Rustic garden projects : step-by-step backyard decor from trellises to tree swings, stone steps to stained glass

Rustic garden projects Step-by-step backyard decor from trellises to tree swings, stone steps to stained glass

Marianne Svärd Häggvik

Book - 2014

To many, the garden is a place for self-expression. The walkways, the flowers, and the decor that adorn the yard are as much a reflection of the homeowner's personality and creativity as anything placed indoors. Lifelong gardener and garden designer Marianne Svärd Häggvik knows this and shares her favorite ideas for creating unique, personalized spaces in Rustic Garden Projects.

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Subjects
Gardens > Design.
Decoration and ornament, Rustic.
Garden ornaments and furniture.
Published
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing 2014.
Language
English
Swedish
Main Author
Marianne Svärd Häggvik (author)
Other Authors
Anette Cantagallo (translator)
Item Description
Translated from the Swedish.
Physical Description
249 pages : ill. ; 27 cm
ISBN
9781628736496
  • Braided willow
  • Casting concrete
  • Carpentry
  • Laying stone and mosaic
  • Stone and bricklaying
  • Bending iron, steel and wire
  • Welding iron
  • Working with glass.
Review by Library Journal Review

With the weather warming it's time to spruce up the garden. Haggvik, an engineer-turned-gardening expert debuts the English translation of her Swedish book to U.S. readers. Projects are many and widely diverse, from bentwood to pavers to masonry, and wire work to stained glass. Each design lists materials with only metric measurements but the instructions are well illustrated. Unfortunately, some of the plants recommended are not available in North America. This book tries to cover too many projects at wildly varying degrees of difficulty. Also, while the wirework projects are appealing others are less original, such as the stained glass and wall building. -VERDICT There are some fresh designs offered here, but the skills needed to accomplish the projects are better learned from specialty books such as Jim Long's Making Bentwood Trellises, Arbors, Gates & Fences, Sherri Warner Hunter's Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden, and Pat Sagui's Landscaping with Stone (2d ed.). Only for larger collections. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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