DIY Guide to Ponds, Fountains, Rain Gardens & Water Features, Revised Edition: Designing - Constructing - Planting Contributor(s): Koziol, Nina (Editor)

Plan, create, and enjoy your dream water garden! DIY Guide to Ponds, Fountains, Rain Gardens & Water Features provides essential information on designing and installing all types of home water gardens, from naturalistic to formal, plus fountains, waterfalls, streams, bog gardens, rain gardens, and more. With this expert guide, you'll learn how to construct each of these structures, as well as how to incorporate a variety of aquatic plants, fish, and other pond inhabitants, and even how to design wooden bridges and stepping-stones. You'll also find advice and plants for all regions, plus special tips for gardens in extreme conditions and zone charts. A best-selling resource, this newly updated edition features today's newest technologies and products, such as pond-less waterfall kits for small spaces, as well as a new chapter on constructing naturalistic swimming ponds that are free from chlorine. Also included is new information on construction, planting methods, and various DIY ponds, water features, and rain gardens that are suitable for both small, urban lots and expansive suburban landscapes, making this complete how-to guide accessible for anyone!

Contributor Bio:Koziol, Nina

Nina Kozial has been an adjunct faculty member at the Chicago Botanic Garden for 24 years, contributing to the CBG website, updating plant profiles and for the past years writing Smart Gardener blogs.
Kozial has also been an instructor at the Mortem Arboretum for 24 years, a frequent presenter at the Illinois State Master Gardeners' Conference, the Perennial Plant Association and other organizations.
Kozial writes for the Illinois Landscape Contractors' magazine and has provided continuing education classes at their annual conference for five years.
She is a freelance garden writer published in numerous magazines, including "Aquascape Lifestyles."