . . . diagrams and step-by-step instructions show how gardeners can make their dreams come true."
Garden Stone shows you how to add stone to bring texture, color, serenity, and strength to your garden. Author Barbara Pleasant offers more than 40 enchanting designs--from something as simple as a flagstone path to an elaborate Zen-inspired meditation garden. Each project is packed with practical, down-to-earth installation advice, including clear line drawings and instructional diagrams. A comprehensive resource list helps you easily find the tools and materials you need.
Pleasant helps gardeners decide which type of stone is best for which kind of design. Limestone, for example, is ideal for stacking to make rock walls. Sandstone is easy to cut for steps and adds warm shades of red, yellow, or chocolate brown to the landscape. Blocks of granite can be used as sturdy paving stones.
Pleasant also shows you how to create stone water features, such as fountains and natural-looking ponds and streams. And she provides hundreds of suggestions for plants whose color, texture, and shape will enhance your stone projects.
Award-winning author Barbara Pleasant is the author of Storey's The Gardener's Bug Book, The Gardener's Guide to Plant Disease, and The Gardener's Weed Book. Her articles have appeared in several newspapers and magazines, including Country Journal, GreenPrints, and Organic Gardening. Pleasant is currently the author and publisher of Alabama Gardener's Almanac and a member of the Garden Writers Association of America
Dency Kane has photographs in the permanent collections of several museums and galleries, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Kane's photographs have also appeared in a number of magazines, including Garden, Garden Design, Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, Washingtonian, Women's Day Gardening and Outdoor Living, and Fine Gardening. Her garden photography has been included in many books, including Sanctuary, which won the Garden Writers Association of America Award of Excellence for photography in 2000