Reviews
"With a clear eye to design, construction, materials, and maintenance, Davitt offers creative alternatives for every style of garden and every budget." -- Country Almanac , 2006, After learning about the different kinds of water features and looking at the richlycolored photos of completed ones, any garden without a water feature will seem plain and incomplete to the avid gardener., Enjoy the pages of this book as you search within them to find the perfect water feature to bring grace, beauty, and magic to your garden., If you have considered building a water feature, surely you have wished to have someone with experience at your side. Keith Davitt may be the one you are looking for., Small gardens are challenging to design: one flaw can ruin the entire plan. Keith Davitt shows how to overcome that challenge when adding a water feature to a small garden., Keith Davitt perfectly balances the art of designing a water garden with the practical aspects of how to achieve what he has shown is possible., After learning about the different kinds of water features and looking at the richly-colored photos of completed ones, any garden without a water feature will seem plain and incomplete to the avid gardener., Construction processes are discussed for each of the styles...water is a wonderful element in a garden., If ever I'm going to figure out how to add more water than a birdbath to my garden, this book may be the key....Very much a how-to book., Readers may be inspired to overhaul their entire outdoor room based on the ideas the author thoughtfully presents., Compared with the many other recent titles on water gardening, Davitt's excels particularly at showing how formal pools and fountains can transform cramped urban spaces such as courtyards and tiny backyards., With a clear eye to design, construction, materials, and maintenance, Davitt offers creative alternatives for every style of garden and every budget., This is a book that will remain on my shelf, and when I abandon my present oversized garden for a smaller one, I'm sure I'll find inspiration in its sensible text and excellent photos., Davitt's book is a treat for the eyes, generously illustrated with inspiring photos . . . Davitt's fine book, an effort which is, without a doubt, an absolute necessity for the gardener who is ready to create the ultimate magic garden grace., If you've always wanted a pond or fountain, but assumed that you didn't have sufficient space, this is the book for you., This [book] focuses on small spaces and garden designer/author Keith Davitt finds ingenious ways of incorporating water features into even the smallest of gardens.
