Building natural ponds : create a clean, algae-free pond without pumps, filters, or chemicals / Robert Pavlis.
Material type: TextPublisher: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, 2017Description: xv, 159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmISBN:- 0865718458
- 9780865718456
- SB475.8 .P38 2017
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB423 .P28 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800182933 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.
Understanding a balanced ecosystem -- Environmental benefits -- Natural looking designs -- Planning and design -- Building -- Fish -- Plants -- Maintenance and troubleshooting -- Large-scale ponds -- Pools, bogs, and rain gardens
"Building Natural Ponds is the first book to walk through the steps required to design and build a natural pond without the need of pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals. Coverage includes pond ecosystems and natural algae control, planning, design, aesthetics, and siting, plus highly illustrated step-by-step construction guidance, plants and fish, maintenance and troubleshooting, and large ponds and pools."--