ISBN: 9781933392851 Year Added to Catalog: 2006 Book Format: Paperback Book Art: 100 color photographs, Illustrations, Resource list Number of Pages: 8 x 10, 304 pages, DVD 48 minutes Book Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Release Date: June 1, 2007 Web Product ID: 70
Chapter One: New Ponds
Excavated versus Embankment Ponds • Siting the New Pond •
Siting the House
Chapter Two: Existing Ponds
Water • Pond Structure • Edges • Inflows and Outflows • The Dam • History
PART TWO Excavated Ponds
Chapter Three: The Pond at Strawberry Hill
Siting • Construction
Chapter Four: Techniques
Shaping the Basin • Planting
PART THREE Embankment Ponds
Chapter Five: The Lornell Pond
Siting • The Dam and Basin Structure
Chapter Six: General Techniques
Siting • Landscaping the Embankment • Grasses and Plants • Inflows and
Outflows • Inflow Streams • Outflow Streams
PART FOUR Plants, Shrubs, and Trees
Chapter Seven: Save That Tree
Native Trees • Saving, Thinning, or Removing
Chapter Eight: Planting Considerations and Techniques
Soil, Sun, and Climate • First Plantings around a New Pond • Selecting and
Siting Trees • Tree Species • Aquatic and Shoreland Plants • Plant Checklist •
Planter Beware • Planting Strategies
Chapter Nine: Recommended Pond Plants
Moist-Soil Plants and Shrubs • Sedges and Grasses • Aquatic Plants •
Deer-Resistant Plants
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