Concrete Garden Projects : Easy and Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features and More

By Malin Nilsson and Camilla Arvidsson

Book Overview

For gardeners and backyard do-it-yourselfers, concrete is a revelation. It's durable, weatherproof, impossible to steal, and it provides much-needed insulation for outdoor plants. Concrete weathers beautifully, softening around the edges, developing moss, and becoming more picturesque with age. Concrete Garden Projects takes advantage of concrete's numerous assets, showcasing an inspiring array of creative options. The step-by-step instructions for dozens of easy, do-it-yourself d cor ideas include containers of all shapes and sizes, elegant benches and stools, miniature ponds and birdbaths, stepping stones, a barbecue, and a fire pit. The authors use a variety of molds easily found or made, household items like bowls and baking pans, and simple wooden frames and boxes. At pennies per pound, and so simple to use--just mix with water and pour--concrete is the key to hand-crafted backyard d cor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604692820
• ISBN13: 9781604692822
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

If you really need a paper source to consult, it's OK.

The positive: -The directions are reasonably clear -There is at least a little variety in projects and a couple of different techniques/approaches The 'meh': -The techniques can easily be found online, so-- -It's only good if the specific projects are exactly what you are looking for

Not The Book I Thought It Was

Waste of money. It didn't have info I was looking for. Ugly black & white pics of concrete fountains, concrete slabs tiles that were not very decorative..book seemed outdated