Books

The Biological Balance

Many people afflicted by green water or blanket weed imagine it like you would arthritis. Once you've got it that's it, there's no known cure. In fact having a pond for many people is just like one long headache with s with associated symptoms, like plants that seem to overrun the pond in one day and unwelcome guests like heron or mink prey on the fish and fish that JUST DIE. Well here is the analgesic to all that pain, a portable 'pond doctor' that turns you into a detective. The Perfect Pond Detective Book.

Physical and Mechanical Problems

The famous companion to "The Perfect Pond Detective Book 1: the Biological Balance", here is the trouble shooting manual for the mechanical problems that might beset the pond owner.

Creating a Natural Oasis at Home: Designs, Plants, And Techniques for Planting and Upkeep

Today's gardens are stylish extensions of our homes, and none is truly complete without a water feature. Even the smallest installation adds life, light and interest to any garden' patio or backyard.

Here it is, you thought you would never find it. The legendary Perfect Pond Recipe Book is now on its fourth reprint and still selling world wide. At first sight this little volume might make you think that the vast amount of know-how required to build a water garden could not possibly be contained in these few pages, let alone in the variety of styles and the range and choice of materials there is at the modern gardener's disposal. What is more there is so little to read. One critic described it as "THE definitive guide". It is mostly in comic strip style drawings. But Peter May, ex-cartoonist, garden designer and landscaper of over 25years, makes every line count. Everything on the page, every line, every word counts as being true and exactly all you need to create any water garden out of any pond products available at the aquatic centres, be it preformed or flexible, electrical, growing or moving or anything you imagine a water garden to contain, including the water. One aquatic centre owner in Pembrokeshire gives one away with every large pond or liner he sells.

Originally it was devised Peter May to show potential clients who might want a water garden just how much was involved in such a project since most prospective pond owners did not have a clue. It was conceived as being good value for money just to match the expectations of what many people thought a water garden might cost. So as a result you have a really honest account of what is involved, but it has to be the cheapest guide for what can be a very expensive luxury especially in ill-informed hands.

Designing and Creating Water Gardens by Peter J. May

The only book that tells you how to create a water garden in any situation, in any terrain and in any style, using readily available materials from your local garden store and builders supply merchant.

Peter May has been a gardener since the early 1970s and has been involved landscaping and garden design specialising in creating water gardens since 1981. He therefore knows what you want to know when it comes to building and looking after water gardens. He has seen every type of mistake there is to make in building water gardens, and the consequences and over the years it was patently obvious water gardens are simple and easy to look after if certain parameters are followed during the construction, and basic rules are followed in the right order and the right way.

This book will not dampen your spirits with the prospects of lots of dirt and hard work, but will tell you in a way that inspires and makes you eager to get out there and do it for yourself!